Advance your skills in test selection, intervention planning and decision-making for different childhood health conditions.

Join Apply EBP’s Experts Series, and learn from multiple experts in the field of pediatric practice. This course is aimed at helping you select the right tools for the right child, and plan interventions that have been shown to work! Please note that every course has a different set of topics, so please check each workshop listed below to see the actual course content.

Here are the diagnoses that may be included:

• Autism Spectrum Disorder
• Cerebral Palsy
• Down Syndrome
• Developmental Coordination Disorder
• Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
• And others

You will leave the course with your Therapy Toolbox full of tools and strategies that you can use the very next day to help children achieve their goals!

Here are the experts that may be participating in this course:

Alyssa LaForme Fiss, PT, PhD is a Professor at Texas Woman’s University in Dallas, Texas. Her research focuses on examining and identifying effective service delivery models to improve activity and participation in children and youth with cerebral palsy and Down syndrome. She has published widely and has presented internationally.

Lauren Holahan, PhD, OT/L has 20+ yrs experience in school-based practice as an OT, a district administrator, and a statewide consultant for OT. She currently serves as Coordinator for State Systemic Improvement Plan (Indicator 17), School Mental Health & Medicaid with the NC Department of Public Instruction. She also served as the Chair of NC Board of OT from 2008 to 2012.

Peggy Morris, OTD, OTR/L, BCP has 30+ years of experience in pediatric practice. She worked in early intervention, private practice and out-patient rehab services, but most of her experience and passion is in school-based practice. She is a Lecturer and OTD Program Coordinator for Tufts University. She is Board Certified in Pediatrics through the AOTA, and a regular SeekFreaks contributor.

Patti Sharp, OTD, MS, OTR/L is a certified CO-OP Instructor, and OT at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC). She co-leads the Developmental Coordination Disorder Community of Practice at CCHMC. Patti is excited to share her passion for evidence-based practices with her therapy colleagues.

Carly Matichak Stock, PT, DPT has had the pleasure of working in the realm of pediatrics, including school-based, multi-disciplinary clinics, research, outpatient and inpatient rehabilitation settings. She currently practices in the Harford County Public Schools in Bel Air, Maryland. Carly was a faculty mentor in the pediatric residency program at Kennedy Krieger Institute responsible for the school-based and muscular dystrophy components.

“Very informative & thought provoking. Gave me resources in my toolkit to assist my staff with making clinical decisions when working with this population.” – PT with 17 years of experience, on Cerebral Palsy: Predicting the Future to Plan the Now

“This course was a great introduction to DCD that I really needed. It has opened my eyes to the possibility that many of my students (past and present) may have a possible DCD diagnosis which will help me to frame my approach to intervention in a more effective manner.” – OT with 15 years experience, on Developmental Coordination Disorder

Depending on  the courses included:

• Links to Assessment Tools
• Checklists and Worksheets
• Resources: Websites, Videos and Must-Reads