Title: Baby Steps: Building Ambulation Interventions for the 0-3 Population with Posture and Movement Dysfunction.
How do you maximize your time and target gait in your interventions with infants and toddlers?

This course will focus on pre- and early ambulation in a population that is predisposed to rapid and dramatic changes: the birth to three population.

We will examine typical and atypical preparation for and development of ambulation in the infant and toddler. The impact of biomechanics, the neuromuscular system, the sensory system, orthotics, tone management, and assistive equipment will be integrated as participants learn to build intervention strategies to address ambulation early and effectively in infants and toddlers with diagnoses such as CP, developmental delay, prematurity, and Down Syndrome.

Course material will be presented using lecture, videos, lab and group problem solving.

Participants are required to bring a 20 inch doll and might find having colored pencils helpful. Please dress comfortably to move in the labs.