EVENTS

    Events

    Lakeview School Parent's Association Golf Tournament & Dinner

    Lakeview School Parent's Association
    Golf Tournament & Dinner

    August 5, 2017
    Rossmoor Golf Course
    Monroe Township, NJ

    Enjoy a great day of Golf & Dinner.  All proceeds benefit the Lakeview School.  There will be prizes, contests, on-course refreshments, and a buffet dinner.

    $145 per person
    12:30 pm
    Rossmoor Golf Course
    10 Clubhouse Road
    Monroe Township, NJ 08831
     
    For information or reservations call  732-549-6187 ext 539


    24 Hour Posture Care:
    Supporting People with Motor Impairments

    September 5 & 6, 2017
    Lakeview School
    Edison, NJ

    Lakeview School Parent's Association Golf Tournament & Dinner
    24 hour posture management or postural care has been discussed and developed since the 1970s outside North America, but in the United States, it is a new approach not commonly used in a systematic way.  This course provides background and theory for an eclectic approach to 24 hour postural management, including instruction in practical strategies for implementation.  Developing a 24 hour postural care plan for an individual and hands-on practice with therapeutic positioning offers experience in planning postural care interventions that will be successful.

    This two day intensive course is designed for those who care for and/or work with individuals whose movement is impaired, and are therefore at risk for body shape distortion and accompanying health problems.  This course is 14 Continuing Education Units.  In order to obtain 14 CEU credits, participants must attend both days of the course.  The cost of the course is $200 per participant.

    Participants will:
    • Identify the influence of asymmetrical postures, gravity and time on body shape
    • Appreciate the behavioral changes required in implementation of 24 hour postural care
    • Understand how to apply 24 hour positioning safely
    • Learn to distinguish between therapeutic and destructive postures
    • Describe how sleep patterns and temperature regulation affect night positioning
    • Gain hands-on experience with therapeutic night time positioning – see how it feels!

    Speaker:  Tamara Kittelson-Aldred, MS, OTR/L, ATP/SMS is an occupational therapist who has worked with children, youth and adults who have complex disabilities in western Montana since 1983.  She is certified as an assistive technology professional/seating and mobility specialist by RESNA, with 24 hour postural management and wheelchair seating being her passions.  She has written and presented about these topics in the United States, Jordan and Peru, and will be teaching in Medellin, Colombia in November 2017.  Tamara is Project Director for the Montana Postural Care Project, funded by the Montana Council on Developmental Disabilities, and Director of Eleanore’s Project, promoting 24 hour postural care and responsible wheelchair provision in Peru.  She gives her daughter Eleanore credit for being her best teacher.

    For more information and to sign up, download the brochure here .

    For questions, contact:

    Stephanie Derey, MS, OTR/L, ATP
    Coordinator of Seating & Adaptive Equipment
    Phone:  732-549-5580 Ext. 174
    Email:  Stephanie.Derey@njid.org


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