May 24-28, 2010 Announcements

PDP has received our ASHA CE Providership, and I've been trying to wrap my head around distilling our course descriptions into 300 character (including spaces and punctuation, thankyouverymuch), past tense, people-first, SLP-focused blurbs. Before immersing myself in registering all 18 of our courses, this week's announcements:

1. Professional Development Programs and Products is an ASHA Approved Continuing Education Provider again! 

Starting at the end of June, all our courses will be registered with the ASHA CE Board.

2. This Friday's deadlines:

    Clinical Reasoning and Treatment Planning for Praxis Intervention July 23 and Goal Attainment Scaling as a Meaningful Outcome Measure for Sensory Integration: A Training Program July 24 in Culver City (Los Angeles), CA; and Primitive Reflexes to Occupational Performance July 22 and From Eyesight to Insight: Visual/Vestibular Assessment and Treatment July 23-24 in Charlotte, NC have their super saver registration deadlines.

   Sensory Integration and Beyond: Power Tools for Treating Children July 9-10 in Willowbrook (Chicago), IL has its early bird registration deadline.  

3. Gravity and Movement Challenged: The Sensory-Motor-Vestibular Triad June 25-26 in Rochester, MN has been approved for 12.0 Category 1 hours by the Minnesota Board of Physical Therapy.

4. Don't forget the Summer Sale!

5. Remember to send in your submissions for the PDP Scholarship. Details can be found on the Symposium page. Lori recently opened up the scholarship to cover all PDP courses, not just the Symposium.

A special "Thank You!" for all of you who came out to the Praxis course last weekend in Baltimore. I enjoyed meeting all of you and appreciated your patience while I endured my spring cold. Remember, you can reconnect with each other on the Facebook event page.

May 17-21, 2010 Announcements

Thank you to all who came out to the Partners with a Purpose course this past weekend in the San Francisco, CA area. Patricia and Scott enjoyed spending time with all of you.

Upcoming Courses
There is still space available in this Friday & Saturday's Clinical Assessment & Practical Interventions for Praxis: From Ideation to Execution in Baltimore, MD. Spaces are also available for the Essentials of Praxis Intervention for Children with Autism in Charleston, IL June 4, 2010 and for Clinical Reasoning and Treatment Planning for Praxis Intervention June 10 and GAS as a Meaningful Outcome Measure for SI June 11, both in Ronkonkoma, NY. 


We're working on our schedule for 2011. If you would like a course to come to your area, please respond in the comments or e-mail Cynthia with your suggestions. And for more information on bringing a course to your facility, please visit the PDP Outreach page.


Deadlines
This Friday is the super saver deadline for the TARGET Your Treatment in Memphis, TN July 16-17, 2010. Don't miss this chance to save at least $30 off your tuition and learn how this tool can help make your practice more effective.

May 10-14, 2010 Announcements

Thank you to everyone who came to our Primitive Reflexes course in Seattle; From Eyesight to Insight in Boise; and Music & Movement and "Getting It Write" in Ann Arbor this weekend! We appreciate all your support and look forward to seeing you again at future PDP courses.


We're looking forward to seeing those of you signed up for the Partners with a Purpose: Occupational and Speech Therapy Using an SI Approach this Friday and Saturday in San Mateo (San Francisco area), CA. There are still spaces available for this course.


Reminders

• We're still taking questions for PDP Pages' series of blog posts on our speakers. Please leave your questions in the comments section of the post.
• Lori is still accepting nominations for the Symposium Scholarship. The deadline has been extended to October 31, 2010. Forms are available on the Symposium page on our website (linked above).
• Remember to keep checking our Facebook page for special offers on registrations and products.
• The PDP Products Summer Sale will be going on through August 31, 2010.

And while visiting the Products side of the website, why not check out the new products?

May 14th Deadlines

• Sensory Integration and Beyond: Power Tools for Treatment July 9-10, 2010 in Willowbrook (Chicago area), IL super saver deadline
• Gravity and Movement Challenged: The Sensory-Motor-Vestibular Triad June 25-26, 2010 in Rochester, MN early bird deadline

Unfortunately, we had to cancel the TARGET Your Treatment  in Chesterton, IN May 21-22, 2010. If you would like to bring this or any of our courses to your area, please visit our PDP Outreach page on our website. Cindy and Lori are beginning the planning for 2011 and welcome your suggestions. Comments may also be left on our Wall on Facebook.

Call for Questions

We're asking for your questions for the speakers and about their courses for a series of posts on the PDP Pages blog.

Please post your questions for the speakers in general (or to a specific speaker) and/or about our courses (or a specific one) in the comments, on our Facebook Wall, or by e-mail.

I'll take your questions, pose them to the speakers and post their responses in PDP Pages in the coming weeks.

Need a refresher on what courses we offer? Visit our website for descriptions.

Thank you for your responses and your continued support of PDP.

Alexis

May 3-7, 2010 Announcements

Spring has sprung, and as you can see from the sky, it's been a rather moody one. But the lilacs that line our office parking lot are in full bloom. I confess, I've had to sneak outside for a little "scent break" during the day. Nothing like the delicious fragrance of flowers to encourage deep breathing.

Friday, May 7 deadlines:

It's the registration deadline for the Partners with a Purpose: Occupational & Speech Therapy Using a Sensory Integration Approach May 14-15, 2010 in San Mateo, CA (San Francisco area).

Sensory Integration in the Classroom for November 19-20, 2010 in Albuquerque, NM is open for registration on our website. Register by September 24th and save $30 off the main tuition. Lee and Nikki have designed this course to help OTs/PTs explain the principles of Sensory Integration to classroom teachers, offer ideas for treatment in the classroom, and to encourage partnerships between the therapist and the educator. Teachers are encouraged to attend with their therapists.

On the Products side of Professional Development Programs and Products, please visit the Summer Sale page on our website. Bubbles, popular whistles and some of our more "outdoorsy" products have been marked down through August 31, 2010.