Re: Industry news on standardizing treatment w/helmets and bands

[Guest guest]

> AAOP to Establish Standards of Orthotic Treatment of Plagiocephaly

>

> AAOP President Don Katz possibly plans in 2004 to convene a

Clinical

> Standards of Practice consensus conference on establishing

standards

> to help guide patient care in orthotic treatment of plagiocephaly.

>

OMG - I SOOOOO SOOOOOO hope this happens. This would be wonderful

wonderful wonderful. I bet it would help prevent many ill fitting

bands and lack of correction in many infants while banded.

As a parent of a daughter who unfortunately went thru an ill fitting

band as a result of an unexperienced/untrained orthotist for 3 mos,

this is truly music to my ears.

Let hope they do this, seriously. I'll add it to my Christmas Wish

List!!! Fingers are very tightly crossed.

Thanks sooo much for sharing this Christie.

Debbie

MI

[Guest guest]

Thank you for posting this, Christie! We appreciate all your

research!

Natasha

--- In Plagiocephaly , " redlocks2003 " <redlocks@d...>

wrote:

> Hello,

>

> I just thought I'd share some Orthotics industry news that I came

> across while searching for any new research on plagiocephaly. It

> looks like there is a possibility that the AAOP (American Academy

of

> Orthotists and Prosthetists) will establish Clinical Standards of

> Practice for treatment of positional plagiocephaly with orthoses

> (helmets/bands! Here is the link to the industry news article,

> dated December 8, 2003, which also covers several other plans for

> 2004 besides plagio treatment, so you'll have to scroll down to

> the " Clinical Standards of Practice " section:

>

> AAOP to Establish Standards of Orthotic Treatment of Plagiocephaly

>

> AAOP President Don Katz possibly plans in 2004 to convene a

Clinical

> Standards of Practice consensus conference on establishing

standards

> to help guide patient care in orthotic treatment of plagiocephaly.

>

> http://www.oandp.com/edge/issues/articles/NEWS_2003-12-08_01.asp

>

>

> Christie (Mom to Repo'd Remy)

[Guest guest]

Christie,

Thanks for sharing this - that's wonderful news!!!!

Kerri

's mom (DOCgrad)

--- In Plagiocephaly , " redlocks2003 " <redlocks@d...>

wrote:

> Hello,

>

> I just thought I'd share some Orthotics industry news that I came

> across while searching for any new research on plagiocephaly. It

> looks like there is a possibility that the AAOP (American Academy

of

> Orthotists and Prosthetists) will establish Clinical Standards of

> Practice for treatment of positional plagiocephaly with orthoses

> (helmets/bands! Here is the link to the industry news article,

> dated December 8, 2003, which also covers several other plans for

> 2004 besides plagio treatment, so you'll have to scroll down to

> the " Clinical Standards of Practice " section:

>

> AAOP to Establish Standards of Orthotic Treatment of Plagiocephaly

>

> AAOP President Don Katz possibly plans in 2004 to convene a

Clinical

> Standards of Practice consensus conference on establishing

standards

> to help guide patient care in orthotic treatment of plagiocephaly.

>

> http://www.oandp.com/edge/issues/articles/NEWS_2003-12-08_01.asp

>

>

> Christie (Mom to Repo'd Remy)