Fayetteville GA – September 10th 2024 | The Importance of Standing on Early Development
Presenter Information
Maryann M. Girardi, PT, DPT, ATP
Clinical Education @Altimate Medical
Maryann Girardi received her Bachelor of Science in physical therapy degree from the University of Lowell, Lowell, MA, and her Doctor of Physical Therapy from MGH Institute of Health Professions, Boston, MA. She is also a RESNA Certified Assistive Technology Practitioner (ATP). For over 30 years she has worked with adults and pediatrics with complex neurological conditions in home, school, in-patient and outpatient acute rehab settings. She has used DME to augment her treatment, enabling patients to have the support and positioning they need for participation in meaningful activities and improve/maintain musculoskeletal function.
She has presented at the local, national, and international level, on a variety of topics including service delivery, seating prescription, development of patient specific seating systems and therapeutic interventions for children with CHARGE Syndrome.
Disclosures: Maryann Girardi is an employee of Altimate Medical.
Course Descriptions & Accreditation Information
Course Description
Children learn and develop skills through experiences with their environment. Children with neuromotor delays require assistance to enable them to have these varied experiences that foster growth and development. The introduction of a supported standing program as early as 9 months of age (the age when their typically developing peers start to stand) provides the child with the weight bearing and antigravity postures same as their typically developing peers are experiencing. This course will discuss the theories of motor learning and development of motor skills and how the early introduction of a supported standing program can facilitate these and skeletal development.
Course Length: 1 hour, valued at 0.1 CEUs for 1 hour of instruction.
The University of Pittsburgh—RSTCE (rst_ce@pitt.edu) is an AOTA Approved Provider of professional development. PD activity approval ID# L.M.SD948.0830.01. This In-Person Learning—Interactive activity is offered at 0.1 CEU, Intermediate, Occupational Therapy Service Delivery. The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA.
Course Location: In Person
Learning Objectives:
- Describe how supported standing facilitates skeletal development
- Discuss how supported standing can be used to assist in the development of postural control
- Discuss how supported standing facilitate development of motor skills
Course Completion Criteria
- Attend the in person seminar
- Complete the post-course survey/evaluation
- Download your certificate
Instructions to obtain your CEU
To obtain your CEU visit your profile at https://www.altimatemedical.com/profile and select the course from your enrolled courses list and follow the instructions from there.
If you have any trouble or questions reach out to education@altimatemedical.com and we will be happy to help you.