Treatment of children with uni-lateral cp/hemiplegia

Course description.

Location: Stockholm Hälsans hus Fjällgatan 23b

Time: Full day 8.30-16, March 15:th 2027

Cost: 2 999 SEK + tax

Target group: Physical therapists, Occupational therapists, parents and other interested personell

Instructor: Ulrika Myhr, licensed physiotherapist, pediatric specialist.

This course focuses on treatment. It addresses the necessity of a plan to teach the child the normal movement development that occurs during the first year, transitioning form a flexed to a an upright body, and from a clenched to an open hand. Functional skills are analysed in terms of their underlying prerequisites, and we explore how carefully designed activities that reflect typical developmental patterns can support the brain’s ability to learn and regulate movement in different parts of the body. We go through training programs for children of different ages, discuss how we can create dynamic orthoses that support development without diminishing weighbearing and mobility but instead strive for normal function. The course covers training at different ages and participation in school sports and leisure activities. It is our hope to also include young people with hemiplegia who can tell us about their training and the results they have achieved.

In this course you will among other things learn about:

• How do I need to think when a child is born with a hemiplegia and has an undeveloped ability to move?

• What is the actual problem when the child has difficulty performing movements? How can I make them happen and in what order should I try to teach the child things?

• How can we get staff in preschool to work with the body? How can we adapt the environment for training both practical functions and gross motor skills? How do we talk about hemiplegia with others?

• Nine year old crisis in school – identity? Examples of intervention and training for school-aged children, together with discussions on the challenges that children with motor difficulties may face in physical education and craft-based subjects – How can I meet the grading requirements? A sense of belonging in both the mainstream and disability communities.

• A teenager with hemiplegia shares experiences of training, development, and outcomes in later childhood and adolescence.

• What is needed in the future? Technology and Training – What Opportunities Do We Have and What Solutions Are Already Available?

Here you can see inbjudan & program (2024).

Questions?

Ulrika Myhr
+46 (0)73-526 48 88
ulrika@learntomove.se