In-Person 3-day Course

Learn to Move, Move to Learn

Therapeutic Management of Children with Movement Disorders - A Comprehensive Course in the Application of the Perception-Action Approach
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Three, Full day Live In-person Hands-on Sessions in Australia. Dates: October 21-22, 2025

CONTINUING EDUCATION HOURS: 35.0
LEVEL: INTRODUCTORY

COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This 3-day course focuses on the Perception-Action (P-A) Approach that allows active, spontaneous exploration of the child’s environment and promotes variability, complexity and adaptability in movement oriented to a functional task. This intervention is based on a unified view of motor control, motor learning and motor development supported by the perception-action, dynamic systems and neuronal group selection theories. 

Participants will learn intervention methodology that provides for fluid integration of these theories into clinical practice and includes environmental modifications, task-specific manual guidance and caregiver instruction. Related evidence will be discussed. Lectures, videos, patient demonstrations and laboratory sessions will illustrate theoretical and clinical concepts. 

Additionally, this interactive course provides participants with a unique opportunity to apply this intervention with children with movement disorders under the supervision of masters of the approach. Occupational therapists, physical therapists, and speech- language pathologists will each extract from the course material information that is useful in their discipline-specific interventions. 

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Target Audience:

Pediatric PT. OT, SLP

Learning Objectives:

1. Design an intervention plan that includes functional goals and content that promotes global development. In addition, each participant will create discipline-specific objectives to address the following:          
     a. Visual processing, bilateral hand function, and activities of daily living (OT)         
     b. Postural control, movement transitions, and locomotion (PT)         
     c. Feeding, respiration and speech production (SLP)
2. Implement an intervention that includes environmental modifications, manual guidance and caregiver instruction.
3. Analyze intervention reflecting on both the participant’s and the child’s behavior and articulate potential changes to subsequent sessions.




COURSE COMPLETION REQUIREMENTS

35 Continuing Education Hours will be awarded upon successful completion of this course. Full course attendance and completion of the course assessment and survey are required to receive a Certificate of Completion.

ACCESSIBILITY

IPAA is committed to ensuring that all educational activities are accessible to all learners, including people with disabilities. If you have any special needs, please contact us at ipaamoves@gmail.com.

CANCELLATION POLICY

Requests for cancellation must be made in writing more than 10 days prior to the course start date to receive a refund minus $20 fee. Cancellations by IPAA and/or any cancellation due to COVID 19 will result in full refund.

SATISFACTORY COMPLETION REQUIREMENTS

All virtual and in-person courses require attending the entire program, passing a post-test, and completing the course evaluation in order to receive a certificate of completion.

For questions, please email ipaamoves@gmail.com
Course Schedule: Day 1, Mon Oct 20,2025

8:30 – 9:00            Review – Questions and Answers, Lecture and Discussion Defining Characteristics

9:00 – 10:00          Demo and Discussion. Review Assessment form

10:00 – 10:20        Break

10:20 – 11:45        Participant Movement Lab #1 and #2

11:45 – 12:45        Lunch

12:45-1:00             Patient Set-up

1:00 – 2:00            Patient 1 & 2 Assessment and Discussion        

2:00 – 3:00            Patient 3 & 4 Assessment and Discussion

3:00 – 4:00            Patient 5 & 6 Assessment and Discussion

4:00 – 5:00            Patient 7 & 8 Assessment and Discussion/ Homework


Course Schedule: Day 2, Tues Oct 21, 2025

8:30 – 9:00           Review, Caregiver Education

9:00 – 10:00         Participant Movement Lab #3  

10:00 – 10:15        Break/Patient Set Up

10:15 – 11:15          Patient 1 & 2 Treatment and Discussion

11:15 -11:30           Break/Patient Set-up

11:30 – 12:30        Patient 3 & 4 Treatment and Discussion

12:30 – 1:30          Lunch

1:30 - 2:30            Patient 5 & 6 Intervention Session and Discussion

2:30 – 2:45           Break/Patient Set-up

2:45 – 3:45           Patient 7 & 8 Intervention Session and Discussion

3:45 – 5:00           Participant Movement Lab # 4 Questions Answers Homework


Course Schedule: Day 3, Wed Oct 22, 2025

8:30 – 9:00         Review

9:00 – 10:00        Demo and Discussion

10:00 – 10:15       Break/Patient Set Up

10:15 – 11:15         Patient 1 & 2 Treatment and Discussion

11:15-11:30           Break/Patient Set-up

11:30 – 12:30       Patient 3 & 4 Treatment and Discussion

12:30 – 1:30        Lunch

1:30 - 2:30          Patient 5 & 6 Intervention Session and Discussion

2:30 – 2:45         Break/Patient Set-up

2:45 – 3:45         Patient 7 & 8 Intervention Session and Discussion

3:45 – 5:00         Participant Movement Lab # 5 Q & A, Survey
What We Offer

What's included in this online course?

Agenda

4 half-day Online:
  • Introduction/Paradigm Shift
  • Theoretical Foundations
  • Primary Concepts
  • Defining Characteristics
  • Manual Guidance
  • Examination/Assessment – Intervention
3 day Live:
  • Manual Guidance/Environmental Modification Labs
  • Patient Demonstrations
  • Assessment and Intervention Sessions with children
  • Setting Goals for Intervention, Reflection and Discussion
  • Typical Development from a Perception-Action Approach
  • Caregiver Education

Online Lecture


Self-Experiential Movement Activities


Patient Demonstrations


Course Completion

Thank you for taking this course. If you have completed the entire course work including the online and the live in-person portion, please click on the link below to register and complete the Assessment, Survey & obtain your Certificate of Completion.
Instructor

Lisa JH Pinson

PT, DPT, C/PAA-Instructor
Lisa JH Pinson, PT, DPT, PCS is a board-certified paediatric physical therapist with over 28 years of experience across a wide range of clinical settings. She is a founding board member and current treasurer of the Institute for Perception-Action Approach (IPAA), and has played a leading role in advancing the model globally.

Lisa founded the PEDI Center for Therapy in Phoenix and participated in a landmark NIH-funded study using PAA with children with cerebral palsy. She currently works at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. Her work blends clinical insight, research, and a deep understanding of developmental movement.
Patrick Jones - Course author
DISCLOSURES:
FINANCIAL: Lisa JH Pinson is being financially compensated to present this Professional Development activity.

NONFINANCIAL:  Lisa JH Pinson holds leadership and volunteer roles within IPAA for which there is no financial compensation.
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