Learning Objectives
- Incidence and comorbidities of NDD for the infant, toddler, adolescent and adult
- Review of currently accepted etiologies and management (including medications)
- Understand CNS developmental disruptions
- Developmental milestones and effect of delays
- Identification, pathophysiology and management of neurodevelopmental disorders
- Creating an evidence-based treatment plan with measurable objective outcomes
- Examination and management of the:
- Newborn
- Toddler
- Adolescent
- Brain-Gut Connection
- Nutritional interventions strategies
- Impact of primitive reflex development/delay
- Neuropsychological Testing
- Neurocognitive testing and interpretation
- Achievement testing and interpretation
- The American Disabilities Act
- Educational Accommodations
- IEP vs. 504 Plan
- Interventions and Treatment
- High-tech and Low-tech neuro-rehabilitation
- Home-based treatment programs
- Parenting Strategies
- Positive vs. negative reinforcement
- Effects on the brain (gray matter)
- Practice Management of the Neurodevelopmental Delay Clinic
- Developing co-management relationships with other professionals
- Developing YOU as “The Community Expert”
- Patient and Student Advocacy
What type of conditions/patients will clinicians be able to address?
- ADD/ADHD VS. Executive Function Disorder
- Spectrum Disorders
- Asperger’s Syndrome
- Mild-Severe Autism
- Rhett Syndrome
- Behavioral Disorders
- OCD
- Anxiety disorders
- PDD-NOS
- ODD
- Sensory Modulation Disorders (SMD)
- Intellectual disorders
- Language and learning
- Dyslexia
Module 1: Physiology & Pathophysiology of Neurodevelopmental Disorders
In order to deliver effective and powerful care, an understanding of the “how” and the “what” is critical. Understand the Physiology and the Pathophysiology of Neurodevelopmental Disorders.
Topics Discussed in Module 1 include:
- Physiology
- Neural development
- Spatial and Temporal Coherence of the sensory development
- Spatial and Temporal Coherence of the motor development
- Development and shaping of the limbic system
- Disruption of CNS development (Pathophysiology)
- Neural tube & defects
- Inborn errors of Metabolism
- Developmental coordination disorders
- Developmental intellectual disorders
- Developmental pervasive disorders
- Polyvagal theory and its application to developmental disorders
Module 2: ADD, ADHD, ODD, OCD, PDD-NOS..and the Rest of the Alphabet Soup
- Executive Dysfunction Disorders
- ADD/ADHD
- Major diagnostic categories and terminology – DSM-V
- Proposed causes
- Comorbidities
- Pathophysiology
- ADD/ADHD
- Developmental Intellectual Disorders
- Learning and Language Disorders
- Major diagnostic categories and terminology – DSM-V
- Proposed causes
- Comorbidity
- Pathophysiology
- Learning and Language Disorders
- Behavior Disorders
- OCD
- Major diagnostic categories and terminology – DSM-V
- Proposed causes
- Comorbidities
- Pathophysiology
- Anxiety
- Major diagnostic categories and terminology – DSM-V
- Proposed causes
- Comorbidities
- Pathophysiology
- OCD
- Developmental Pervasive Disorders
- PDD-NOS
- Major diagnostic categories and terminology – DSM-V
- Proposed causes
- Comorbidity
- Pathophysiology
- ODD
- Major diagnostic categories and terminology – DSM-V
- Proposed causes
- Comorbidity
- Pathophysiology
- PDD-NOS
- Developmental Coordination / Sensory Disorders
- SMD – Sensory Modulation disorders
- Major diagnostic categories and terminology – DSM-V
- Proposed causes
- Comorbidity
- Pathophysiology
- SMD – Sensory Modulation disorders
Module 3: Understanding the Spectrum (Part I)
- Major diagnostic categories and terminology – DSM-V
- Identifying Characteristics
- Developmental course
- Social interactions
- Communication skills
- Proposed causes
- Comorbidity
- Pathophysiology
- Mirror Neuron System
- Social interconnectivity
- Mitochondrial dysfunction
- Neurotransmitters (serotonin) o Brain-gut connection
Module 4: Clinical Applications within the Spectrum (Part II)
- Evaluation and Management
- Autism
- Asperger’s Syndrome
- Rhett Syndrome
- Evidence-Based Interventions / Co-management
- Applied Behavioral Analysis – ABA
- Social Skills Training
- Medications
- Occupational Therapy/SLP
Module 5: Examination of the Newborn, Toddler and Adolescent
- Neurotypical vs. Non-neurotypical vs. Normal variant
- Examination of Newborn
- Developmental milestones o Primitive Reflexes
- Parent questionnaires
- Examination of Toddler
- Developmental milestones
- Parent questionnaires
- Examination of the Adolescent
- Developmental milestones
- Parent questionnaires
- Neuropsychological testing
- Cognitive
- Achievement
- Reliability, Sensitivity
- Interpretation & intervention
Module 6: Treatment & Management of Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- High tech interventions
- Leveraging technology in the treatment of NDD conditions
- Low tech interventions
- Leveraging low-tech management of NDD conditions
- Co-Management/Management Team
