2804 Pediatric Assessment
Intermediate / Pool Workshop
Washington, DC /
Sunday, Feb. 24 8:30 am-12:00 pm 3.5 credit hours equal to 3.5 CECs/.35
CEUs
(Classroom: 8:30-10:45 am / Pool: 10:45
am-12:00 pm)
Chicago, IL / Sunday,
April 13 8:30 am-12:00 pm 3.5 credit hours equal to 3.5 CECs/.35 CEUs
(Classroom: 8:30-10:45 am / Pool: 10:45
am-12:00 pm)
Fort Myers, FL /
Monday, June 30 5:40-8:00 pm 2.0 credit hours equal to 2.0 CECs/.2 CEUs
(Pool: 5:40-6:40 pm / Classroom:
7:00-8:00 pm)
Las Vegas, NV /
Friday, Sept. 5 8:00-11:15 am 3.0 credit hours equal to 3.0 CECs/.3 CEUs
(Classroom: 8:00-9:30 am / Pool:
9:30-11:15 am)
COURSE
DESCRIPTION: This workshop is for
individuals working with children with physical, cognitive, sensory, and/or
psychological disabilities. Add to your repertoire of assessment techniques.
Discover fun and engaging ways to determine functional levels of cognition,
motor development, physical fitness, and social interaction. Learn how to
design play-with-purpose activities. Goal setting and progress documentation
will be included as related to development of IEP goals. Integrating the
aquatic therapy program with the total educational program of the child will be
stressed.
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
·
Develop a list of six
factors to include in any assessment.
·
Identify the
influence of perceptual-motor function on assessment results.
·
Discover a variety of
in-water assessments for cognition, motor development, physical fitness, and
social interaction.
·
Obtain samples of
forms useful for documenting assessment results.
·
Develop strategies
for integrating aquatic therapy goals with a childs total educational program.
FACULTY: Susan J.
Grosse, MS, currently president of Aquatic Consulting & Education
Resources, has over 40 years experience in aquatics as a teacher, as well as in
a variety of leadership roles at the local, national, and international levels.
She is past president of the American Association for Active Lifestyles and
Fitness and past chair of the Aquatic Council of AAHPERD. Her publications
include work in adapted aquatics, lifeguarding, instructional swim, water
exercise, posttraumatic stress disorder, crisis management, contagion, and
program administration. She has been a speaker throughout the United States, as
well as in Canada, Ireland, and Egypt. She received the ATRI Tsumani Spirit
Award in 2006.