Episodes

Join Sara and Sheila for another APTA Fact Sheet rundown. We cover 4 more fact sheets this week to help you prepare to pass the pediatric specialty examination. Resources: Adolescents/adults with developmental disabilities employment https://pediatricapta.org/includes/fact-sheets/pdfs/FactSheet_AADDEmployment_2014.pdf Adolescents/adults with developmental disabilities health care issues https://pediatricapta.org/includes/fact-sheets/pdfs/FactSheet_AADDHealthIssues_2014.pdf Adolescents/adults with developmental disabilities independent living https://pediatricapta.org/includes/fact-sheets/pdfs/FactSheet_AADDIndependentLiving_2014.pdf Aquatic PT for children https://pediatricapta.org/includes/fact-sheets/pdfs/Fact%20Sheet_TheBenefitsofAquaticPhysicalTherapyforChildren_2017.pdf

Join Sara and Sheila as we walk you through two more practice areas in pediatric physical therapy. Today we discuss the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and Early Intervention Services Under IDEA. Resources: Palisano, R. J., Orlin, M. N., & Schreiber, J. (2017). Campbell’s Physical Therapy for Children Expert Consult (5th ed.). Elsevier Gezondheidszorg. https://rehabknowledge.com/products/pcs-advantage/ https://www.medbridgeeducation.com/

Join Sara and Sheila for another fact sheet Friday. We discuss goal attainment scaling and dosing considerations in school-based PT, acute hospital-based PT and dosing for chronic conditions. Resources: https://pediatricapta.org/includes/fact-sheets/pdfs/15%20PT%20Performance%20Appraisal.pdf https://pediatricapta.org/includes/fact-sheets/pdfs/FactSheet_DosageConsiderationsUnderIDEA_2014.pdf https://pediatricapta.org/includes/fact-sheets/pdfs/FactSheet_FrequencyDurationPTServicesAcuteCarePediatricSetting.pdf https://pediatricapta.org/includes/fact-sheets/pdfs/FactSheet_IntensityofServiceforChidlrenwithChronicConditionsOutpatientSetting.pdf

Join Sara and Sheila as we work through congenital heart conditions. Learn about cyanotic and acyanotic conditions, heart failure, heart transplants and normal physiologic values. Resources: Palisano, R. J., Orlin, M. N., & Schreiber, J. (2017). Campbell’s Physical Therapy for Children Expert Consult (5th ed.). Elsevier Gezondheidszorg. https://pediatricapta.org/fact-sheets/ https://rehabknowledge.com/products/pcs-advantage/ https://www.apta.org/patient-care/evidence-based-practice-resources/test-measures/face-legs-activity-cry-consolability-flacc-behavioral-pain-scale https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fontan_procedure https://www.uofmhealth.org/health-library/tx4097abc

Join Sara and Sheila for another fact sheet Friday. We will be discussing two more APTA fact sheets: Strategies for PT collaboration with school-based teams for children with ASD https://pediatricapta.org/includes/fact-sheets/pdfs/FactSheet_StrategiesforPTCollaborationwithSBTeamsforChildrenwithASD_2016.pdf and Educationally relevant PT: scope of school-based practice https://pediatricapta.org/includes/fact-sheets/pdfs/FactSheet_EducationallyRelevantPhysicalTherapy-ScopeofSchool-BasedPractice_2015.pdf Find more fact sheets at: https://pediatricapta.org/fact-sheets/