Who We Are

Mission Statement

The purpose of International Clinical Educators is to provide resources and information for therapists and caregivers in order to significantly impact the quality of care for stroke survivors. Practical ideas specifically organized for clinicians, family members, caregivers and survivors of stroke are designed with the goal of helping to improve quality of life.

Jan Davis, OTR About the Founder

Jan Davis, MS, OTR is an internationally recognized leader in providing clinical training for therapists working in stroke rehabilitation. Her teaching style is highly effective as she skillfully combines Motor Learning, NDT and Motor Control theory. Complex principles are easy to understand as she provides dynamic clinical application.

With an emphasis on evidence-based practice, Davis completed her MS degree in Rehabilitation Science from the University of Pittsburgh in 2007. Her work was recently published in Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation. In addition to workshops for PTs and OTs, she has also presented at the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, the American Society of NeuroRehabilitation and the American Academy of Neurology.

Ms. Davis has presented over 400 workshops nationally and internationally for physical therapists, occupational therapists and nurses.

Brief history of International Clinical Educators
In 1983, when Jan Davis returned to the United States after 4 years in Switzerland working as Director of Occupational Therapy, she began to find ways to faciltiate the sharing of clinical skills between European trained experts and those in North America.

She founded International Clinical Educators, and invited world-reknowned experts to teach workshops. In 1988, I.C.E. hosted the first Annual Interdisciplinary Bobath Symposium in the Treatment of Adult Hemiplegia with Drs. Berta and Karel Bobath as keynote speakers. The first of it's kind in the world, this symposium continued annually for 10 years, establishing Jan Davis and I.C.E. as leaders in the world of NDT treatment methods. Specialists worldwide presented NDT treatment methods, research and strategies for physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech pathologists and nurses.

Patricia Davies, author of the landmark books "Steps to Follow", "Right in the Middle" and "Starting Again" was a keynote speaker and frequent presenter including Advanced Level Courses in Adult Hemiplegia and Traumatic Brain Injury.

Louise Rutz-LaPitz, senior Bobath Instructor and President of the International Bobath Instructor's Association (IBITAH) was a presenter at every Symposium. As one of the 'backbone' instructors of I.C.E., she has taught several 3-week NDT courses with Jan Davis in the United States and Switzerland and continues to share her skills and expertise as an instructor throughout the world.

I.C.E. has consistently delivered high quality healthcare education, leading the way with innovative learning methods and multimedia clinical education programs.

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