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Idiopathic toe walking can be a chronic impairment in the pediatric population. Currently, idiopathic toe walking lacks an effective universal clinical pathway for success. Neither surgical nor non-surgical intervention is understood to fully and consistently "cure" toe walking. This course allows the attendee to consider idiopathic toe walking gait as a secondary compensation an individual uses to achieve homeostasis, or internal consistency through a changingenvironment.
This course will practice using the Sensory Profile and interpreting the results. The results are used as a navigation tool to guide treatment choices in the clinic and for parenteducation and home programming. Through recognition of an individual's difficulty tolerating the sensory components oftheir environment, the behavior of toe walking may be explained as an automatic coping mechanism versus a learned behavior or active choice. Clinicians who address sensory modulation dysfunction in their treatment strategiesfor a child with idiopathic toe walking help families to understand toe walking is not merely the result of a cognitive choice or abnormal muscle tightness.
The content of this program is germane to children, students and clients ages 1-8.
Target Audience: Physical Therapists, Physical Therapist Assistants, Occupational Therapists, Occupational Therapy Assistants
3/5
Leslie (NJ) on Jan 31, 2026
i had a difficult time with the way the material was organized. it wasn't clear to me on what exactly we were discussing
5/5
Meredith (GA) on Jan 28, 2026
good course, would have love ideas on how to get students with cognitive impairments (sid\/pid) to participate or "buy into" activities. many of my students do not follow direcrtions to participate in these types of interventions in the school system.
5/5
True (GA) on Jan 27, 2026
i felt as though the case studies and videos were helpful to my learning.
3/5
Amber (AR) on Jan 27, 2026
lack of organization and visuals in the presentation. videos for case studies were somewhat helpful but it was hard to follow her point and connect everything together.
4/5
ROSIE (TX) on Jan 19, 2026
the subtitle translation is poor and not to what she had said. translation had a lot of misspelled words or not even the word instructed had said. very poor.
5/5
Trisha (CO) on Jan 18, 2026
i loved the deep dive into the sensory profile and how to use those scores to build a treatment plan
3/5
Kim (KS) on Jan 05, 2026
this course was more about understanding sensory processing and not particularly specific to toe walking.
4/5
Jean (NY) on Jan 03, 2026
i love when instructors have case studies and also show videos of their treatment sessions.
5/5
Teresa (MD) on Dec 31, 2025
i loved the way she used the sp to drive her clinical picture and ways to target needs.
4/5
Oluyemisi (NJ) on Dec 30, 2025
effective presentation of course materials
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