Z Highlights from Growing Up with Cerebral Palsy: The Teenage Years

The transition from adolescence to adulthood in children with Cerebral Palsy (CP) is an important milestone for the rehabilitation practitioner.  This course seeks to emphasize the management of CP and its impact on social, family and community engagement in adolescence to early adulthood(ages 13-21). This highlights course will move through major themes presented by experts in the field. The impact of aging on the muscle of an adolescent with CP and how this affects their rehabilitation management will be discussed. There will also be a discussion on pain in the aging child with CP and its impacts on participation and overall health and finally the importance of exercise, fitness and sport for the teenage child.

***NOTE: This highlights course contains recordings of key lectures from the Growing up with Cerebral Palsy: The Teenage Years live program. There are no workshops or live discussion available. 

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AUDIENCE: 
Advanced Practice Provider (APN’s and PA’s), Nurses (outpatient, inpatient), Occupational Therapists, Occupational Therapy Assistants, Physical Therapist Assistants, Physical Therapists, Social Workers,  and Physicians (including Residents and Fellows): Physiatrists, Orthopedics, Neurologists, Pediatricians, and Family Medicine Specialists. See accreditation information for details.  

LEARNER OUTCOMES: 
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Identify how the clinical implications of aging with cerebral palsy impacts treatment recommendations. 
• Describe how factors that contribute to pain in the adolescent with CP informs treatment planning. 
• Describe the importance of fitness for the adolescent with CP and how this impact treatment recommendations. 

SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION:
In order to receive contact hours, all modules must be viewed and completion of an online evaluation and assessment are required. 

COURSE CHAIRS:

• Gadi Revivo, DO Section Chief, Pediatric and Adolescent Rehabilitation Program Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab and Assistant Professor, Department of PM&R at Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine.

• Ana-Marie Rojas, MD Pediatric Rehabilitation Fellowship Director, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab and Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.

COURSE FACULTY (BY THEME):

Aging and the CP Muscle: Richard L. Lieber, Ph.D. Senior Vice President & Chief Scientific Officer, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab & Mark D. Peterson, Ph.D., M.S Charles E. Lytle, Jr. Research Professor Associate Professor, University of Michigan-Medicine, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 

Pain and CP: Prakash Jayabalan, MD, Ph.D. Director, Clinical Musculoskeletal Research,  Attending Physician Scientist,   Shirley Ryan AbilityLab & Elisabet Rodby Bousquet, PT, Ph.D. Physical Therapist, Associate Professor in Orthopaedics, Lund University  Coordinator of National Cerebral Palsy Follow-Up Program in Sweden

Fitness and Sport: Jan Willem Gorter, MD, Ph.D, FRCPC Pediatric Physiatrist, Professor and Head of Pediatric Rehabilitation, University Medical Center Utrecht, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, The Netherlands  

CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDIT: 

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Shirley Ryan AbilityLab is an AOTA Approved Provider of professional development. Course approval ID# 5552. This distance learning- independent course is offered at 4 contact hours, 0.4 CEUs [intermediate level, Foundational knowledge/ OT Service Delivery]. AOTA does not endorse specific course content, products, or clinical procedures. 

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