Online Course
Postural Principles for Speech Therapists and Physiotherapists Programme
Enhance your interdisciplinary practice with a detailed understanding of posture and how it relates to speech, signing and swallowing

11-13 hours

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Mauro Banfi
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Physiotherapist and Osteopath in the field of performing arts, working with singers, and instrumentalists

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Introduction

This programme aims to demonstrate the relationship between posture and other systems, such as speech and swallowing. Through a detailed discussion of postural principles, you will learn about the most frequent causes of postural dysfunction. You will then be introduced to effective assessment and treatment strategies that will enable you to better manage patients with postural dysfunction.

The techniques presented in this programme are all designed to be completed in sitting or standing positions, so they are easily adopted in speech therapy settings. The information in this series of courses is aimed to enhance the interdisciplinary collaboration between different health professionals working in this area, including speech therapists, physiotherapists, dentists and osteopaths.

Aims

This programme aims to introduce postural principles that are useful for health professionals working with patients who have issues with swallowing or speech dysfunction.

Outline

This programme will cover the following topics:

  1. Introduction to Postural Principles for Speech Therapists and Physiotherapists
  2. The Relationship Between Posture and Swallowing
  3. Practical Postural Techniques for Speech Therapists and Physiotherapists

Target audience

This course is aimed at Speech and Language Therapists, Physiotherapy and Physical Therapy clinicians, students and assistants. Other interested professionals such as athletic trainers, occupational therapists, nurses or medical doctors interested in this subject are also invited to participate.

Practicalities

Availability - this course is online and can be completed on your own schedule.

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 11-13 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 - Watching videos, reading, a final quiz and 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 10.8 Plus points will be added to your personalised learning dashboard.

Requirements to complete this course

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

  1. Respect the Plus 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. Complete each of the required courses
  5. Submit a written assignment that meets that passes the assessment criteria.
  6. Complete a course evaluation form.

Instructor financial and non-financial disclosures

No relevant relationships disclosed by instructor.

Accessibility

For special needs or accommodations please contact us with details of how we can meet your needs.