Practical Postural Techniques for Speech Therapists and Physiotherapists

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Build on your theoretical knowledge of postural principles with practical skills that will enhance your clinical practice

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Mauro Banfi

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

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Introduction

There is a known link between posture and vocal quality, as well as posture and swallowing. When working with speech therapy patients, it is essential to have the skills to evaluate the relationship between posture and these functions. This course will introduce specific methods that can be used to assess and address postural dysfunction. The techniques discussed in this course focus on standing and sitting postures that can be easily adopted in speech therapy practice.

Aims

This course aims to introduce practical postural techniques that are useful in a speech therapy setting.

Outline

This course is made up of videos, reading, discussions and a final quiz. The course content is split into the following sections:

Videos
Reading activity
Quiz

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 2-2.5 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 1.8 Plus 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:

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

Learning outcomes

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

describe the key components of a postural assessment for speech therapy patients
discuss two tests used to evaluate the function of the vestibulospinal reflex and progressions of these tests that are relevant to speech therapy patients
describe three potential outcomes when attempting a postural correction of speech therapy patients
interpret the assessment findings of a speech therapy patient with postural dysfunction based on a case scenario
elect an appropriate treatment for a speech therapy patient with postural dysfunction based on a case scenario