Understand Posture Development In Children Better - For Teachers And Parents
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This talk covers the following topics:
- What exactly is posture?
- What does normal postural development look like from 0 - 6 years of age?
- What is the correct postural development necessary for rolling?
- What is the correct postural development necessary for sitting?
- What is the correct postural development necessary for crawling?
- What is the correct postural development necessary for walking?
- Flat feet - timeline of flat feet as well as signs and symptoms that indicate referral
- Toe walking - what is normal and when do you need to refer?
- Pigeon toes - signs and symptoms that indicate referral
- High arches - what is normal and when do you need to refer?
- Bowed legs and knock-knees - timeline of development as well as signs and symptoms that indicate referral
- Scoliosis, kyphosis and lordosis in young children
- Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis in young children - signs and symptoms to be aware off
- Hip dysplasia - what it is and when do you need to refer?
- Torticollis - what it is and what to do about it
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Your Instructor

Carolyn Humphries is a qualified physiotherapist registered with the HPCSA and is the founder of Carolyn Humphries and Associates. Her physiotherapy practice specializes in the care of babies and children using a neurodevelopmental therapy (NDT) approach to treatment. She is also a guest lecturer at the University of Johannesburg from time to time.
Marené Jooste is a Kinderkineticist with a Masters Degree in the neuro-sensory-motor development of children. She has been in private practice for almost 20 years and has a special interest in neuro-diverse children with neuro-motor difficulties including but not limited to autism, ADHD and DCD. She is the owner and founder of Kwanda Kinetics Child Development And Therapy Centre.