This advanced course is designed to broaden one’s knowledge base and enhance skills learned in the Certificate course. An emphasis will be placed on enhancing and consolidating participants’ assessment and handling skills. The client/patient practicum of the course involves clients/patients with a variety of CNS lesions (stroke, traumatic brain injury, multiple sclerosis, ataxia). The content will be covered through lectures, labs, group problem-solving, and client/patient demonstration by instructors.
Course Objectives:
Upon completion of the course, participants will be able to:
- Link the ICF Model for client/patient evaluation and treatment planning.
- Analyze effective and ineffective movement strategies during the performance of functional activities.
- Prioritize impairments contributing to these ineffective posture and movement strategies.
- Formulate appropriate treatment strategies for persons with neurological dysfunction.
- Design and implement appropriate treatment strategies during treatment practicum.
Who Should Attend:
- The applicant must be a registered Physiotherapist, Occupational Therapist, or Speech Language Pathologist (For both conditional and fully registered therapist from AHPC of Singapore) who work with individuals’ post-stroke and/or brain injury. The applicant must have completed the Certificate in Neuro-Development (NDT) 3 weeks Basic Training of Adults with Hemiplegia.
Competency Mapping (Clinical Domain):
- Assist in Mobility Training for Clients
- Assist with Individualised Therapy Care Plan Development
Course Fee: $3500.00 (before GST)
For enquiries, please contact us at:
slcwcadmin@stluke.org.sg (6895 2786)
sla_admin@stluke.org.sg (6895 2782)
