Courses and Certifications

5-day intensive training program totaling to 40 hours and 48 CEUs.
American PTs only.

Program:

• PediaSuit™ – Theory and Practice
• Pediatric Intensive Therapy
• Ability Exercise Unit
• Pulley System
• Physiology of Exercise
• Cerebral Palsy
• Assessments

A continuing education unit (CEU) is a measure used in continuing education programs to assist professionals to maintain their license in their profession. The CEU Certified Suit Course grants 48 units.

32 hours / 4 days
10 hours of theory - 22 hours of hands-on training

Program:

Day 1

• History of PediaSuit™
• Introduction
• Indications
• Contraindications
• Precautions
• Benefits
• Basic PediaSuit™ donning
• Practice

Day 2
Ability Exercise Unit

• Principles
• Benefits
• Indications & Contraindications
• Precautions
• Rules
• Components (internal kit)
• PediaSuit Protocol™ - Practice

Day 3
1. Pulley system

• Principles
• Benefits
• Indications
• Contraindications
• Precautions
• Types of suspensions

2. Physiology

• Exercise physiology
• Effects of inactivity
• Important considerations

3. Practice

Day 4

• Pediatric Intensive Therapy
• Evaluation
• Considerations
• Non-progressive chronic childhood encephalopathy , syndromes, autism
• Practice
• Cases discussion
• Conclusion

16 hours / 2 days
6 hours of theory - 10 hours of practice
Prerequisite: Pediasuit Protocol Basic Certification

Program:

• Motor control - Theories of motor control
• Clinical practice in PediaSuit Intensive Therapy
• Sensory integration
• Nutrition and its consequences
• Dystrophy and Neurodystrophy
• Spider exercices
• Literature

Revision - Elastic placement / Pulley system / Ability Exercise Unit / Practice