Taping Tiny Humans: Skin Approach to Taping from NICU to the Infant at Home
Taping Tiny Humans: Skin Approach to Taping from NICU to the Infant at Home
1 hour 30 minutes
The instructors
Overview
This webinar is designed to give participants an introduction to using elastic tape to address the various problems babies and those born preterm sometimes need to deal with. Participants will learn the various tape applications, become aware of best practice for skin care, safe tape removal and learn about the research conducted in this area.
The various tape possibilities to address feeding and swallowing issues, breathing difficulties, excessive drooling, cleft-lip, torticollis, clubfeet, diastasis recti abdominis and reflux will be presented.
Several basic tape applications will be demonstrated for those who have not participated in any Kinesio/Kinesiology/K-taping courses.
Learning Objectives
In this webinar, you will:
- Gain a good understanding of the skin of premature, term-born babies and infants. Learn about the physiological movement direction of skin and about the role of skin as a sensory organ. Gain an understand the importance of this knowledge when using elastic tape.
- Gain sufficient knowledge of the research, studies and expert experience showing the effects of these applications.
- Understand and be able to test patch various brands, utilize tape applications and handle manual testing for pre- and post-taping effects on infants.
- It is all about safety first and understanding when to say no and when taping is safe.
Audience
This course is open to health care professionals including physiotherapists/physical therapists, midwives, occupational therapists, chiropractors, osteopaths, medical doctors, nurses and midwives. All should be trained and have experience in working with premature and term born babies and very young infants. All should be comfortable with touching and working with- and on the skin.
Registration and What's Included
The registration fees are as follows:
- Regular registration: $50 CAD
- Early-bird registration (before Feb 28): $40
- Pediatric division members of the CPA (after early bird rate ends): $44
Registrants can attend the live webinar, which includes a Q&A session with Esther de Ru, lifetime access to the recording, and webinar resources and downloads.
The instructors
PT, OMT, PPT
Esther de Ru is a physiotherapist from the Netherlands whose passion and energy for all things related to pediatrics is stunning. Maybe best known for her work in elastic therapeutic taping, she is keenly interested in skin, our outer brain, using skin stretch and massage to enhance movement and address dysfunction. Her other passion is scoliosis management. She is certified in NDT Bobath, NDT/Mueller, pre-logopedia, Vojta, Sports, Orthopedic Manual Therapy, P.N.F., Bugnet, Sensory Motor Therapy & Motor Remedial Teaching. She developed the Skin Approach to Taping method and she has published on this topic.
As past chair of the Committee Practice of the IOPTP (International Organisation of Physical Therapists in Paediatrics) and international instructor and author, Esther emphasizes the need to work very hands-on in our profession.
Semi-retired, Esther travelled the world teaching and sharing her knowledge as a true clinician who values not only the evidence base, but the patient's experience and the intuitive wisdom that comes with real work in the real world. She has gained her experience working in four European countries. She is a respected international speaker, and provides mentoring to therapists world wide through the Clinical Excellence Online CEO WiredOn program.