- To gain better understanding of the role of paediatric physiotherapy within the community setting
- To understand the importance of having the child and family at the forefront of your care ensuring holistic management.
- The importance of the child and families voice in goal setting and treatment priorities
- Gaining further knowledge of physiotherapy assessment and treatment of babies within the community
- To appreciate the importance of early intervention and how this looks within a community setting.
- To have an awareness of available standardised assessment and outcome measures suitable for the community setting, and how they assist in informing treatment and monitoring progress.
- To understand the role of physiotherapy in children with long term disabilities including postural care, intervention, management.
- To understand the role of a community physiotherapist in working collaboratively with the MDT and external partners
- To understand how a child’s disability may impact their access to education and the role of physiotherapy within a school setting.To understand our professional role in providing information for an EHC assessment of need.
- To understand more around the process of transitioning children to adult services and the impact this may have.
- Understand the community physio role through case study discussion and practice sessions
Course Suitable for: Physiotherapy students, newly qualified physiotherapists, qualified physiotherapists new to community setting, community physiotherapists wanting to refresh current practice
Feedback from 2025 Attendees
‘I enjoyed the level and pace of the course and found each topic relevant’
‘I really enjoyed the course and the presentations were great. I loved that there were some practical skills included in the training’
‘Really useful and interactive course, was well presented and explained throughout’
‘Thought the course was absolutely brilliant though and have come back inspired to take forwards some of the learning points/discussions in my own service’
