Neuro Development Treatment ( BOBATH) Introductory Workshop in the Management of Adults Post Stroke and Brain Injury

Audience: PT, PTA, OT, COTA, SLP
Course level: Introductory
Date: Friday-Sunday, June 7-9th, 2019
Check in time: 9:45-10 AM Friday
Course time: Friday 10-5 pm and Saturday and Sunday 8:30-4:30pm

Location: Woodwinds health Campus
1925 Woodwinds Drive, Woodbury, MN 55125
Conference rooms A, B and C

Contact hours: 19.25

Course fee: $550

Instructor: Cathy Hazzard, MBA, B. Sc. PT, is a Physiotherapist with over 28 years’ experience working with adults with varied neurological diagnoses.  Her clinical background also includes experience and continuing education courses in manual therapy and orthopedics.  She obtained an MBA in 1993 while continuing to work as a PT. 

She has been an NDTA™ Coordinator Instructor in Adult Courses since 1998 and has taught introductory, certificate and advanced level NDT courses extensively throughout North America and internationally in such countries as Ireland, Hong Kong, Singapore, Estonia, Peru, Colombia, India, and Mexico.  Cathy practiced in Calgary, Alberta, Canada for over 20 years in the acute, rehabilitation and outpatient phases of care.  She is now working in private practice and Home Health on Vancouver Island, British Columbia.

Cathy has been an invited speaker at the NDTA™’s annual conferences in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2015, and 2016.  She served as the Chair of the NDTA™’s Instructor Group from 2002 – 2005 and a member of the Board of Directors of NDTA™ from 2003 – 2007.  She has written 2 articles for the Neurosciences Division’s journal, Synapse, of the Canadian Physiotherapy Association and an article for the NDTA™’s Network.  She is one of 5 editors for the NDTA book – NDT in Action published by Thieme Publishers.

Course summary:

This workshop follows the NDT/Bobath Philosophy and its clinical applications for adults post stroke and brain injury. This interdisciplinary course is designed to give participants basic knowledge about NDT and how it is applied in clinical practice to promote recovery of function following neurological damage. The course format will include interactive laboratory sessions, a patient demonstration by the instructor, and group discussions. Information will be presented in a cross-functional manner to incorporate all rehabilitation disciplines and practice settings.

Objectives:
Upon completion of this interactive course, the participant will be able to:

• Recognize basic treatment principles and concepts of NDT practice model
• Identify what's possible for recovery based on research in the fields of Plasticity, Motor Learning, and Constraint Induced Movement Theory (CIMT), and how to "set up" this recovery in our rehabilitation environments
• Demonstrate skill for analyzing movement components in functional activities
• Identify major impairments that interfere with function in the adult client post stroke or BI
• Demonstrate options for handling skills to enhance efficient functioning
• Recognize and integrate the critical elements of a successful intervention session

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