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Another ‘In-Service’ Training for an NHS Trust provided by M.A.E.S. Therapy.

During 2 days this Spring, Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists from Alder Hey Acute Neurosciences at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital came together to learn about M.A.E.S. Therapy and ‘A better understanding of Children with CP and similar neurodevelopmental conditions and principles to improve their coordination’.

It was a lively and interactive course, with a great mix of theory and treatment videos, leaving them inspired and wanting to learn more!  The children they treat will benefit from the new insights and knowledge they gained.

Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is one of over 35 NHS Trusts around the UK that have invited M.A.E.S. Therapy to provide highly specialised training for their therapists to provide them with new knowledge and improve their treatment of  children with Cerebral Palsy. 

Alder Hey Acute Neurosciences   In-Service Training  7&8 March 2024
Alder Hey Children’s Hospital NHS Trust, Liverpool

Course Title:

‘A Better Understanding of Children with Cerebral Palsy and similar Neurodevelopmental   Conditions and principles to improve their coordination’ 

Course Leader:
Jean-Pierre Maes  MSCP,  Consultant Neuro-Developmental Physiotherapist,
Director MAES Therapy International

Our grateful thanks to Joe Wakefield, Specialist Paediatric Physiotherapist – Alder Hey Acute Neurosciences, and his colleagues for their warm hospitality.

Here are a few comments from therapists who have taken this training:

“Thoroughly enjoyed the course.  I felt the course offered a wonderful introduction into MAES Therapy and definitely got people critically thinking and evaluating their practices.”

“This is a fantastic course as an introduction to the complexity and benefits of the MAES approach and I would encourage others to learn more”

“M.A.E.S offers an alternative approach to the assessment treatment of children with complex movement disorders, encouraging the therapist to consider the type of task/goal are working towards and how the complexity of skill can influence the quality of the movement demonstrated.”

“Keen to learn different ways analysing the patients we see, I have come away with a different outlook to the way I will assess patients. Made me consider the plateau on the GMFCS charts and how I can push past these.”

“The course content and depth of knowledge of Jean-Pierre is amazing”

“This course has made me think differently and I will certain approach my patients in a different way when planning sessions. To think more about the problem in the brain that actual symptoms will change some of the ways I do things.”

“I think MAES is a great approach and all children should be individualised even though a group of children all have CP, each child will be different and should be treated so.”

“Gave me lots to think about in regards to task complexity being an indicator of lack of brain skills and then how these skills can be developed.”

“The MAES Introduction Course provides you with the opportunity to do a different approach / clinical reasoning to the assessment management of children with CP including assessment of the complexity of tasks / therapeutic activity. It highlights the importance of scaffolding / preparation for activity. Therapeutic handling and positioning remain key in the concept. The concept takes you back to consideration to the injury of the brain.”

“It has changed my understanding of CP and approach, by really targeting specifically each child, as opposed to treating a scan/condition”.

“It has made me think more about the brain lesion as opposed to just the symptoms. It has made me think more about children that are at a plateau and if the task is too challenging.”

“This training is a hugely valuable opportunity, and it will change the way you think. I found it exceptionally valuable to do it as part of the team we work with as it was good to discuss along the way how we worked as a team and how we could implement it into our treatment approach. I felt this helped to maximise more the benefits of the course.”

“It has made me think very differently about my treatment approach to CP. Especially the idea of not necessarily practicing the same task but taking things backwards in order to improve tasks forwards. But also the idea that sometimes it is OK to look ahead in order to improve the more basic skills such as looking to work on asymmetry to work on symmetry. The vast range of ideas discussed has improved my toolbox of ideas to implement into practice.”

For more information about future courses, see:

https://www.maestherapy.com/next-maes-therapy-courses/

NHS  &  M.A.E.S. Therapy

MAES Therapy works with over 35 NHS Trusts around the UK who have invited M.A.E.S. Therapy to either provide highly specialised ‘In-Service’ training for their therapists (PT, OT, SLT), or have sent Therapists from their Trust to attend MAES Therapy Training Courses to gain new knowledge and improved clinical  analysis and clinical skills for treating babies and children with Cerebral Palsy and similar neuro-developmental conditions and movement disorders.

 

MAES Therapy is a pioneering evidence-based approach, underpinned by practice evidence, patient evidence and contextual evidence from 35 years’ expert clinical and teaching experience world-wide and focusing on excellent treatment skills.

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