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The Association of Children's Prosthetic-Orthotic Clinics is an association of professionals who are involved in clinics providing prosthetic-orthotic care for children with limb loss or orthopaedic disabilities.

Our Vision

The Association of Children's Prosthetic-Orthotic Clinics, ACPOC, is a multidisciplinary professional organization striving to be the primary resource for prosthetic and orthotic care for children and adolescents with orthopedic impairment through team collaboration, education, and research.
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What's New

ACPOC 2010 Satellite Course
Current Interventions in the Management of the Child with Cerebral Palsy

Sponsored by Cascade DAFO & Medtronic
Friday, April 30, 2010
Shriners Hospital for Children
Salt Lake City, UT

This is a one day course directed toward Physical Therapists, Occupational Therapists and Orthotists. The treatment of the child with cerebral palsy is constantly evolving with new surgical techniques, bracing theories and therapeutic procedures. After participation in this course attendees should be comfortable with the evidence available and integrating this new information into their practice.
Registration:
Nonmembers: $75.00
Members: $50.00
Students/Residents: $25.00 (proof of student status needed)
UPTA, ABC & CME credits available.
Online Registration
Program Brochure

Announcing ……
ACPOC New Investigator Research Award

Sponsored by Otto Bock Healthcare

ORA Vernon Nickel Award

2010 Annual Meeting, June 2-5, Clearwater Beach, FL
Awards will be presented and winners will Present at the Annual Meeting.

ACPOC Symposia Up on AAOS
Orthopedic Knowledge On-line (OKO)

Now available to ACPOC members for viewing at no cost:

NEW
Non-Orthotic Treatment of Spinal Deformity:
Surgical Treatment for Early Onset Scoliosis
with VEPTR & Growing Rods
by John S. Blanco, MD and Michael Schmitz, MD
Presented at the 2007 Annual Meeting in Atlanta, GA

Proximal Femoral Focal Deficiency (PFFD)
by Robin C Crandall, MD; Hugh G Watts, MD
Presented at the 2005 Annual Meeting in Orlando, FL

Contracture Management in Pediatric Burn Patients with Amputations
by Ingrid Parry, PT; Cheryl Hanley, OT
Presented at the 2006 Annual Meeting in Sacramento, CA

Spinal Cord Injury
by Allan Johnson, MPT; Joel Lerman, MD; Craig McDonald, MD
Presented at the 2006 Annual Meeting in Sacramento, CA

To access these lectures go to the Members Only section and log in.

Attention Members

Please remember to set up your profile in the "members only" section and extend the annual meeting's networking experience throughout the year. You will need your membership number and the password recently sent to you by the ACPOC office. This section allows you to update your contact information and easily locate other members grouped by their profile information. If you need the password, email Melody at .

JACPOC / ICIB Online Library Expands

All 28 Volumes, spanning the years 1976-1994, have been added to the library of online journals. The expansion was accomplished with the help of the Digital Resource Foundation for the O&P Community and oandp.com.

ACPOC NEWS

Articles from the "ACPOC NEWS," Volumes 1 through 12, spanning the years 1995-2006 are also available. Volume 13 will be posted soon. Current year and last year's issues of the "ACPOC NEWS" are available to members on the Members Only Page.