Course Format: Mixed of pre-recorded content and live online sessions
 

Running: July 2022, every Monday and Wednesday
 

Audience: People caring for children or adults with Cerebral Palsy, Stroke, Multiple Sclerosis or Brain Injury.
 

What you will learn:
 

• Tackling the tears before therapy:

  • Cultivating a positive mindset for your child.

  • Language to use (and not to use) with your child to help them look forward to therapy, to buy into the idea of therapy and feel empowered.

  • Learn about the essential elements of a therapy session which can help your child find joy in the process of Physiotherapy.

  • Identify elements of their current therapy program that may be driving avoidance, tearfulness, helplessness or aggression around Physiotherapy.

• Never sit powerlessly on a waiting list again! Learn the system Physiotherapists go through that you can easily and implement without ANY scientific or medical background to conduct a “session” with your child – from assessing them, to deciding how to treat them, to seeing if it’s working and determining what to do next – all without having to worry about it you’re going to hurt them or damage their already tight and sore muscles.

• Learn how often you should be doing a home programme, when your child’s programme needs to be reviewed or changed, and what to prioritize if time is tight.

• Learn the theory at your own pace using pre recorded material. Pause, rewind, go slower as you need to.

• How different tissues of the body can inhibit movement

• How to systematically approach and eliminate stiffness without painful stretching!

• How to systematically approach weakness/lack of power to achieve greater symmetry without waiting for weeks for a strengthening programme to kick in!

• Once a week, we will have a live Zoom where you will see the instructor go through a whole session with a child or adult modelling in the clinic to see how everything comes together, and get a chance to ask clarifying questions.

• Once a week, the instructor will have a live Q&A on zoom and go through a session with a volunteer from the participants virtually in a class to illustrate the steps to therapy and clarify how to adapt the programme to your situation.

• Special section at dealing with tight hands

• Special section at dealing with tight feet/ankles

• BONUS: Tear-free splint application tips!

Fee: Get your SPECIAL INTRODUCTORY RATE for July 2022 of €210. After this course, the fee will be going up to €420 for the next course (November 2022).
 

• 2 hours live Zoom *2 sessions per week *4 weeks = 16 hours of live interactive PT

• PLUS 12+ hours of pre recorded content with 6 months’ access after the course =28+ hours of therapist time

• 28 hours of private PT for €210 = €7.50 per hour, PLUS you come away from the course being less dependent on future therapy sessions!

• 28 hours of private PT sessions @ €140 per hour = €3,920, which is a saving of €3,730

• Email clara.helpinghands@gmail.com to book your place now and take advantage of this great resource!

Places are limited to 8 participants for the first course to ensure everyone gets sufficient individual attention.

Please note that all Zoom sessions will be recorded. If you do not wish to appear on recordings, you can keep your camera off, use the chat to ask questions and just watch the class, but live interaction is strongly encouraged.