Astronaut Training: A Sound Activated Vestibular-Visual Protocol

SCHEDULE

Friday, March 28, 2025 -

• 8:30 am - 9:00 am Registration
• 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Class

S aturday, March 29, 2025

• 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Class

Lunch Breaks each day

C0NTACT HOURS -13

Iowa Board of Physical and Occupational Therapy

Iowa Board of Speech Pathology and Audiology

A UDIENCE

Physical Therapists

Occupational Therapists

Speech & Language Therapists

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Vestibular enhancement has always been central to sensory integration practice. However, the importance of administering precise vestibular input that is integrated with specific sound and vision input is only beginning to be acknowledged. This course will expand the therapist’s skills via enhanced understanding of the developmental and neurological processes of the VestibularAuditory-Visual Triad.

Understanding how these three systems work together with the body’s senses creates a foundation for achieving competency in applying specific intervention strategies, including Astronaut Training: A Sound Activated Vestibular-Visual Protocol. Astronaut Training provides precise input to all five vestibular receptors, along with auditory and visual input to create a comprehensive treatment protocol that integrates these three sensory systems.

Core activities provide opportunities for an adaptive response to sensory input, which completes the sensorimotor neurological circuits underlying all function. Guide-lines are provided for safe, effective use of this protocol with clients of all ages and diagnoses. Videos and case presentations will be used to demonstrate practical clinical activities focusing on activating the vestib-ular-visual-auditory triad, including Astronaut Training case examples. Vital Links will send course information via email approximately one-week prior to the course. All course materials, including presentation handouts, case studies, etc. will become available for download during the week prior to the course.

AT THE COMPLETION OF THIS TRAINING, PARTICIPANTS WILL BE ABLE TO:

• List the connections between the vestibular, auditory and visual systems.

• Recognize the reciprocal interaction between the Vestibular-Auditory-Visual Triad and the core postural muscles.

• Underline the importance of providing precise input to each of the five vestibular receptors.

• Identify powerful new tools to expand your clinical skills, including specific activities to develop and enhance core function.

• Select when to administer the Astronaut Training: A Sound Activated Vestibular-Visual Protocol safely and effectively.

PRESENTER

Sheila M. Frick; OTR/L, is an internationally esteemed clinician, lecturer and pioneer in Occupational Therapy. She has over 20 years of clinical experience, having worked in psychiatry, rehabilitation and home health before specializing in pediatrics. Her expertise includes sensory processing dysfunction, sensory integration and auditory interventions. She created and continues to expand Therapeutic Listening, which she has taught to over 10,000 therapists worldwide. She also lectures on such topics as clinical neurology, respiration, the vestibular/ auditory system, and various auditory interventions. She is the creator and author of Listening with the Whole Body, and co-author of Core Concepts in Action, Astronaut Training, and Out of the Mouths of Babes.

Disclosure: Financial - president of Therapeutic Resources, Inc. of which Vital Links is a subsidiary. Co-author of the Astronaut Training manual included in the course and receives royalty payment. Non-financial - married to Ronald Frick, president of Vital Sounds, Inc.

Mary J. Kawar; M.S., OT/L, is a private practitioner in El Cerrito, CA. For over 50 years she has specialized in therapeutic programs for children and adults with sensory processing and motor control issues. As a well respected professional, Mary lectures throughout the US and internationally. Mary has a wealth of clinical experience and has been particularly successful at designing precise treatment strategies and therapeutic tools to improve vestibular, visual, and auditory integration for physical, social and cognitive engagement. She is co-author of two books/CD combinations entitled Core Concepts in Action and Astronaut Training: Sound Activated Vestibular Visual Protocol for Moving, Looking, and Listening. She has also written a chapter in the book Functional Visual Behavior in Children.

Disclosure: Financial - adjunct instructor for Therapeutic Resources, Inc. of which Vital Links is a subsidiary. Co-author of the Astronaut Training manual included in the course and receives royalty payment. Non-financial - no relevant non-financial relationships exist. Disclaimer: The rotary board recommended in this course is exclusively sold by Astronaut Boards, LLC. The presentation will not include information on other rotary boards. Some of the music selections (Quickshifts & Spatial Enhancement) discussed in the Astronaut Training course are developed & sold only by Vital Sounds, Inc. A portion of this presentation will focus exclusively on Quickshifts & will not include detailed information on other binaural beat technology. Additional course content will focus exclusively on the use of Spatially Enhanced music selections because there are no other similar products available. Vital Sounds is a sister company of Vital links.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

ChildServe, 5406 Merle Hay Road, Johnston, United States