Continuing Education For Therapists
Why choose EIH Continuing Education Seminars?
The Mobility and Skills Training Seminars focus on the use of motor learning when instructing children how to develop new motor skills. Understanding and using motor learning is a valuable tool for Therapists who provide services to special needs children. While not all children are candidates for this technique, it does generate positive outcomes for most children.
The presenter is Darwyn Bartsch, PT, DPT, BS, BA. The Continuing Education courses are based on the Mobility and Skills Training Video Series, which are PowerPoint-style presentations designed to teach motor skills to children with gross motor and developmental delays. The CE presentations are designed for Physical, Occupational, and Speech Therapists.
Please contact us if you are interested in scheduling a full-day or partial-day seminar.
Some of the prior Seminar Titles have been:
Move Right - Move Well: Stages of Pediatric Motor Learning
The Clumsy Child: Issues of Safety and Function
Pediatric Motor Learning: Beneath the Surface
Pediatric Functional Motor Patterns: Progress Through Blocking
A New Therapy Frontier: The Upper Core
When Outcomes are Illusive for the Pediatric Client
Beneath The Surface: Unmasking pediatric skills, development and outcomes from a new perspective
How Movement and Development are Inseparable: Taking Actions to Outcomes
For Upcoming Continuing Education Seminars
- Send us your email and we will send a notice when the next seminar is available!
Previous Events and Seminars
Improving your practice
A to Z Therapies Conference, AZ December 2022 – How Movement and Development are Inseparable: Taking Actions to Outcomes
· A special thank you to Kristin Chase for inviting me to present this course! We had a great group of attendees who were from a variety of disciplines within pediatrics and early intervention.
“Thank you for your insightful information! You kept the day / pace flowing. I will be reading your books!"
“I appreciate your incorporation of your activities in all disciplines and not just PT.”
“Can’t wait to read your books!”
“Darwyn is fantastic - thank you so much!”
“I loved the demonstration of techniques which I had never seen to help kids roll, etc!”
“Darwyn was an excellent, knowledgeable, presenter. Came away with lots of ideas.”
Monroe County ISD MI, August 27, 2018 – Pediatric Motor Learning: Beneath the Surface
· It was a privilege to present the the district’s school therapy team, including music therapists and adaptive PE instructors. A dedicated group who want the best outcomes for the children they serve.
Some of the comments regarding the course:
“The video samples were very helpful.”
“Great info and great presenter!”
“Very interesting and helpful.”
“The theories, practice, examples and resources were helpful.”
“I will be able to incorporate many of the concepts and activities into my treatment sessions.”
A to Z Therapies Conference, AZ April 2018 – Beneath The Surface: Unmasking pediatric skills, development and outcomes from a new perspective
· This conference had a wonderful group of PT’s, OT’s, ST’s, DSI’s and a Pediatric Psychologist in attendance. It was a fun group for learning together and for finding ways to achieve faster outcomes.
Some of the comments regarding the course:
“Great course. I highly recommend it for all pediatric therapists.”
“I always appreciate Darwyn’s expertise and knowledge base.”
“Looking forward to more courses by Darwyn.”
“Darwyn was organized, inspirational and entertaining.”
“The instructor gave wonderful treatment ideas that I can immediately implement with my patients.”
MASPOT Fall Conference 2017:
I had the privilege of presenting a 2-Day CE seminar with the Michigan Alliance of School Based Physical and Occupational Therapists in October 2017. It was a great group of therapists who attended, and I wish them all the best as they incorporate the movement concepts, learning concepts, and motor patterns we covered in the seminar.
Rehab Summit 2017:
This was a great event with Rehab Summit in Washington DC. Excel In Health was a proud sponsor of the event, and I had a great group of therapists attend my session, “When Outcomes Are Illusive For The Pediatric Client.”
Andrews University:
The 2015 CE event was at Andrews University with a wonderful group of therapists who found the course to be very valuable to their practice with pediatrics. It is my passion to have therapists to know how critical this approach is for better and faster outcomes!
The therapists who attended gave the course high marks, with comments including:
“Best course I have ever taken.”
“Very informational and practical.”
“I loved the course…especially the steps of motor learning and how to apply them.”
It is my passion to have therapists to know how critical this approach is for better and faster outcomes!
Rehab Summit, Las Vegas: 2013
Rehab Summit, Boston: 2012
Chandler AZ: 2011
Phoenix, AZ: 2008
Chandler, AZ: 2007
getting better outcomes
"I will be able to incorporate many of the concepts and activities into my treatment sessions."
-Attendee at the Michigan Monroe County ISD Conference, 2018.
“Great course. I highly recommend it for all pediatric therapists.”
-Attendee at the Arizona A to Z Conference, 2018.
Former Pediatric Conference Topics
How Movement and Development are Inseparable: Taking Actions to Outcomes
Move Right - Move Well: Stages of Pediatric Motor Learning
The Clumsy child: Issues of Safety and Function
Pediatric Functional Motor Patterns: Progress Through Blocking
A New Therapy Frontier: The Upper Core
When Outcomes are Illusive for the Pediatric Client
If you or your organization are interested in having Dr. Bartsch do a presentation at your facility or conference, please send an email to Excel In Health (below).