Symposium

Pediatric Rehabilitation

Brain Injury

Health Services Research

Neuroplasticity (includes neuroscience)

Rehabilitation Treatment Specification System

Stroke

Technology (e.g. robotics, assistive technology, mHealth)

Early Pediatric Rehabilitation: State of the Science (818935)

Presenter(s)

• 

  Susan V. Duff, EdD, MPT, OT/L, CHT

  Associate Professor
  Chapman University
  South Pasadena, California

  Presentation Slides Handouts
• JH

  Jill C. Heathcock, MPT, PhD

  Associate Professor
  The Ohio State University
  Columbus, Ohio
• LP

  Laura A. Prosser, PT, PhD

  Research Scientist
  Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Learning Objectives:

• Discuss the current evidence regarding the use of constraint induced movement therapy to improve upper limb function in young children.
• Identify intervention strategies embracing the paradigm of contingent reinforcement to improve muscle activation and prehensile activity in infants and young children.
• Identify how technology and body-weight support devices can augment the development of mobility in infants and young children.