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Paediatric Physiotherapy Level 1 is a wholly virtual course comprising an online self-paced component Part A, followed by a live virtual classroom Part B. It provides introductory clinical skills and knowledge to equip individuals new to working in paediatric physiotherapy. Part B has lively discussions between learners and expert presenters and the opportunity to ask questions along the way.

This live virtual session is Part B of the Paediatric Physiotherapy Level 1 course. You must attend a live virtual session in order to complete the Paediatric Physiotherapy Level 1 course.

Important note: Part A must be successfully completed before you can progress to Part B. If you register for Part B, joining details for the live virtual session will be issues once Part A is complete.

Covering advanced differential diagnosis, assessment and management of complex upper cervical spine disorders, this course builds on basic concepts and is designed to advance clinical reasoning and competency in the assessment and management of complex upper cervical spine disorders.

Participants can expect to:

• Advance their skills, differential diagnosis and sub-classification of complex upper cervical spine disorders including headache (migraine, cluster), dizziness (vestibular, cervicogenic and ophthalmologic and neurological causes), whiplash and pain classification.

• Advance their skills and competence in the assessment of complex upper cervical spine. Focus on the upper cervical spine disorders will include advanced assessment of articular, motor, sensorimotor and pain sensitivity impairments.

• Improve skills and competence in appropriate application of a broader range of interventions to manage complex upper cervical spine disorders including highly targeted and specific manual therapy and neck specific exercise. The course covers management of selected and associated head disorders including vestibular rehabilitation, graded motor imagery, management of pain sensitivity and management of complex WAD with psychological and brain related co-morbidities (eg concussion).

Complex cases are used to integrate clinical reasoning to determine diagnosis, sub-classification, contributing impairments and comprehensive, targeted management for complex upper cervical spine and head disorders

Presented by Trudy Rebbeck, specialist musculoskeletal physiotherapist with extensive university and post-graduate education experience in upper cervical spine disorders.

The two-day Neuro-Sensory and Motor Developmental Assessment (N.S.M.D.A.) practical course includes lectures about the N.S.M.D.A. and demonstrations of testing infants and children using this assessment. Participants will work together in small groups and will have the opportunity to assess children using the N.S.M.D.A. There will be group feedback and discussion of scoring and grading of each child, discussion on interpretation of results and planning for intervention.

People who are diagnosed with ataxia present with a diverse set of symptoms that require unique symptom-specific assessment and treatment selection and execution. University teaching touches only briefly on this population hence physiotherapists are often ill-equipped to confidently manage this patient group. The aim of this course is to provide and improve the knowledge and capacity of physiotherapists to assess and treat people with ataxia across the spectrum of models of care. During this course participants will be expected to undertake / demonstrate application of assessment and treatment skills for people with ataxia via peer and patient interaction sessions.

Vestibular rehabilitation has evolved as a specialist area of clinical practice in rehabilitation as our understanding and awareness of the debilitating sequelae of dizziness and vestibular impairments increases.

This course aims to provide an overview of vestibular anatomy and introduce clinicians to the assessment and treatment of individuals with vestibular dysfunction resulting in activity limitations and participation restrictions.