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California Physical Therapy Association American Physical Therapy Association July 2013 REDWOOD EMPIRE DISTRICT Newsletter

PLEASE POST THIS interventions. This course will integrate current NEWSLETTER AT YOUR knowledge with a case study as well as patients that are typically encountered in the PLACE OF WORK!!!!!!! clinic and apply updated principles of practice. The participants will have the opportunity to REDWOOD EMPIRE DISTRICT apply current concepts to patient scenarios throughout the course. Less than 50% of the MEETING contents of this course deals with evaluation and therefore this course is open for Date registration to physical therapist assistants and Thursday July 11, 2013 physical therapists.

Place Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy Objectives: 795 Farmers Lane Suite 10 Course participants will: Santa Rosa, CA 95405 • Discuss Developmental Coordination (707) 571-7615 Disorder characteristics and criteria • Discuss current treatment approaches for A simultaneous webcast of this meeting children with Developmental Coordination will be held at the following sites: Disorder. • Assess the use of strength training as an St. Joseph Hospital Wellness Center effective intervention for children with 2700 Dolbeer St. Developmental Coordination Disorder. Eureka, CA • Develop a clinical rationale for strength training in this population. Ukiah Valley Medical Center PT Dept. • Apply the treatment principles to current 404 East Perkins cases of children with Developmental Ukiah, CA Coordination Disorder.

Time About Stacy: 6:30 - 7pm Business Meeting Stacy Menz, PT, DPT, PCS is a pediatric 7 - 8pm Speaker Presentation clinical specialist and the owner of Starfish Therapies where she has worked for 6 years. Speaker Stacy received her masters degree at Boston Stacy Menz, P.T., DPT, PCS University in 2000 and her doctorate of physical therapy at Boston University in 2005. She was previously a teaching assistant for Presentation Boston University’s online doctorate of Strengthening for Children with physical therapy program and has presented Developmental Coordination Disorder at the APTA Private Practice Section (PPS) annual conference. Her professional Course Description: involvement includes the education and This basic level course provides the pediatric nominating committee of the CPTA Pediatric therapist with information regarding the use of Physical Therapy Special Interest Group as strengthening as a treatment intervention for well as on the editorial board of Impact for the children with developmental coordination PPS. She has taught the current course topic disorder. The instructor will review the since 2011. current best evidence for assessment and California Physical Therapy Association American Physical Therapy Association July 2013 REDWOOD EMPIRE DISTRICT Newsletter

This course is approved for 0.1 CEU/1 Hrs by the CPTA continue to have our district meeting on the FREE to members; Prospective Members: $20 second Thursday of the odd numbered months. They will start with the district For CEU certificate, send a self-addressed, meeting from 6:30 - 7pm. The district meeting stamped envelope to: will be followed by our educational program Alyssa Keeney-Roe with a featured speaker from 7 - 8pm. The Peltz and Associates Physical Therapy meetings will be web broadcast from Santa 101 Wikiup Drive Suite B Rosa to the Ukiah and Eureka locations. If you Santa Rosa CA 95403 are unable to attend those locations, you can always participate from home/office via the GoTo Meeting web site. All you have to do is send me an email requesting the link. The LETTER FROM THE CHAIR web site is fairly easy to use, it usually takes less than 5 minutes to load on your computer. Greetings Redwood Empire District, When the meeting starts, you will be directed right to the meeting via the link. Happy summertime!!! I hope most all of you We are always looking for ideas on how better are enjoying the start of summer and warm to meet the needs of the membership of the weather!! As I write this newsletter it is raining Redwood Empire District. Please don’t in Eureka . hesitate to contact me if you have any suggestions/ideas on what you would like the A couple of reminders of how to stay involved district to provide for you. with the CPTA: The Annual CPTA conference is coming up in Kevin Krause, MPT September. Early Bird registration is now [email protected] open. Our membership in our district has continued to grow. It is to the point we can have an additional representative for our district…for a total of 3!!! We will be electing another Announcements: representative at the July district meeting. If you are interested in becoming a Reminder that the Redwood Empire website is representative for the Redwood Empire connected through the CPTA website at District, please contact me. http://www.ccapta.org/displaycommon.cfm My term for chairman of the district is up at the ?an=1&subarticlenbr=88 end of the year. If you are interested in Please bookmark this website address for becoming the next Redwood Empire District future announcements. Chairman, please contact me and I can give you details of what the job entails. You can also stay involved by staying up to Additionally, for those of you who are on date on the legislative issues. Write/fax/call Facebook, we now have a Facebook page your local representative about the issues you https://www.facebook.com/RedwoodEmpire fell strongly about. DistrictCPTA Be sure to log onto your We are also looking for volunteers for the Facebook booth at the Gran Fondo cycling event in account and "like" this page if you would like to Santa Rosa on 10/5/13. If you are interested receive updates on upcoming events, lectures, in volunteering, again contact me. and other happenings in our district. Feel free to post any suggestions to the district on this Lastly, you can always be involved by page. attending our district meeting. We will California Physical Therapy Association American Physical Therapy Association July 2013 REDWOOD EMPIRE DISTRICT Newsletter Vacant ATTENTION: The Nominating Committee is looking for volunteers for several positions expected Membership Chairperson**: to be vacant in 2014. Michael Francisco [email protected] Positions available: 1. District Chairperson NewsletterEditor** and 2. Nominating Committee (1 of 2 positions) Placement Chairperson**: 3. Nominating Committee (2 of 2 positions) John Stithem [email protected] If you are interested, please contact - Chris Rosales, Ken Bariel, or Don McAlister. Nominating Comm. Chairperson**: Chris Rosales [email protected] 2013 Officers Nominating Committee #1**: Chairperson*: Ken Bariel Kevin Krause [email protected]

[email protected] Nominating Committee #2**: Don McAlister ViceChairperson*/Continuing Education [email protected] Chair: Alyssa Keeney-Roe District Member Services Liaison DMSL: [email protected] Angela Cook [email protected] Secretary*: Renee Garvin [email protected]

Treasurer*: Gail Perry [email protected]

Chief Representative * : Mitchell Kauk [email protected]

Representative**: Ken Bariel [email protected]

Alternate Representative**: Vacant

CalPTPAC Chairperson**/Advocacy chair for Redwood Empire: Vacant

CPTA Board Liaison: