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Professional Development Programs
proudly presents:

Developing Internal and External Structures
for Thera-Play

Mary Kawar, MS, OTR/L
6 Contact Hours

This experiential workshop is divided into two parts.
Part I focuses on primary movement patterns (PMPs), also known as reflexes, and how to integrate them into mature movement strategies. Primary movement patterns provide the primitive structural foundation for attention, balance, coordination, and cognitive development. The majority of infants today, with and without identified issues, spend excessive time in supported sitting and standing. Limited floor time precludes the opportunity to fully develop internal structural alignment and control. Consequentially, these children are walking before having fully integrated the PMPs and without achieving optimal development of the deep postural muscles and the extremities for age appropriate skills. Research has documented that residual primitive reflex expression compromises cognitive as well as physical abilities. Topics will include reflex testing procedures, specific types of dysfunction that emerge when these reflexes are not integrated, and ideas for transitioning from reflex integration exercises to playful engagement.
Part II provides innovative techniques for therapeutic adaptation of the home, the playground, the school, and the clinic. The objective is to help therapists expand thera-play strategies which expand sensory processing opportunities so as to enhance physical, social, and cognitive development. Ideas for resource materials, fabrication, space evaluation, and simple structural modifications will be provided.

This course is offered for .6 AOTA CEUs

Objectives: Participants will be able to
1. Demonstrate testing procedures for 15 primitive & postural reflexes
2. Describe two or more types of dysfunction that interfere with skill acquisition related to 5 or more non-integrated primary movement (reflex) patterns
3. Create a purposeful, fun activity that transcends a reflex exercise & that can be graded for various levels of complexity
4. Tie 2 different, safe knots and describe how to utilize them in any
environment

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