CRITICAL REASONING COURSE
This two-day course is designed for Pilates Mat, Reformer and Comprehensive teachers interested in post-rehabilitation, as well as rehabilitation professionals who want to learn to better assess and design effective Pilates programs for their clients and patients.
By using the Polestar Principles of Movement, integrated with the Polestar Assessment Tool (PAT) and the World Health Organizations (WHO) latest classification system, the International Classification of Function (ICF) model, the practitioner will be able to identify movement limitations much more effectively. This course will emphasize the use of the ICF model to design the path in which the patient is most likely to succeed in returning to their desired level of participation in life.
What you will learn
Participants will be able to:
- Understand and use the Polestar Principles of Movement to understand and diagnose movement limitation.
- Utilise a critical reasoning model within the Polestar Principles of Movement to identify a priority within the treatment design.
- Learn and become proficient in functional movement assessment using the Polestar Assessment Tool (PAT).
- Become familiar with staging rehabilitation and prognosis outcomes through the Polestar Critical Reasoning model.
- Know and use the ICF model to include the many factors that influence our clients and patients’ lives and wellbeing. Understand that often a multi-discipline team is needed to fully meet the needs of our clients.
- Understand Porterfield and DeRosa’s Stages of Rehabilitation.
- Understand the Scope of Practice of the Pilates teacher including how to assess clients, design and implement an exercise plan and reassess and make changes based on the findings.
- Design optimal interventions within the Pilates environment utilising the Polestar Critical Reasoning model. Create clear outcome measures that can measure the efficacy of treatment/exercise intervention. Be able to revisit the critical reasoning model when outcome is lacking to rework the treatment plan.
Incorporate the patient or client into all assessment, intervention, and outcomes with a clear understanding of their role in their own health. - Incorporate wellness and health promotion through facilitating all the lifestyle essentials taught within the Pilates philosophy of health and wellbeing.
Nominal Hours:
- 16 hours total of theory, practical labs and lectures
Pre-requisites:
This two-day course is designed for Pilates Mat, Reformer and Comprehensive teachers interested in post-rehabilitation, as well as rehabilitation professionals who want to learn to better assess and design effective Pilates programs for their clients and patients.
If you’re not sure whether you have the right background simply ask us via email.
Course Outline
| Lecture I | Principles of Movement |
| Lab I | Problem Solving with Principles of Movement and Demonstration Polestar Assessment Tool (PAT) |
| Lab II | Practice the PAT |
| Lab III | Assess live volunteers using the PAT |
| Lecture II | Evolution from NAGI to ICF Model |
| Lab IV | Interviewing Skills |
| Lecture III | Stages of Rehabilitation |
| Lab V | Case Studies |
| Lecture IV | Design Treatment using POM, PAT, Stages of Rehab and ICF |
| Lab VI | Design Intervention with live volunteers and Competency Case Study Presentation |
