Complete the Course Prerequisite

The Golden Rule of Managing Pediatric Orthopedic and Motor Development Program 1: Early Postural Control Acquisition

Much like the infant development it describes, Program 2 builds upon the science and foundation of Program 1: Early Postural Control Acquisition, so you must complete that webinar first. Upon completion of Program 1, we'll send you a registration link for this webinar. If you have completed Program 1 and need the link, please contact us.
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Course Description

Learn about the biomechanical and somatosensory aspects of the developing infant’s progress after stabilizing the body center of mass in prone and supine positions. In this next phase of early movement acquisition, lying leads to rolling and body weight is displaced in the frontal plane and elevated off the surface into quadruped position. The Golden Rule is applied in suggested biomechanical and somatosensory strategies for remediating deficits. This session combines with Program 1: Early Postural Control Acquisition to lay down the fundamental events, nomenclature, and core rationale for the Golden Rule.

Who Should Take this Course?

The Golden Rule series is designed for clinicians who work in pediatric rehabilitation — including physicians, physical and occupational therapists, therapy assistants, speech pathologists, and orthotists — who want a fresh, deeply experienced, and informed point of view. 

Practicing clinicians and students alike will find in this series - as in all of Ms. Cusick’s instructional materials - a sound scientific basis for what they do, presented in a logical framework for approaching and enhancing their clinical evaluation and management of children with neuromotor dysfunction. 

Completion Requirements

  • Section Videos and Quizzes

    Watch each section video in its entirety. Complete all quizzes with a score of 80% or better. You get unlimited attempts to pass the quizzes.

  • Course Evaluation

    Let us know what you thought and how we can improve this course. Complete the course evaluation at the end of the course to receive your course completion certificate.

  • Course Access Period

    Once you have registered, you will have 60 days to review the course material. Each section must be completed before moving on to the next, but you can review any completed section at any time.

Golden Rule Program 2 Objectives

  • By the end of this one-hour webinar, the participant will be able to:

  • Compare the location of the body center of mass (COM) in an infant to that of an adult.

  • Explain the effect of a face-side shift of the head on reaching ability, relative to prone positioning.

  • Compare the influence of a face-side weight shift and a skull-side weight shift on hip extension range of motion on the loaded side, relative to prone positioning.

  • Compare the influence of a face-side weight shift and a skull-side weight shift on weight loading on the pelvis, relative to prone positioning.

  • Describe the derotational righting reflex.

  • Name two movement requirements for completing a roll from side-lying with all limbs flexed into prone position.

  • Describe two strategies for moving from prone lying into the quadruped (i.e. hands and knees) position.

  • List or identify four benefits of rocking forward and backward in quadruped position.

  • Suggest 2 strategies that would simplify the task of gaining stability and movement in quadruped position for a child who has difficulty loading the limbs.

Course curriculum

    1. Welcome to Program #2: Expanding Postural Control into Movement

    2. Chapter 1: Let's Begin - Introduction & Quick Review

    3. Chapter 2: Movement Begins...

    4. Chapter 3: Movement Begins in Prone...

    5. Chapter 4: Assuming and Using the Quadruped Position

    6. Chapter 5: Movement Emerges in the Supine Position

    7. Summary & Conclusions

    8. Q&A Session

    9. Reflections on Learning...

    10. Finishing the Webinar...

    11. Helpful Links

    12. Resources & References

    13. Post-Test: Expanding Postural Control into Movement

    14. Course Evaluation: Expanding Postural Control into Movement

About this course

  • $45.00
  • 14 lessons
  • 1 hour of video content

CEUs

Physical Therapists and Physical Therapist Assistants: Florida: Progressive Gaitways is a rule approved provider of the PT Board of Florida #50-45480.  (1 hour) 

California: Progressive Gaitways has been approved as a provider of continuing education for Physical Therapists and Physical Therapist Assistants in California (CA) by Redefine Health Education, a recognized approval agency of the Physical Therapy Board of CA. (1 hour)

Courses approved by other state boards in the following jurisdictions are likely accepted for licensure credit based on the state regulation. 

AL | AK | AR | CO | CT | DE | GA | HI | ID | IN | IA | KS | KY | ME | MA | MI | MO | MT | NE | NH | NC | ND | OR | PA | RI | SC | SD | TN | UT | VT | VA | VI | WA | WI | WY

Please reach out to your state licensing board to confirm the currency and accuracy of this information. If you have a specific question about CEU approval for this course in your state, please direct your inquiry to [email protected]

The following states are not pre-approved:    LA, IL, MN, NV, NY, NJ, OH, OK, TX, WV

Participants licensed in states not pre-approved may file for individual approval using the instructions on this document.

Orthotists: This on-demand online course earns you 1.25 Category I scientific credits through the American Board for Certification (ABC).


Pricing

Team discounts are also available - contact us at [email protected]

Instructor

President / Senior Instructor Beverly (Billi) Cusick

Beverly (Billi) Cusick PT, MS, NDT, COF/BOC is an internationally known pediatric physical therapist whose specialty is the orthopedic development and orthotic management of children with cerebral palsy and other neuromotor deficits.

She has been teaching these and related topics since 1978 - including presentations by invitation for the APTA, AACPDM, AOPA, and AAOP and more than 460 full programs and workshops worldwide.

Ms. Cusick received her BS in PT from Bouve College at Northeastern University in Boston, MA in 1972, and her MS in Clinical and College Teaching for Allied Health Professionals from the University of Kentucky in Lexington in 1988. She is an Associate Professor for the Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions – Pediatrics Program – Provo, Utah (2006-present) and is NDT basic- and baby-trained.

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