PEDS 640

Catalog description

Pediatric Technique 2 is a hybrid course with components online and a campus-based Pediatric Technique Review and Assessment session (PedTRA). This course is the second of a two-part series designed to deepen students’ abilities to apply manual therapies to pediatric patients safely and effectively. In this course, students learn to identify indications and contraindications for the application of extremity manipulation techniques and active rehabilitation in the pediatric population. Students learn to adapt these skills for safe and effective application in pediatric patients of different ages and levels of development and ability. Material in this course is included in the hands-on, campus-based PedTRA Session 2.