Archive for November 13th, 2008

I’m Off to Cebu… I’ll be Back in a Jiffy

Posted by on Thursday, November 13th, 2008 @ 8:05 pm in Personal - Philippines.

picture taken from the official website of Quantum of Solace

Thank you Cebu Pacific Air for my free roundtrip ticket to Cebu! This would be my 2nd Cebu City trip in less than a month. I don’t know what is my agenda in Cebu together with my friend. I would like to go back to Bantayan Island or explore Malapascua but we don’t have enough time to do that. Maybe we will just stay in the city and watch the Quantum of Solace at Ayala Center and then indulge ourselves to a seafood buffet in one of the restaurants near the mall and then we would probably attend the mass service at the Basilica del Santo Nino de Cebu.

When I was in Cebu last month I tried my luck at Casino Filipino at the Waterfront Airport Hotel to kill time waiting for the boarding time, luckily I won enough money to pay for my dinner, terminal fee, a few packs of dried mangoes and taxi from NAIA 3 to my house. I guess I’ll try it one more time and hope that lady luck is still on my side after a month. I only allow myself to lose up to 300 pesos before I head up to the door and never come back as gambling can be addictive.

I guess that’s all it for my Cebu trip.

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Early Assessment and Intervention with Babies and Young Children with Neurodevelopmental Problems based on Bobath/NDT Principles

Posted by on Thursday, November 13th, 2008 @ 5:20 pm in Uncategorized.

This course is suitable for any paediatric Bobath/NDT-trained therapist (OT/PT/SLT) as well as any non-Bobath/NDT-trained therapist who either work with young children (early intervention / <5s), hold a visiting therapist role, and/or work in NICU/SCBU and with babies.

Priority will be given to applicants who are practising in the early intervention field however all interested therapists are encouraged to apply.

Where and When
Three Kings/Epsom area, Auckland, New Zealand (to be confirmed)
Monday 16th – Saturday 21st March 2009 (6 days)

Fees
$1800.00 incl. GST (NZBA Inc members)
$2000.00 incl. GST (non-NZBA Inc members)

Lecturers
Jean Pierre Maes, Physiotherapist, Senior Bobath Tutor, Bobath Centre London. Course Leader and Betty Hutchon, Consultant Neurodevelopmental Therapist & Head Occupational Therapist, Royal Free Hospital, London.

Course Objectives
By the end of the course participants will:

  • Be able to, or begin to, apply the Bobath concept in early assessment and intervention to include current views on early treatment and management.
  • Extend their facilitation / handling skills through problem solving.
  • Demonstrate an understanding of normal, abnormal, and atypical development for preterm (from 28 weeks gestation onwards) and term babies in the first year of life.
  • Document observations of typically developing babies.
  • Develop improved observation skills through participating in and observing case studies.
  • Demonstrate an understanding of the neurological and developmental assessment tools / methods available to therapists in NICU and early intervention (such as neurological - Prechtl, behavioural - Brazelton and NIDCAP, and developmental – Bayley III, and others).
  • Demonstrate an in depth knowledge and understanding of early patterns of brain damage,
    investigation methods, medication, and medical intervention.

Course format will include lectures on neurological and developmental assessment with video analysis, as well as daily treatment sessions followed by case presentations and practical demonstrations by a Senior Bobath tutor.

For further information, please click here or contact Carolyn Simmons Carlsson at kero.oskar@xtra.co.nz. Closing date for applications is on the 1st of December, 2008.

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