Prechtl General Movement Assessment Advanced Course

Prechtl April 2023

Please join Northwestern University’s Department of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences’ Continuing Education course titled "Prechtl General Movement Assessment" presented by Colleen Peyton, PT, DPT, PCS, and Andrea Guzzetta, MD, PhD, from April 13-16, 2023. There is a $950 registration fee for the course. Breakfast will be included.

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We are pleased to assist you in furthering your professional development. Below is the course confirmation information:

Speakers:

Colleen Peyton, PT, DPT, is an Assistant Professor in the Departments of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences and Pediatrics at the Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University, Chicago, IL. Colleen received her Doctorate of Physical Therapy at MGH Institutes of Health in Boston, Massachusetts. Her research interests include spontaneous infant behavior and neuroimaging correlates, neurodevelopmental trajectories in high-risk infant populations, and early detection of cerebral palsy in infancy. She is the first (and only) licensed tutor of the General Movements Trust in North America and teaches the Prechtl General Movement Assessment to clinicians and researchers internationally.

Andrea Guzzetta, MD, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Infant Neurology and Psychiatry at the University of Pisa and Stella Maris Foundation. Dr. Guzetta is Head of Stella Maris Infant Lab for Early-intervention (SMILE), Associate Professor at the University of Pisa, Medical School, and an accredited international trainer with the General Movements Trust. He will provide expertise in both clinical and neuroimaging data as a Member of the Early Detection and Neurosciences theme in the CRE. Dr. Guzzetta's main research has focused on the effects of early brain damage on the development of different functions and the underlying neuroplastic mechanisms, with the final aim to improve early intervention paradigms and outcomes. In his still relatively short research career, he has provided significant contributions to a number of research questions in the area, thanks to his compound training experiences in some of the most productive European centers in the field, including the Hammersmith Hospital and the Visual Development Unit in London (Great Britain) and the Department of Child Neurology in Tuebingen (Germany).

Description:

The Feinberg School of Medicine Department of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Science is proud to offer both the basic and advanced general movement assessment courses. Research conducted in the last 20 years has shown the qualitative assessment of spontaneous movement in the fetus, newborn, and young infant is an early and reliable indicator for diagnosis and prognosis of neurological disorders. Compelling evidence is now available that qualitative assessment of General Movements —a specific type of spontaneous movement—under the age of five months is the best predictor of cerebral palsy. This course fulfills the standards specified by the Generalized Movement Trust (www.general-movements-trust.info). The course will consist of lessons, demonstration, and discussion of video-recordings. Lectures will alternate with exercises in small groups with videos prepared by the tutors. At the end of the course participants be required to take a final test in order to receive a certificate of reliability in this method of assessment.

Basic Course Objectives:

Assess typically developing infants using the General Movement Assessment.
Assess infants with brain lesions using the General Movement Assessment.
Describe how to incorporate the General Movement Assessment technique into their clinical and research practices.
Distinguish between typical and atypical general movements in developing infants using the General Movement Assessment.

Advanced Course Objectives:

Assess the components of general movements including speed, amplitude, intensity, and rotations during the preterm and term age.
Evaluate the individual trajectory of developing infants using the assessment of components of general movements.
Assess fidgety movements and the concurrent motor repertoire (movements and postures) in 3-5 month old infants.
Discuss their own diagnosis of developing infants using infant movement assessment illustrated with their own recordings.

Timed Agenda:

Day 1

7:30-8:00am: Breakfast
8:00-9:30am: Welcome and introduction; when, how, and perhaps why do we start to move?
9:30-10:00am: Coffee and tea
10:00-11:30am: Normal general movements: preterm and term age
11:30-12:30pm: Lunch break
12:30-2:00pm: Abnormal general movements: preterm and term age
2:00-2:30pm: Coffee and tea
2:30-4:00pm: General movements: preterm age

Day 2

7:30-8:00am: Breakfast
8:00-9:30am: General movements: term age
9:30-10:00am: Coffee and tea
10:00-11:30am: Individual developmental trajectories: from birth to the end of the first month postterm age
11:30-12:30pm: Lunch break
12:30-2:00pm: Fidgety movements
2:00-2:30pm: Coffee and tea
2:30-4:00pm: Abnormal and absence of fidgety movements

Day 3

7:30-8:00am: Breakfast
8:00-9:30am: Fidgety movements
9:30-10:00am: Coffee and tea
10:00-11:30am: Individual developmental trajectories: from birth to 5 months postterm age, GMs and Cerebral Palsy
11:30-12:30pm: Lunch break
12:30-2:00pm: Individual developmental trajectories: from preterm birth to 5 months postterm age
2:00-2:30pm: Coffee and tea
2:30-4:00pm: Individual developmental trajectories of infants with Perinatal Asphyxia

Day 4

7:30-8:00am: Breakfast
8:00-9:30am: GMs at different ages, how to study GMs
9:30-10:00am: Coffee and tea
10:00-11:30am: Reliability testing

CEU:

21 hours

Location:

645 N. Michigan Avenue, 8^th Floor, Room 800

Cancellation Policy:

Any cancellation up until 2 weeks before the course will result in a $200 cancellation fee.
Any cancellation made 2 weeks prior to the course will NOT receive a refund.

We look forward to providing you with the highest quality professional education experience. Please reach out to Theresa Sukal Moulton if you have any questions.