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Upcoming
Training
2011
PRACTITIONER TRAINING
DATES
March 4, Fri
Ft.
Collins, CO
March 18, Fri
Charlotte,
NC
March 23-25, Wed-Fri
Cambridge,
England
April 9,
Sat*
Pasadena,
CA
April 14,
Thurs**
Jackson,
WY
April 15,
Fri**
Memphis,
TN
April 30, Sat
Hartford,
CT
April 30, Sat
Naperville,
IL
May 6, Fri
Austin, TX
May 7,
Sat
Houston, TX
May 13-14,
Fri-Sat
Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
June 2,
Thurs
Springfield, MA
June 4,
Sat
Boston, MA
July 9, Sat
Reno,
NV
July 23, Sat
Tampa, FL
Sept
21-24, Wed-Sat
iLs Annual Conference –
Denver, CO
Sept 30, Fri
Ithaca,
NY
Oct 1, Sat
Columbus, OH
Oct
2, Sun
New York City, NY
Oct 7,
Fri
Detroit, MI
Oct 8,
Sat
Jacksonville, FL
Oct 15,
Sat
Chapel Hill,
NC
Oct 15, Sat
Edmonton,
AB
Oct 18-19,
Tues-Wed
Miami, FL (en
Español)
Nov 5,
Sat
Indianapolis, IN
Nov 5,
Sat
Dallas, TX
Nov 5, Sat
Phoenix,
AZ
Nov 5, Sat
Shreveport,
LA
Dec 3, Sat
Santa Rosa,
CA
Dec 3, Sat
Ft. Lauderdale,
FL
Date TBD
Alexandria, VA
Date
TBD
Atlanta, GA
Date
TBD
Albuquerque, NM
Date TBD
St.
Louis, MO
*
Early registration for this training expires on
March 11th
**
Early
registration for this training expires on March
18th
2011 ADVANCED
TRAINING DATES
April 5-9
Tue-Sat,
Denver,
CO
July 26-30
Tue-Sat,
Denver,
CO
Training Information
&
Registration
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CONTENTS
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Interview: Amy Dubey,
OTR
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iLs Training Schedule for Remainder of 2011
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Testing Your Bone Conduction
Headphones
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iLs
Annual Conference:
Save
The Date
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Interesting Research /
Articles
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INTERVIEW
Interview with Amy Dubey,
OTR
Amy Dubey,
OTR - pediatric OT and adult/pediatric
TBI, sensory integration; 10 years’ experience,
currently in private practice; trained in
sensory integration, iLs and Interactive
Metronome; company is Therapy Solutions, in
Wolverine, MI.
What client
population(s) do you work with? I work
in a rural area. I’m the only private practice
pediatric OT in the Northern Michigan region, so
I handle a diverse case load comprised mostly of
pediatric SPD and pediatric/adult
Mild Traumatic Brain
Injury (MTBI).
How
does iLs complement your
practice?
It brings a neurological
connection that you don’t get through repetitive
tasks. I like the way it coordinates the rhythm,
timing, auditory, visual and coordination in one
session. And that it can be done at home,
because we know the frequency is so important.
The ease of use of iLs for families is a big
plus – I get more compliance using iLs than I
ever did using OT activities.
Do
you use iLs Receptive and Interactive
(Expressive) Language programs?
Yes,
most of the time I work in conjunction with an
SLP as a co-treat so we coordinate the Total
Focus receptive program and the Interactive
Language Program (ILP). For those with MTBI, we
begin the ILP with humming and auditory figure
ground exercises; simultaneously, we work on
their fine/gross motor and auditory processing
with the Total Focus. Children with SPD usually
require some OT and Total Focus work to be able
to sit still long enough for the SLP to use her
tools.
Can you give some case
examples that reflect the results you’re
seeing?
Yes, we’re in the middle of
a few very exciting ones right now: a child with
Down Syndrome, another with SPD and a man with
MTBI.
The 11-year old girl with Down’s
has been in therapy for most of her life. Since
we began working together 8 months ago, she’s
made remarkable gains in her gross motor skills,
reading, speech and socialization skills. Her
mother just reported she has begun to
self-initiate play for the first time in her
life.
Also, I have been working with a 6
year-old who has sensory and auditory processing
deficits: SPD, in constant motion, constantly
seeking input, extremely poor visual attention,
no eye contact, poor auditory processing; SLP
worked with her for a few months and got minimal
results. The young girl couldn’t sit still to
use the speech tools. We began a
combination of SLP and OT using iLs and sensory
input. She can now attend to get 45 minutes of
speech therapy; amazing changes in
comprehension, attention, expressive skills; mom
and dad are elated and are considering an iLs
home unit.
I’m also very happy about an
MTBI client: a young man in 20’s, who had
multiple TBI’s over 5 years ago. He’s wheelchair
constrained and about 25 sessions into the iLs
Sensory Motor Program. He started out depressed,
had a bad attitude and zero motivation. But now
he’s seeing some real results and his attitude
is changing. He can stand with contact guard
with good balance while leaning against
something; his left eye (which tended to roll
back, out of control) now can be controlled,
more often straight ahead; his socialization is
more appropriate, and his rate of speech is
smoother instead of slow and choppy. He is
feeling good about himself. After 5 years of
therapy and no significant gains, this is really
exciting to
witness!
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WHAT'S
NEW
iLs Practitioner Training
Schedule
2011
Please
note the updated 2011 Practitioner Training
Course (PTC) dates in the left column. We have
now added dates and locations throughout the
rest of the year.
If you have already
completed your Practitioner training you are
welcome to attend a refresher course. The
fee for attending a course as an iLs Associate
is
$25.
Testing Your Bone
Conduction
Headphones
Two of our most
frequently asked questions are about the
functioning of the bone conduction transducer in
our headphones. Is it working? How do I
test it? As of Spring 2010, iLs began loading a
BC Test in all Focus units, which you can play
to test the BC level. This is done by finding
‘BC Test’ (under "Playlists") on the iPod,
clicking "Play" and – gently, but firmly,
squeeze with your index finger on the bone
conductor and your thumb on the headband. The
vibration should be unmistakable, but will
fluctuate as the low frequencies within the
music
fluctuate.
iLs
Annual Conference: Save The
Date
The
iLs Annual Conference will be held September
21-24, 2011 in Denver,
Colorado.
Venue:
The
venue is the landmark Oxford Hotel in the heart
of LODO, Denver’s arts and entertainment
district. The lineup for presentations will be
announced later in March,
2011.
Location:
The
Oxford Hotel
1600 17th Street
Denver,
Colorado 80202
www.theoxfordhotel.com
P:
303.628.5466
Thanks to
Seattle!
iLs would like to thank
our community in Seattle for spreading the word
of the training to their friends and colleagues.
Their support resulted in a record number of 75
therapists and educators being
trained!
iLs Featured by Autism
Support
Network
A case study submitted
by Kids Kount Therapy in Alabama was featured in
the Autism Support Network newsletter and web
site.
The case is a great story
of a high-functioning autistic
child.
New SPD Blogger
Network
SPD
parents and therapists should know about a
continually expanding resource for SPD-related
information, the SPD blog
network: www.spdbloggernetwork.com
iLs
Webinar
Series
Last week,
iLs held its first ever
web conference for iLs
Associates, hosted by Ron Minson, MD. The topic
of the webinar was "Challenging Cases" and
focused on answering some of the cases presented
by our clients. A recording of the webinar is
archived in the Associate Resource
Center of the iLs
website.
The webinar series
schedule for 2011 will be announced in
March.
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Interesting Research /
Articles
Dynamic Emotional
and Neural Responses to Music Depend on
Performance Expression and Listener
Experience - Apart from its natural
relevance to cognition, music provides a window
into the intimate relationships between
production, perception, experience and
emotion.
December 16, 2011, PLoS
ONE
Impaired theory of mind
for moral judgment in high-functioning autism
(Link to PDF)
- High-functioning autism
(ASD) is characterized by real-life difficulties
in social interaction; however, these
individuals often succeed on laboratory tests
that require an understanding of another
person’s beliefs and intentions.
January
10, 2011, Department of Brain and
Cognitive Sciences,
MIT
Findings of Impaired
Motor Cortex Inhibition in ADHD Offers Potential
for Quantitative Evaluation of
Children - Children with
attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
appear to have impaired motor inhibitory
function, which parallels impaired behavioral
inhibition characteristic of the disorder,
according to two new studies published in the
February 15 issue of Neurology.
February
17, 2011, American Academy of
Neurology
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