Practicalities

Hours of Learning - No deadlines are applied to this course and it can be started and completed in your own time according to your personal schedule. We expect the required elements to take around 1.5-2.0 hours depending on your schedule and learning style. Additionally there are many optional resources provided and if you choose to review these the course could take longer to complete.
Types of Activities - Reading Physiopedia pages, journal articles, book chapters. Watching videos. Attempting quizzes. Participating in an international discussion forum.
Certificates - At the end of the course, when you have completed all of the required elements, you will be able to download a certificate of completion and 1.6 Physioplus points will be added to your personalised learning dashboard.

Requirements to complete this course

In order to complete this course and receive a course completion certificate plus CEUs/CCUs/CPD points you will need to:

1. Respect the Physioplus Community Culture.
2. Log all the required learning activities as complete (represented by the orange icons!).
3. Actively and appropriately participate in the course discussions.
4. Pass a final quiz with a score of 80% or more.
5. Complete a course evaluation form.

Learning outcomes

At the end of this course you will be able to:

• Describe the Peabody Developmental Motor Scale 2 and its benefits as an assessment tool for the evaluation of the gross motor development in young children
• Discuss at least four ways in which the PDMS-2 can be utilised in various paediatric populations to achieve specific goals
• Choose the correct entry level of each subtest and the correct subtests to administer in children between the ages of 0 -72 months old with possible gross motor developmental delays
• Correctly identify the basal level and ceiling level of each subtest of the gross motor skill section in the assessment of children with possible developmental delays
• Interpret the score of the Peabody Developmental Motor Scale -2 after administration of the test in order to decide what course of treatment is needed in the child with developmental delays

Accreditations

1. South African Society of Physiotherapy

   South Africa

   South African Society of Physiotherapy: PPB007/PT001/2021/181 (3 General CEUs Level 1)

2. Texas Physical Therapy Association

   United States - Texas

   The assignment of Texas PT CCUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by TPTA or TBPTE.

   This activity is provided by the Texas Board of Physical Therapy Examiners Accredited Provider #2312053TX and meets continuing competence requirements for PT and PTA licensure renewal in Texas. This activity will provide 1.89 CCUs.