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June
Therapists:
The
primary therapist will be Janet Sternat, PT.
Working along with Janet will be a PT aide
that has worked with Janet extensively.
Janet
Sternat received her B. S. degree in
Physical Therapy from the University of
Wisconsin-Madison in 1969. She also became a
Guild Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner in
1997. Additional training and certification
include Neurodevelopmental Treatment,
Sensory Integration, joint mobilization,
cranial-sacral techniques, aqua and
therapeutic horseback riding. Janet has been
a preceptor for Physical Therapy Programs at
the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and
Lacrosse, St Scholastica, Duluth and for
Physical Therapy Assistance programs. She
developed and ran a private pediatric
therapy practice in the River Falls
Wisconsin area for 20 years. During that
time she also founded Have-A-Heart, Inc, a
nonprofit corporation that provides respite
and home care services to children with
disabilities. Janet is currently working in
the 0-3 programs serving children with
disabilities in Bayfield and Ashland
counties as well as in the school districts
of CESA #12. Janet has given workshops and
presentations for therapists and
paraprofessionals serving pediatric
clientele. Janet has completed the third
edition Chapter 9 "The Development of
Head and Trunk Control" for the
Montgomery/Connolly book Therapeutic
Exercise in Developmental Disabilities.
In
addition, Billi Cusick will be supervising
the TheraTogs System portion of the program,
personally ensuring that each patient
benefits optimally from this exciting new
therapeutic tool as well as providing an
extensive evaluation of extremity deformity
and suggested management plan.
Billi
Cusick is an internationally-known pediatric
physical therapist whose specialty is the
management of lower extremity deformity,
particularly in children with cerebral palsy
and other CNS deficits.
Beverly
Cusick, PT, MS received her BS in PT from
Bouve College at Northeastern University
(Boston) in 1972. She is NDT basic- and
baby-trained. Since 1978 she has written or
co-authored numerous publications,
including:
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Progressive Casting and Splinting for Lower
Extremity Deformity in Children with
Neuromotor Dysfunction (1990), a full-length
text
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Serial Casts: Their Use in the Management of
Spasticity-Induced Foot Deformity (1990), an
illustrated manual
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Legs & Feet: A Review of Musculoskeletal
Assessments (1997), an instructional
videotape
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Lower Extremity Developmental Features
(2000), a home study monograph for the
APTA's Orthopedic Section
*
Serial Casting to Restore Soft Tissue
Extensibility in the Ankle and Foot (2000),
a monograph
*
Cast Fabrication Techniques #1: The FlexCast
Preparatory AFO (2000), a videotape and
manual set.
...and
several textbook chapters and articles for
journals and conference proceedings
publications.
She
has guest lectured at annual conferences of
the APTA, the NDTA, and the American Academy
of CP and Developmental Medicine, in the US
and Canada; and at the ISPO Consensus
Conference for Orthotics in CP.
Since
1977, Ms. Cusick has conducted over 300
courses and guest presentations in the USA,
Canada, Brazil, Hong Kong, and New Zealand.
She's also toured Australia three times,
twice as a guest instructor for the
Australian Physiotherapy Association's
Pediatric Special Interest Group.
Beginning
in 1976, Ms. Cusick worked for 9 years on
staff at Children's Rehabilitation Center
(now the Kluge Center) in Charlottesville,
VA. She then taught pediatrics-related
courses for 3 years as a member of the PT
Education faculty of the College of Health
Related Professions at MUSC in Charleston,
SC. In Charleston, she also initiated and
directed PT services for the Division of
Developmental Disabilities at the Medical
University of South Carolina.
In
1988, she earned an MS in Clinical and
College Teaching for Allied Health
Professionals at the University of Kentucky
in Lexington, where she also consulted for
Cardinal Hill Hospital's Head Trauma and
Pediatrics teams. She then served for 4
years, offering assistance and consultation
to the PT Department of Lucile Packard
Children's Hospital at Stanford.
Since
1993 Ms. Cusick has been consulting and
practicing privately in Telluride, Colorado.
There, she devotes most of her professional
effort to generating literature and
educational materials, developing
therapeutic products, and teaching and
consultation.
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