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JUNE 2008 MOVE TRAININGS
MOVE International will hold its eleventh annual June Training sessions June 25-28, 2008 at the Kern County Supt. of Schools Office in Bakersfield, California, USA.
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NOTE: Includes both Basic Provider and Site Trainer Training information as well as Registration Form.

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Attention
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Basic Provider and Adult Provider Trainings and Other Events
Please check out our MOVE Trainings/Events page for Basic Provider and Adult Provider training opportunities around the United States and other MOVE events.

Children with Severe Disabilities and the MOVE Curriculum

thomsonbook: Children with Severe Disabilities and the MOVE Curriculum

This brand new book about MOVE is $39.95 (plus S&H). Visit our MOVE Products page for more information and to download our MOVE Product Order Form.

Title: Children with Severe Disabilities and the MOVE Curriculum
Subtitle: Foundations of a Task-oriented Therapy Approach
Author: Gilbert Thomson, PT
Cover: Soft Cover
Pages: 290
Dimensions: 7" x 10" x 5/8"
Publisher: East River Press, 359 Gibson Hill Road, Chester, NY 10918
ISBN: 0-9759183-0-3
Publication Date: March 2005
Category: Physical Therapy / Occupational Therapy

Description:
This is a professional reference book for physical therapists and occupational therapists working with children with severe disabilities. In addition, special education teachers will also benefit from it. A major premise of the book is that the MOVE Curriculum provides a practical framework to implement many concepts from the motor control/motor learning literature for the population of children with severe disabilities.

Contents:
1. The MOVE Curriculum
2. Children with Severe Disabilities
3. Neurological Basis of Movement
4. Motor Control
5. Motor Development
6. Motor Learning
7. Neural Plasticity
8. MOVE as a Task-oriented Approach
9. Practical Considerations / Equipment
Appendix A: Top-Down Motor Milestone Test (from MOVE Curriculum)
Appendix B: Complex Systems


WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING ABOUT THE BOOK...


Alan Percy, MD
President, Child Neurology Foundation Professor of Pediatric Neurology, University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL
An excellent resource, comprehensive, clearly written, exceedingly readable, and replete with active learning exercises and clinical points, to drive home the message on effective therapeutic approaches to those caring for children with neurodevelopmental disabilities.

Joseph M. Valenzano, Jr.
President, CEO & Publisher Exceptional Parent
This book is replete with easy to understand but tremendously useful exercises and tools for improving the quality of life for people with neurodevelopmental disorders. MOVE....Mobility Opportunities via Education is no more clearly illustrated than in the content and quality of this educational tool....a must for anyone involved in the care and development of children or adults with movement disorders.

Christine Shaw, MCSP
Pediatric Physiotherapist, Edinburgh, Scotland
This book gives us the underlying knowledge we require to ensure our clinical practice helps every child with a physical disability to gain his maximum level of independence. I would wholeheartedly recommend this book to all therapists, whether they are new to the field of neurological disability or, like me, need an update! I know that MOVE works with our children, now I have a clearer understanding of why!

Ginny Paleg, PT
Montgomery County Infant and Toddler Program, Maryland
This book could (and maybe should) be required reading for any therapist, for we all encounter people with neurological dysfunction and weakness. I hope it becomes a strong link in the chain that spreads the science behind teaching motor skills in a meaningful environment, where repetition is the cornerstone.

Matthew G. Holder, MD, MBA
Executive Director American Academy of Developmental Medicine and Dentistry
This is the most comprehensive text of its kind and it is proudly endorsed by the physicians and dentists of the American Academy of Developmental Medicine and Dentistry.

Rick Rader, MD
Editor in chief, Exceptional Parent Magazine Director, Morton J. Kent Habilitation Center, Orange Grove Center, Chattanooga, TN
With the changing model of the central nervous system as having the dynamic capacity to regenerate or adapt, the core concepts of the MOVE curriculum are now ready for serious recognition. Thomson's book serves as a definitive introduction for therapists, physicians, researchers, parents and educators in the field of neurodevelopment.


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