MAES Advanced A.R.T. Course – Bangkok, Thailand 2025

Advance – Refresh – Troubleshoot

Specialist 1-Week Advanced Course for Paediatric Therapists who have already successfully completed the 4-Week MAES Foundation Course.

The course included daily practical sessions with patients, workshops, theoretical lectures and case presentations.

Participants appreciated the opportunity  to refresh, go deeper, to review, question, troubleshoot and to advance their M.A.E.S. Therapy approach, knowledge and clinical skills, for the greater benefit of the children they treat.

Assist. Prof. Visal Kantaratanakul, MD  Director, Rehabilitation Center Samitivej Hospital Group –  Welcomed  Jean-Pierre Maes MCSP Founder & Director M.A.E.S. Therapy International

Many thanks to:

 

Local Course Organiser:
Assist. Prof. Visal Kantaratanakul, MD
Director, Rehabilitation Center
Samitivej Hospital Group
Bangkok,

 

Local  M.A.E.S. Therapy Contact :
Wanassanun ‘Lek’ Aroonchote,  Senior Physiotherapist

Course Leader:

Jean-Pierre Maes, MCSP
Consultant Neurodevelopmental Physiotherapist
Director & Founder, MAES Therapy International

Course Dates:  Sunday 19 – Thursday 23 October 2025

The course was fully booked!

Course Venue:

Samitivej International Children’s Hospital, Bangkok

488 Srinakarin Rd., Suanluang, Bangkok 10250

https://www.samitivejhospitals.com/srinakarin/

https://www.samitivejhospitals.com/international-childrens-hospital/

 

 

 

Course Aims:

This course aims for:

M.A.E.S. Trained Paediatric Therapists to refresh, go deeper, to review, question, troubleshoot and to advance their M.A.E.S. Therapy approach, knowledge, and clinical skills.

This will include reviewing and further developing:

  • The ‘M.A.E.S. Framework’ for an effective assessment and better understanding of the challenges and needs of children with Cerebral Palsy (CP) and similar neurodevelopmental conditions

 

  • Expert analysis of coordination and effective and structured clinical reasoning skills.

  • Increased proficiency in prioritising and identifying which specific skills a child is missing and that need to be promoted and at the same time discouraging the compensatory strategies this child is over-relying upon and which prevents the development of more advanced skills.

  • Further develop Therapists’ high-level problem-solving abilities to then provide each child with specific sensory-motor experiences to make best use of their own potential for improvement.

  • Effectively informing and guiding parents during treatment sessions, including the use of toys for play and advise them how to best interact with their child during activities of daily living in a home environment.

  • Expand creative thinking and develop an extensive repertoire of treatment strategies which can then be applied more confidently in a range of situations to enable the child to learn new ways that he would have difficulty or not be able to develop on his own.

 

Profile:

Dr. Jean-Pierre Maes MCSP,  Consultant Neuro-Developmental Physiotherapist
Founder & Director MAES Therapy International

Jean-Pierre is an expert in the field of Cerebral Palsy and similar neuro-developmental conditions, with over 35 years’ experience of treating babies, children and adults.

He is renowned internationally for both his excellent clinical skills and teaching skills, mentoring therapists and leading courses related to a variety of neurodevelopmental conditions.

From 1998 to 2013 he was based at The Bobath Centre (London) as a Consultant Neuro-developmental Physiotherapist,  Senior NDT- Bobath Tutor  and a regular Course Leader, leading a variety of Basic and Advanced courses.

He has since moved on  and now teaches the pioneering MAES THERAPY Courses.

For over 35 years he has been teaching and treating in different cultures worldwide (over 40 countries), giving him unparalleled experience and insight into neuro-paediatrics and movement disorders.

Next Courses:

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

 

M.A.E.S. 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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M.A.E.S. Therapy is the new gold standard for treating children with Cerebral Palsy and similar neuro-developmental conditions and movement disorders; with more effective long-term outcomes compared to other therapeutic approaches such as Bobath-NDT, Vojta, Medek, DMI, CME