PDP is Pinning!

PDP is now on Pinterest!

We have expanded our social media to include everyone's favorite guilty pleasure, Pinterest.  I love this site for work and play.  I can use it one moment to find a great new resource for our professional audience, and in the next, to find a tasty recipe for dinner.  I like that my favorite magazines and websites are using Pinterest and I can easily pin to my boards all those items that I used to tear out and assemble into a sloppy dog-eared folder.

Check out our Pinterest Boards for helpful info for the classroom or home, outdoor activities for the summer, super fabulous continuing education courses, and much more.

What is your favorite category to pin?

May's PDP CE Bulletin Recap

PDP CE Bulletin

Every month, we publish an electronic CE Bulletin that goes to thousands of our email subscribers.  In it, we highlight CE events, new workshops and products, and miscellaneous topics of interest. Join our email list and be entered into a quarterly drawing to win a free 2-day registration!  Visit our website to enter.

Below you will find a recap of the topics covered in this month's edition of the PDP Workshop Bulletin.  

 

Weighted Items

This month we featured our Weighted Items in PDP's May CE Bulletin.  In addition to blankets in multiple sizes and weights, we now carry vests, shoulder moons, and tubes.  You can select the size, weight, and your gender preference when ordering.  See our online store to view our product selections and/or to download a copy of our catalog.

Weighted Vests come in four sizes.

Online Learning News

PDP offers continuing education online with three wonderful courses. 

• Sensory Integration Techniques for Healthcare Providers
• This is an Intro level online course for 4 Contact Hours (.4 AOTA CEUs) with Carl Hillier, OD, FCOVD.
• Visual Processing and the Brain: An Introduction for Healthcare Providers
• This is an Intro level online course for 7 Contact Hours (.7 AOTA CEUs) with Leslie Peters.
• Visual Processing Assessment: A Simple Tool for Healthcare Providers
• This is an Intro level online course for 5 Contact Hours (.5 AOTA CEUs) with Leslie Peters.

Group discounts are available for our Online Learning courses.  Please contact Products at: 877-439-8865 or email: products@pdppro.com for complete details.

Facebook Recap

PDP's Facebook page is a great resource for professional news, event updates, and miscellaneous awesomeness.  We post news from across the country, photos and images that are relevant to you, and stuff to make you smile.  Feel free to share your PDP experiences, professional news you discover, and any tidbits that you think others would be interested in.

PDP Continuing Education Events

This weekend's PDP events:

Join us for the Essentials of Praxis and Intervention for Children with Autism 1-day workshop in Hartford, CT on Friday, May 3.

Teresa A. May-Benson, ScD, OTR/L, FAOTA will be presenting this Introductory Level course worth .6 AOTA & ASHA CEUs.

This course will present an overview of the key aspects needed for effective intervention for practic problems in children with autism.  Professionals who have found this workshop helpful are Occupational Therapists, Physical Therapists, Speech Pathologist, and Special Educators.

 

Participant Comments:

"Thank you for this course! Praxis has always been this "mysterious" process and you have helped quantify it very well!"
"Very captivating and pertinent info."
"Very enjoyable! Material was organized in a way that gave clarity to complex issues. Presentation was motivating and gave an old therapist the just right challenge".

To register or for more information, please visit PDP's website or call Toll-Free: 877-439-8865.

Visit Minneapolis, MN on Sunday, May 5, for the 1-day workshop From Primitive Reflexes to Occupational Performance. 

Mary Kawar, MS, OT/L will be presenting this Introductory Level course worth .6 AOTA & ASHA CEUs, and is also approved by the MN Board of PT for 6 CE hours.
This course is designed to bridge the gap between reflex oriented treatment and sensory integrative and occupational performance intervention.  Professionals who have found this workshop helpful are Occupational Therapists, Physical Therapists, Speech Pathologist, and Special Educators.

 

Participant comments:

“This course was incredible!!! Mary was so engaging and such a wealth of knowledge. I look forward to taking additional classes."
“I can’t wait to incorporate the information I have learned.” Jodi – PT
“Great course, practical/applicable, can use right away.”
“Really engaging and productive course. Ms. Kawar is a very educated and well spoken teacher. I can’t wait to take this knowledge and apply it in the clinic.”

To register or for more information, please visit PDP's website or call Toll-Free: 877-439-8865.

"Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple." -Dr. Seuss

PDP Pages is back!

After taking a hiatus from our blog, we have once again begun posting to PDP Pages.  Since our last post we have changed the flow of our website, introduced new CE workshops, added new products to our PDP Store, expanded the use of our Facebook page, and introduced a monthly Bulletin for our email subscribers.  If you are interested in joining our email list you can sign up on our website at: www.pdppro.com. 

Due to the unseasonable snowy weather in Minnesota this spring, we weren't able to get outside to enjoy any Earth Day activities.  Instead, we shared an inspirational post on our Facebook page: