Current Clinical Topic: Infant Motor Profile

Description

Weighting course content
Knowledge: ●●○○○
theoretical and scientific expertise

Application: ●●●○○
practical knowledge, transfer, linking

Details of the course content
The Infant Motor Profile (IMP) is a novel video-based instrument to assess the motor development of infants aged 3 to 18 months. Based on video-recordings of spontaneous motor behaviour in supine, prone, sitting, standing, walking and during reaching and grasping. The IMP provides information about the infant's motor repertoire,its abilities to select adaptive motor strategies and about grooss and fine motor achievement. It consists of five domains: movement variation, adaptability, performance, symmetry and fluency. Initial studies have shown good reliability and promising validity.

At a glance

Qualification: course certificate, Infant Motor Profile

Start: 14.05.2019

Duration: 2 days

Costs: CHF 480.00

Comment on costs:
The course material is included in the course fee and provided in electronic form. The purchase of further specific technical literature is optional and at the expense of the student.
Prices are subject to change.

Location: The courses usually take place at the School of Health Professions which is a few minutes walk from the train station.

ZHAW
Zurich School of Health Professions
Technikumstrasse 71
8401 Winterthur

For more detailed information on continuing education in physiotherapy come along to the next information event.

Languages of instruction: German, English

Objectives and content

Target audience

Physiotherapists with experience in the treatment of infants and young children

Objectives

You know and understand the current leading theory of neuromotor development
You understand the structure of the Infant Motor Profile
You know the different IMP domains and can distinguish them
You can perform the Infant Motor Profile correctly in practice
You can evaluate and interpret the Infant Motor Profile

Content

Theoretical background of the Infant Motor Profile
Principles of motor development on the basis of the Neural Group Selection Theory
Evaluation of the IMP based on video examples
Implementation and evaluation of an IMP assessment with a child

Methodology

Presentations, discussion, videos, shared IMP video assessment, self-study

Enquiries and contact

Elena Mitteregger, MScPT
Head of Current Clinical Topics Paediatric Physiotherapy

E-Mail

Instructor:
Mijna Hadders-Algra (MD, PhD) is Professor of Developmental Neurology at the Beatrix Children's Hospital of the University Medical Centre Groningen (UMCG), the Netherlands

Regula Hochuli
Secretariat for Continuing Education

E-Mail
Tel. +41 58 934 63 79

Provider

Institute of Physiotherapy

Application

Admission

Course dates in 2019 (subject to change):
14.05.2019
15.05.2019

General teaching hours:
9.15am - 4.30pm (exceptions are possible)

Information for applicants

Physiotherapist from a university of applied sciences or with a college degree
Knowledge of German is an advantage (the language of instruction is English)

General terms and conditions

Conditions

Starting dates and application

Start	Application deadline
14.05.2019	14.04.2019	Application