Vojta Courses

Course in “Applied developmental kinesiology for babies, children, adolescents and adults with movement disorders”

Dates:

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Course content:

• Human ontogenesis
• Postural reactions in their ideal and abnormal gestalt
• Dynamics of the primitive reflexes
• Biological basis to innate locomotion
• Reflex locomotion: reflex creeping, reflex rolling
• Facilitation
• Functional anatomy, particularly in regard to locomotion
• Muscle function dif­fer­entiation
• Movement analogies between reflex locomotion and motor ontogeny
• Kinesiological analysis of normal and abnormal motor development
• Assessment of the quality of movement in spontaneous motor activity
• Reflex loco­motion as a therapeutic principle
• From pre-speech to verbal communication
• Analysis and evaluation of the automatic postural control of the spine as the basis of goal-directed movement
• The devel­op­ment of infantile cerebral palsy (ICP)
• Epilepsy in children with ICP
• The indications for surgery in ICP
• Signals and behavior in human relationships
• Opportunities and limitations in treatment using the Vojta Principle
• Training your perception, precision of self-awareness
• Stimulation zones, guiding points of re­sistance, treatment techniques
• Inter­action with the patient under the principle of attentiveness
• Individual responsibility of the therapist and patient
• The wide range of treatment applications, daily therapy
• Aspects of the pro­vision of assistive devices
• Parent instruction

Methodology:

• Theory is practice-based and analytical
• practical exercises
• functional analysis
• demonstrations of treatment
• treatment of patients by the course participants under supervision of Vojta Instructors
• self experience

Goal:

Theoretical foundation and practical implementation of the Vojta principle in physiotherapy practice

Pre-requisite:

2 years clinical practice as a Physiotherapist

Target group:

Physiotherapists and medical doctors

Time-frame:

In total an 8 week course (A/B/C/D courses)

Registration fee:

Euro 4,000.00 / Euro 500.00 per week (in total 8 weeks).

Venue:

Dept. of Rehabilitation and Devel­opment (SPZ 2)
DRK-Kinderklinik Siegen
57072 Siegen
Germany

Course leadership:

Vojta Instructors from the Inter­national Vojta Society

Information for participants:

This training course will be carried out by the International Vojta Society (Internationale Vojta Gesellschaft – IVG e.V.)

The following documents are required:

1. Curriculum vitae documenting your professional education
2. Current passport size photo
3. Photocopy of your state recog­nition as a physiotherapist or medical doctor
4. Description of current work activities
5. List of training courses you have attended and successfully completed in the last two years 

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Contact:

Internationale Vojta Gesellschaft e.V.
Wellersbergstraße 60
57072 Siegen
Germany
Phone +49 (0)271 30 38 39-99
Fax +49 (0)271 30 38 39-98
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