Registrations for the 2012 SOS Feeding Workshops are now open!

To register, please go to the website www.feedingworkshops.com. From the website, you can download the workshop brochure, as well as follow the link to the registration site.

For any queries, please contact info@feedingworkshops.com.

Click here to download the SOS workshop brochure for 2012.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Michael P. Sy is a licensed occupational therapist working in Skill Builders Therapy Center and Multiple Intelligence International School. He is also the executive director of Prime Movers Review Center and is currently taking up his Masters in Health Profession Education at the University of the Philippines Manila. Teacher Mike has been conducting seminars to students, parents, and fellow professionals in the field of occupational therapy specially for children since 2009. In this particular seminar-workshop, he aims to share his knowledge and experiences from his training in Japan as a JICA scholar in 2010 to support Filipinos with disabilities and their families.

REGISTRATION DETAILS:

• Only 80 slots available.
• To reserve your slot(s) please contact therapytalks@gmail.com or SMS 0915-4218508 or call (02) 2278199 / (02) 5165190 or visit Thera Talks
• On-site Registration: P800
• Early Bird (on or before Feb 3): P 600
• Seminar fee inclusive of snacks, handouts, and certificate.

November 26 – Applied Behavioral Analysis
The principles of ABA have been around for quite some time, and have myriad uses outside the scope of teaching children with autism. ABA can be the basis of programs addressing a broad spectrum of human behaviour, from increasing the productivity of the workplace, to precisely training military personnel, to, indeed, teaching children with special learning needs. Learn the various essential elements of an ABA-based program in this seminar-workshop.

November 27 – Writing SMART IEP
Are you still confused about writing S.M.A.R.T. IEP goals and objectives? This seminar-workshop will equip you to write SMART IEPs that are specific, measurable, use action words, are realistic and relevant, and time-limited. You will learn how to use present levels of performance to write measurable goals and objectives. It’s time to learn about special education law. Come and join this workshop and be a SMART SPED Teacher!

November 28 – Picture Exchange Communication Symbols (PECS)
PECS has a number of advantages over other methods of addressing communication. It is appropriate for individuals who do not use speech or who may speak with limited effectiveness. Those who have articulation or motor planning difficulties, limited communicative partners, lack of initiative in communication, etc.

November 29 – Treatment and Education of Autistic and Communication Handicapped Children (TEACCH)
This training is intended to introduce professionals to the TEACCH approach to classroom organization, structure, curriculum, and teaching, care, etc. Today, treatment of children with Autism includes use of developmental theories of behaviour and cognition. Mental health professionals and educators achieve behaviour management by using appropriate educational structures. A well-developed program based on community support and public school education can greatly reduce the incidence of severe behaviour problems. The child’s learning and development can best be fostered through special teaching curricula focused on the development of social skills, and through special communications.

November 30 – Best Practices in Teaching Children with Behavioural Disorders
This seminar-workshop will review theory, definitional issues, models, assessment, and instructional methods for educating children with emotional and behavioral disorders. Develop a working knowledge of educational approaches for teaching students with emotional/behavioral disabilities.

Registration Fees:
PhP8,000.00 for 5 days (Reg. on or before Nov. 25)
PhP1,800.00/topic

Includes Certificate of Participation, Handouts, and Snacks/lunch

For enquiries, contact REACH Inc. at reachinc.seminars@gmail.com.

Topics

23 & 24 April 2012 – Level 1 : A Three Part Treatment Plan for Oral Placement Therapy
This unique tactile-sensory approach to speech therapy uses therapy tools ‘disguised’ as toys! See how 40 fun-to-use exercises can be used to improve phonation, resonation, and speech clarity. Interactive, hands-on demonstrations will focus on therapeutically sound techniques that develop the oral placement muscles needed for improving speech clarity: abdomen, velum, jaw, lips and tongue. Your child and adult clients will actually want to do them because they are fun and
they work!

25 & 26 April 2012 – Teaching Speech to Non Vocal Individuals with Autism
This course presents a systematic approach to developing functional speech with individuals who are non-vocal. The course is a comprehensive program which combines principles of applied behavior analysis with oral placement therapy. For behavior analysts the course demonstrates the importance of using specific techniques within hierarchies to develop the oral placement skills for speech and feeding. For speech and language pathologists, this course demonstrates techniques developed within the applied behavior analysis field to maximize learning for functional speech using reinforcement based procedures.

Speaker: Renee Roy Hill, M.S., CCC/SLP

For more information, please contact :
Jessie Wan @ 65 96621360
Patricia Han @ 65 97881631
Or email info@therapy-resources.com

Attachments:
Level 1 Workshop 2012 Brochure
Autism Workshop 2012 Brochure

Topics

A. Pictures Exchange Communication System (PECS) – 9AM to 12NN
Speaker: Ms. Stephanie Lopez – Sy

Developed in 1985 as a unique augmentative/ alternative training package that teaches children and adults with autism and other communication deficits to initiate communication. Using the PECS, the student learns to spontaneously initiate communicative exchanges. People using PECS are taught to approach and give a picture of a desired item to a communicative partner in exchange for that item. Using PECS, students learn to gain the attention of the communication partner in order to make a request. Every step in PECS was developed from the principles of ABA.

B. Forum on Family Journey with Autism – 1:30 to 4:30 PM
Speakers:
Dr. Nida Juat – Valeriano
Ms. Rosalyn Marie Gison Sorongon
Ms. Melanie Felix – Arceo

Autism affects the entire family. The challenges and tribulations that are associated with this condition leave certain impacts on all the family members. Listen to the stories of the families and the explanations of the professionals as they take part in shedding light on the plight of the families coping with autism.

For more details, please call ASP at 9266941/9298447 or click here to visit their blog.

Community-based rehabilitation (CBR) focuses on enhancing the quality of life for people with disabilities and their families, meeting basic needs and ensuring inclusion and participation.

CBR was initiated in the mid-1980s but has evolved to become a multi-sectoral strategy that empowers persons with disabilities to access and benefit from education, employment, health and social services.

CBR is implemented through the combined efforts of people with disabilities, their families, organizations and communities, relevant government and non-government health, education, vocational, social and other services.

Community-based rehabilitation in the Philippines

Source: Department of Health, Office of the Secretary, Manila, Republic of the Philippines.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2534311

Rehabilitation in the Philippines has in the past been based on the Western model, with an emphasis on hospital departments located in the major cities. This approach is inappropriate for the majority of disabled people in the Republic as 70% of the population live in rural areas.

A community-based programme was devised using local volunteers who had simple training. These volunteers can identify and support disabled people in their own villages, avoiding long journeys and expensive institutional care.

Filipino Therapists as professional provider of rehabilitation services create big impact on giving specialized & advanced treatment to families living in rural areas who can’t afford to seek assistance from private centers.

This very crucial function will be discussed and further strengthen at the 1^st Filipino Therapists’ Conference on September 24 & 25, 2011 at Crowne Plaza Galleria Manila.

This event will convene top caliber local & international speakers that will share their knowledge & expertise to our Filipino Physical & Occupational Therapists, Speech Pathologists & Pediatric Therapists.

The 1st Filipino Therapists’ conference & expo aims globally advance and competitive Filipino therapists due to rising demand in the market. It also envisions enhancing the organizational, practical skills, competence and ethical service practices of Filipino Therapists. Lastly, this convention would like to raise the Filipino therapists’ awareness of the clients’ and patients’ need in facing the current society.

An event that convenes Filipino Physical Therapists, Occupational Therapists, Speech Pathologists & Pediatric Therapists and discuss the goal towards progress. This also aspires to strengthen the industry through forming a distinctive group that will cater the needs and development of Filipino therapists all over the world. The expo aspect of the event will showcase products and services in the therapy industry.

Our aim is to provide further education and development avenues through conventions and events to the industry, practitioners and clients. Through this mission of uplifting the profession and industry to global competitiveness level, domestic and local therapy centers will increase and will eventually profuse number of jobs for newly graduates and unemployed therapists.

For more details (i.e., conference fee, exhibitor & sponsorship packages), please contact Ex-Link Management & Marketing Services Corp.
Tel.: 643-3887 | Fax: 640-1280
Email: info@exlinkevents.com | ritajacinto@exlinkevents.com
Website: www.filipinotherapistsevent.com.ph
Blog: www.filipinotherapistsevent.blogspot.com

Speakers
Kathy Reyes, CSP – Feeding Back to Basics
Jeffrey Datangel, PTRP – Therapeutic Positioning

Click on above image for more details.

THERAPY TALKS presents a two-part seminar for parents, school teachers, students, and therapists entitled,
“Everyday Approach to Teach Communication and Proper Behaviors in Children.”

Part I: Listen, Say “Ah”, “Apple!”: Learning Effective Ways to Improve Your Child’s Ability to Listen and Speak (9am-12nn)
By Kathy B. Reyes, CSP

Part II: School is Cool: Learning New Strategies to Improve Child’s Behavior and Compliance in School (1pm-4pm)
By John Paul O. Mallari, OTRP

Seminar Fee
Slot Reservation: PhP 700.00 / lecture
On-site Registration: PhP 900.00 / lecture
Discount: PhP 1200.00 / 2 lectures
Seminar fee is inclusive of snacks and certificate. Only 80 slots available.

For more inquiries, contact Therapy Talks at (02) 2278199 / 0915-4218508.

Speaker
Dr Martha Burns is an instructor of the Neuropathologies in Speech and Language doctoral program at the Nova Southeastern University in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., Adjunct Associate Professor at Northwestern University and the director of Scientific Learning Corp.’s (NASDAQ:SCIL) clinical specialist market. She is also an elected Fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). Dr. Burns has received honors from Northwestern University, Evanston Hospital Corporation, the American Speech Language Hearing Foundation and St. Xavier University.

Workshop Outline
9:00 am – 10:45 am Introduction and review of Neuroscience:

• Organization of brain structure for auditory processing, speech and language production, and memory
• Update on neuro-imaging and Network theory
• Brain development and etiologies of speech, language and learning disorders
• Adolescent brain development

11:00 – 12:30 Auditory Processing Disorders – bottom-up processes

• Development of the cortical auditory processing machinery
• Abnormalities in development caused by chronic middle ear infections, noise exposure, and genetic predispositions
• Interventions – classroom amplification, metacognitive approaches, auditory training

1:30 – 3:00 Memory

• Type of memory: short term (working memory) vs. long-term
• Neurology of memory
• Functional approaches to memory treatment

3:15 – 4:45 TBI in children

• Neurological mechanisms of head injury
• Manifestations and progression
• Mild Traumatic brain injury and post concussion syndrome
• Interventions

4:45 – 5:00 Conclusion and question/answers

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