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Research conducted in the last 20 years has shown the qualitative assessment of spontaneous movement in the fetus, newborn, and young infant is an early and reliable indicator for diagnosis and prognosis of neurological disorders. The Baby Observational Selective Control AppRaisal (BabyOSCAR) tool has been shown to both predict a diagnosis of cerebral palsy as well as prognosis for motor involvement. This inaugural course will cover the background, scoring, interpretation and implementation of BabyOSCAR. The course will consist of lessons, demonstration, and discussion of video-recordings. Lectures will alternate with exercises in small groups with videos prepared by the tutors. At the end of the course participants be required to take a final test in order to receive a certificate of reliability in this method of assessment. Participants should have experience and certification in the Prechtl’s Method of General Movement Assessment. Register soon to take advantage of the special pricing for the first offering of this course.
Objectives:
At the completion of this course, participants will be able to:
Define selective motor control in older children and describe how it may appear in an infant.
Demonstrate reliability in score videos of infants at less than 5 months of corrected age using the Baby OSCAR
Describe how scores on Baby OSCAR at 3 months are related to spastic CP prognosis, GMFCS level and distribution of CP at = 2 years of age.
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