Advanced Integration Model (AIM) for Early Developmental Etiologies
Co-Speaker: Patricia Oetter, MA, OTR/L, FAOTA
Co-Speaker: Patricia Oetter, MA, OTR/L, FAOTA
Description
While the current standards of pediatric assessment and treatment generally focus on a child’s observable behavior, the expression of dysfunction may have roots in earlier development. This course presents a model of development that begins at conception and goes through the birth process. The model supports therapists to identify the etiology of issues leading to familiar diagnoses presented in pediatric occupational therapy practice. These early problems may include stress in the pregnancy, cord wrap issues, genetics, nutrition, trauma, poor partnering in the birth process, drugs, induced labor, emergency C-section, prematurity, and embryonic development issues. Studying fetal development through the birth process can inform treatment planning that prioritizes early areas needing intervention.
Participants will learn how the child moves from innate mechanisms, to refinement, to integration and to skills with use of lecture, video, and have the opportunity to practice strategies discussed.
Objectives
Following the course, participants will be able to:
While the current standards of pediatric assessment and treatment generally focus on a child’s observable behavior, the expression of dysfunction may have roots in earlier development. This course presents a model of development that begins at conception and goes through the birth process. The model supports therapists to identify the etiology of issues leading to familiar diagnoses presented in pediatric occupational therapy practice. These early problems may include stress in the pregnancy, cord wrap issues, genetics, nutrition, trauma, poor partnering in the birth process, drugs, induced labor, emergency C-section, prematurity, and embryonic development issues. Studying fetal development through the birth process can inform treatment planning that prioritizes early areas needing intervention.
Participants will learn how the child moves from innate mechanisms, to refinement, to integration and to skills with use of lecture, video, and have the opportunity to practice strategies discussed.
Objectives
Following the course, participants will be able to:
- Describe key components of embryonic development, the birth process, and early infant development that impact developmental dysfunction and treatment planning.
- Discuss the importance of addressing quality of life, membership, personal sense of competence and describe techniques for intervention.
- Demonstrate techniques that move influence changes to innate mechanisms that lead to opening up refinement mechanisms, integration, and skill.
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Agenda
Day 1 8:15-8:30 Check In 8:30-10:00 Intro & Embryonic Development- use of patient Hx for clinical reasoning 10:00-10:30 Break 10:30-12:00 Patient History interview, Early fetal development (seed) 12:00-1:00 Lunch 1:00-2:30 Growth, Health, Thrive, Inner drive of fetus tap root and side roots)) 2:30-3:00 Break 3:00-4:30 Pre-Birth- Quality of life, Membership, Personal Sense of Competence (1st Eruption from the seed-) 4:30 Conclusion & Questions |
Day 2 8:15-8:30 Check In 8:30-10:00 Basic support functions for development- (Stem) 10:00-10:30 Break 10:30-12:00 Basic support functions for development- (Stem) 12:00-1:00 Lunch 1:00-2:30 Organization of behavior- Regulation, Co-regulation, Self-regulation (Leaf 1); Bonding, Shared attention, Social behavior, interaction (Leaf 2) 2:30-3:00 Break 3:00-4:30 - Progression of treatment 4:30 Conclusion & Questions |