Rehabilitation for Children with Disabilities

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This online microcredential introduces technologies used in pediatric rehabilitation for children with selected conditions.

Inside, you’ll learn strategies to support a child’s emotional regulation, improve communication with caregivers, set wheelchair and seating goals, and use specific technologies for pediatric gait training.

You’ll also deepen your understanding of rehabilitation techniques for children with certain conditions.

Now registering for the course running March 24 - May 2, 2025.

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Course Goals

  • Learn about the basics of rehabilitation for children with specific conditions.
  • Get familiar with technologies used in pediatric rehabilitation, including tools for emotional regulation, gait training, communication support, and seated mobility.

Course learning objectives

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • Talk about ways rehabilitation professionals can support a child’s emotional regulation.
  • Use effective strategies to communicate with clients and caregivers based on their unique needs.
  • Explain the benefits of using specific technologies in pediatric gait training.
  • Set wheelchair and seating goals and understand what affects wheelchair movement and performance.
  • Recognize the roles of various allied health professionals in pediatric rehabilitation.

COURSE HOURS

The course is approximately 1 credit equivalent (13 content hours).  However, you should expect to spend somewhere between 18-35 total hours on the course (varies depending on the individual). We do equate the course on the high end of that and 35 educational hours appear on the digital certificates that are issued after course completion.

Lizz Zachary

Course facilitator

Lizz Zahary BScPT, BPE is a 海角社区 alumna and has been a practicing physiotherapist for 25 years. She has clinical experience in many settings in both Australia and Canada, from elite level athletes at the Sydney Olympic Games to premature infants at the Stollery Children’s Hospital. For the past 14 years, she has co-owned Summerside Children’s and Sport Physiotherapy and Westside Children’s and Sport Physiotherapy, working primarily with infants and young children.


More Information

How to Apply

Apply at:

Pay $250 Course Fee at:

A 100% refund of the $250 course fee is available to students who withdraw before the first day of the course. Withdrawal requests during the first 3 weeks of the course will be refunded 50% of the registration fee. After 3 weeks (mid-point of the course) no refund will be provided.

Format

The course content is delivered 100% asynchronously meaning there is no requirement to be online at a specific class date and time. Participants can complete the learning activities in a place and time of their choosing. Content is accessible twenty four (24) hours-a-day from any location with an internet connection.

Assessment

There are no grades for this course. Instead, students receive a complete or incomplete score based on satisfactory completion of the course. To successfully complete the course students are required to work through all learning activities and achieve 60% on all the knowledge check quizzes at the end of each module. Students are given unlimited quiz attempts and can challenge these at any time throughout the course.

Recognition

Upon completion of each module, participants will be issued a faculty digital certificate noting the number of educational hours.

Questions
Contact us at sdrefs@ualberta.ca.