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Leckey Learn
Helping to build a community of experts through our educational training webinars.
At Leckey, we believe in knowledge sharing and helping develop the skills of therapists, so that together we can help enable children with special needs to access their full potential.
Leckey Learn Courses
We are delighted to offer a range of FREE, comprehensive and interactive educational courses that focus on innovative approaches which are based on the latest evidence and best practice. Take a look below at the list of courses on offer to help expand learning at any stage of your career. Most of these courses last for 1 hour, however some may be run in conjunction with one another to make up a half-day session. If you would like to combine courses, these can be run as morning-lunchtime sessions and will include refreshments/ lunch. Please contact clinical@leckey.com for more information.
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| The Fundamentals of Supportive Seating |
A comprehensive approach to the assessment and prescription of supportive seating for children. |
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| Getting The Most From Postural Management Equipment |
Gain awareness of the relationship between posture and function, building an understanding of the benefits of appropriate use of postural management equipment for activity and comfort |
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Fundamentals Of Standing (Pairs with Update On CP Hip) |
Expand understanding of how typical standing develops and the benefits, both physical and psychosocial, of supportive standing. Explore some of barriers to standing therapy along with assessment. |
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Fundamentals Of Walking (Pairs with Update On CP Muscle) |
Gain an understanding of the physical and psychosocial benefits of active mobility for children with additional needs and explore some of the common issues surrounding walking frame prescription along with practical solutions for success. |
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| Toileting Strategies For Neurodisability - How To Unlock Potential |
Gain confidence and success in guiding and supporting families through the toileting process by learning about innovative, multi-dimensional approaches and practical and motivating strategies you can adopt. |
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The Development Of Posture & Motor Control and Early Intervention (EI) Strategies To Advance Posture & Motor Control (Pairs with Using the Segmental Assessment of Trunk Control (SATCo) to Develop Targeting Training Therapy) |
This course will help you gain an understanding of the maturation of the nervous system, how this leads to the sequential development of head and trunk control and recognise the impact of cultural norms and 'training' on motor development. Then expand your understanding on the need for early diagnosis and intervention and the importance of task-orientated and child-initiated therapy. Learn more about practical strategies and therapy ideas for El programmes. |
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| Using the Segmental Assessment of Trunk Control (SATCo) to Develop Targeting Training Therapy |
Review the typical development of trunk control in children and then look at how t differs in children with neuromotor disability. There will be an introduction to the Segmental Assessment of Trunk Control [SATCo) and to Targeted Training therapy. In addition, there will be discussion of the wider use of these concepts, including simple techniques for immediate action to help promote upright postural control and improved function, especially for those children with greater severity of disability. |
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Update On CP Hip |
Expand your knowledge of typical hip development and the effect of biomechanical loading on the proximal femur. Explore what happens when loading is abnormal for children with cerebral palsy, and how this information guides conservative treatment using postural care and activity to minimise hip displacement and optimise function. |
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| Update On CP Muscle |
Gain an understanding of typical skeletal muscle architecture, and review recent research on the development of CP muscle from birth through growth. Explore the effect of conservative interventions to improve range of movement including various methods of passive stretch and strengthening. |
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Leckey Learn Webinars
As part of our commitment to sharing knowledge, we are delighted to offer a range of FREE, comprehensive and interactive online educational webinars. All our webinars focus on innovative approaches and offer practical real-world techniques which are based on the latest evidence and best practice. Take a look below at the list of recent and upcoming webinars.
Webinars
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Changing Perspectives: The Practical Application of the ICF and F-words |
Join Rebekah from the Leckey clinical team for an informative and thought-provoking webinar on how the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) and ‘F-words’ can be used in clinical practice. Explore the changes that are happening in the world of Paediatric Disability and how this affects treatment planning and goal setting and get access to some handy templates that can be downloaded and used in day-to-day sessions. |
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16th March 2022 Watch the recording here |
Let's Get Walking |
Join us for post-festive rallying call to get up and get walking! In this webinar, our physiotherapist, Rebekah Tinney will present the latest research on the challenges and benefits of active mobility for children with additional needs. Examining both the physical and psychosocial value of upright mobility, we will explore common paediatric issues which hinder participation and impact gait, discuss practical strategies to aid success and give walking its rightful place as a key part of 24hr postural activity. |
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19th January 2022 Watch the recording here |
Meet Our Webinar Presenters
Our Leckey Clinical team have an extensive range of skills from Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy and Bioengineering.
Dr. Laura Finney PhD, Clinical Research Director
James Gilmour, Occupational Therapist
Rebekah Tinney, Physiotherapist
Leckey Learn - Toileting Course
Gain confidence and success in guiding and supporting families through the toileting process by learning about innovative, multi-dimensional approaches and practical motivating strategies you can adopt.
Book now for a free, 1-hour interactive course delivered at your work setting for a group of between 5-20. The course will be delivered by James Gilmour, Leckey's Occupational Therapist, and is suitable for therapists (all levels of experience), nursing and educational staff.
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