2/12/2010: "A Comprehensive Systems Approach to Feeding in Children with Developmental Disabilities”
Handi Medical Supply Annual Conference, St. Paul, Minnesota, (651) 644-9770 or jbuytaert@HandiMedical.com.
[This session presents a systems approach to feeding disorders in children with developmental disabilities, with emphasis on the transition from dependent to independent eating. The comprehensive perspective is described as a series of vertical developmental sequences in which oral and fine motor skills are interwoven horizontally with corresponding gross motor, visual, cognitive, communicative, social, and emotional levels. Normal and atypical development will be compared through stages of dependent, assistive, and independent eating in infants and toddlers with normal function and in children with mild, moderate, and severe dysfunction. Clinical videos will be used to identify needs, analyze data, and plan intervention.]

"Motor Components of Vision in Children with Disabilities"
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[Lessons include: The Importance and Scope of Visual Problems in Children, Evolution of a Developmental/Functional Approach to Visual Dysfunction, Theoretical Frames of Reference for Vision, Assessment and Management of Visual Problems, Case Studies, The Assessment Report, and The Professionals' Role]
To register, contact Dynamic Learning Online, Inc.

"Overview of Hand Problems in Children with Disabilities"
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[Lessons include: Exploring the Literature, Theoretical Frames of Reference, Normal Arm and Hand Development, Atypical Arm and Hand Development, Administration of a Prehension Assessment, The Assessment Report, Treatment, Eye-Hand Coordination and a Model for Intervention, A Systems Approach to Assessment and Task Analysis, Hand Preference Issues and Application to Practice, and Improving Handwriting Without Teaching Handwriting]
To register, contact Dynamic Learning Online, Inc.

"The Role of Touch in Occupational Therapy"
[This series includes: Principles of Therapeutic Touch: Application to Practice Areas, Understanding Sensory Systems: Using Touch Therapeutically, Integrating it All: Effects of Touch on Mind, Body, and Spirit]
To register, contact Advance for OTs