Pediatric VitalStim Therapy 2: Enhancing Decision Making
This course is the second part of the Pediatric VitalStim Therapy: Enhancing Decision Making series. Both the first and second part are included in your purchase and will appear as individual courses on your Online Course Menu. Participants will be able to activate each part separately at your discretion (within 6 months of purchase). Separate CEU certificates will be available to print upon successful completion of each part.See Prerequisite below
Part 2 is where the fun begins! With the foundational review behind us, lots of time and attention will be given to review and discuss videos of treatments, pour over case studies and identify key components of successful treatment. Therapy techniques are peppered throughout this section as well. Therapists will feel empowered and strengthened in their knowledge base and treatment tool box to maximize the potential of the pediatric patients.
Completion of this course includes a 10 question quiz and 3 short answer questions which will be submitted to the instructor for grading.
NOTE: Registrants must be VitalStim Providers.
Prerequisite:
1. VitalStim Providers who completed the Adult Focus class must first take a foundation of pediatric anatomy/physiology of the swallowing system course Pediatric Feeding and Swallowing Skill Acquisition Around Developmental Milestones prior to taking this course.
2. VitalStim Providers who completed the Pediatric Focus class may proceed with this advanced class.
AOTA Classification Codes
OT Process: Intervention
Course Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Identify pediatric patients who are appropriate to receive VitalStim therapy
- State at least 2 strategies to prepare a child for NMES therapy
- Enhance therapeutic decision making and strategy development for management through dissection of case studies and their clinical outcomes
- Discuss therapy techniques to use in addition to NMES to optimize therapeutic outcomes
Course Instructor(s)
Karin Mitchell
M.A. CCC-SLP
Karin Mitchell is a worldwide respected Speech Language Pathologist specializing in the care and treatment of pediatric feeding and swallowing, developmental care of the medically fragile infant and child, and pediatric traumatic brain injury. Her love of teaching and helping others drives her to create and deliver fun and empowering continuing education courses across the nation and internationally. Areas covered are Developmental Care in the NICU, Cue Based Feeding, pediatric feeding and swallowing analysis and treatment, including the use of VitalStim, swallow studies, enhancing decision making and clinical analysis, breast feeding the medically fragile infant and child, and developmental milestones supporting feeding skill acquisition. Beginning her practice in 1995, Karin sought out learning opportunities and creative ways to teach others. She now serves as a lead therapist for the NICU and Feeding Teams at CHOC Children’s Hospital in Orange, CA. With a clinical practice formed by a strong theory base in NDT and SI therapies, Karin is also NOMAS trained and VitalStim certified. She provides ongoing education in-services and hands-on labs for appropriate developmental care, positioning, handling, and feeding skills for clinical staff including medical residents, nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists, and speech pathologists. Karin was a key player in the development of unit protocols and care plans for evidence-based developmental care in the highly specialized Small Baby Unit (ELBW) at CHOC which includes an ongoing education series required by all medical and support personnel. She is an active committee member for multiple qualities of care committees including Skin to Skin Care, Developmental Care, Infant Driven Feeds, Breast Feeding Coalition, Palliative Care, Neuro NICU Team, Trauma Team, and Family Centered Care. A dedicated leader, Karin devotes much of her time to the support and development of clinicians, serving as a mentor committed to building therapist's skills in clinical analysis and therapeutic effectiveness with medically fragile patients. She is a strong advocate for her patients and their families and speaks at local associations, community centers, local universities, and school districts to support medically fragile infants and children.
Financial Disclosure: Karin receives an honorarium from CIAO for the presentation of this course. She also receives royalties for the purchase of her recorded course(s)
Non-financial Disclosure: Karin uses VitalStim in her clinical practice.
Course Agenda
Contact hours pre-approved for:
- 3.0 Hours
- CIAO is an ASHA Approved Provider #AAWA (0.3 ASHA CEUs) bubble sheet required
- CIAO is an AOTA Approved Provider #4119 (0.3 AOTA CEUs)
- This course meets PDU Requirements for NBCOT (3 PDUs)
- As an IACET Authorized Provider, CIAO offers CEUs for its programs that qualify under the ANSI/IACET Standard
- CIAO is authorized by IACET to offer 0.3 CEUs for this program
- 4.0 Hours OTs in CA - Advanced Practice Swallowing #25-S15
The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA.
0.3 ASHA CEUs
Advanced level
CIAO is accredited by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET). CIAO complies with the ANSI/IACET Standard, which is recognized internationally as a standard of excellence in instructional practices. As a result of this accreditation, CIAO is accredited to issue the IACET CEU.
CIAO Automatically reports to CE Broker for Florida Occupational and Physical Therapists and Assistants. Florida SLPs can either use the ASHA CE Participant Form (Bubble Sheet) or self-submit through CE Broker.