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Core Development and Sensory Processing: From Lips to Hips and Back Again

The 2013 Camp Avanti Pre-Camp Conference

Stillwater, MN—June 27, 2013

While midline development has always been known as a critical element for sensory motor development, recent interest and focus on the “core” has taken the concept to greater depth. New insights and perspectives regarding the relationships of oral structures/functions and reflexes to core development will be discussed.

Topics will include the following: rationale for treating the mouth to gain full motor and sensory foundations for eye, hand, neck and core development and reflex maturity; airway structures and the importance of posture and breath for regulation, sleep, and core sensory motor function; primitive reflexes and how they provide the foundations essential for a functional core that underlies all sensory motor function.

Presenters will provide treatment suggestions for the topics considered.

Objectives:
Participants will be able to do the following:

1. Describe the functional relationships among eyes, hands, oral structures/functions, head, neck, trunk, hips, breath, and core.
2. Implement treatment strategies to address disruptions in core development, reflex maturity, and oral, head and neck functions.

Agenda:
Morning
8:00 - 8:30: Registration
8:30 - 9:30: Core, Midline, Posture, and the Mouth,
                   by Patricia Oetter, MA, OTR/L, FAOTA
9:30 - 10:00: Panel discussion
10:00 - 10:30: Break
10:30 - 11:30: Primitive Reflex Influences on Core Development,
                     by Colleen Murphy, OTR/L
11:30 - 12:00: Panel discussion

12:00 - 1:00: Lunch

Afternoon
1:00 - 2:00: The Importance of Facial/Oral Function for Core Development,
                  by Irene Ingram, OTR/L
2:00 - 2:30: Panel discussion
2:30 - 2:45: Break
2:45 - 3:45: Oral Structure/Function, Breathing, and Sleep,
                   by Lois Laynee, PhD
3:45 - 4:15: Panel discussion
4:15 - 4:30: Q&A

Presenters/Panelists:
Genevieve Jereb, OT
Irene Ingram, OTR/L
Nancy Lawton-Shirley, OTR/L
Lois Laynee, PhD
Colleen Murphy, MS, OTR/L
Patricia Oetter, MA, OTR/L, FAOTA
Eileen Richter, MPH, OTR/L, FAOTA
Julia Wilbarger, PhD, OTR/L
Patricia Wilbarger, MEd, FAOTA


NOTE: Pre-Camp fees directly benefit Camp Avanti. All the presenters and panelists are donating their time and expertise to benefit the camp. 

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