NDTA™ Certificate Course in the Contemporary Practice of NDT for the Management of Children with Cerebral Palsy and Other Neuromuscular Disorders 2025

NDTA™ Certificate Course in the Contemporary Practice of NDT for the Management of Children with Cerebral Palsy and Other Neuromuscular Disorders 2025 is organized by Neuro-Developmental Treatment Association (NDTA) and will be held from Sep 02, 2025 - Jan 16, 2026 at C. Teodoro Cárdenas 130, Lima, Peru.

Course Dates:
Part One: 
September 2-4, 2025 – Virtual
October 7-17, 2025 – In-Person
December 9-11, 2025 – Virtual

Part Two:
January 5-16, 2026 – In Person

Description:
NDTA Certificate courses are postgraduate continuing education courses offered to Physical Therapists, Occupational Therapists, and Speech-Language Pathologists who work with adults or children with movement disorders associated with neuromuscular impairments. he Certificate Course core curriculum includes didactic information, hands-on lab work in which participants practice problem-solving and application of intervention strategies, treatment demonstrations by instructors, and mentored clinical practice in which participants work with a variety of clients. Instruction in the NDT philosophy as an interdisciplinary team approach assures that all therapists learn to address each client using a holistic approach. All therapists, regardless of discipline, cover the same course material. Throughout the course, they assess and treat clients with neuromuscular disorders to gain a thorough understanding of each individual’s underlying posture and movement impairments and the resultant functional consequences. This provides them with the opportunity to understand the “whole” client in order to develop basic handling skills. Participants must meet attendance requirements, successfully achieve course objectives, perform effective assessments, develop appropriate intervention strategies, plan, and implement effective treatment plans, and successfully pass the standardized final exam and competencies. Once accomplished, an NDTA Certificate of Completion is awarded.

Course Objectives:

• Upon course completion the participants will be able to:
• Apply the ICF Enablement framework within the constructs of discipline-specific Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, and Speech Language Pathology practices using the contemporary NDT Practice Model.
• Examine an individual’s ability to move within the context of discipline-specific function to determine strategies of postural control and selective motor control that support completion of the desired function.
• Develop a discipline-specific intervention plan that illustrates NDT Core Principles of Practice to enhance an individual’s participation.
• Implement an NDT-based discipline-specific intervention session that illustrates the Core Principles of NDT-based practice.
• Modify NDT-based therapeutic handling strategies and the environment within an intervention session to meet the needs of the individual within the context of the discipline-specific function.
• Apply current knowledge of the anatomy and physiology of the nervous system, the pathophysiology associated with cerebral palsy, and the concepts of neural plasticity and motor learning to the contemporary practice of NDT.