Meeting the Physical Therapy Needs of Children

Ensure children with disabilities and special healthcare needs achieve their full potential. Noted authority Susan Effgen and a team of scholars and clinical experts explore the role of the physical therapist in meeting the needs of children and their families in a culturally appropriate context usi [...]
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Ensure children with disabilities and special healthcare needs achieve their full potential. Noted authority Susan Effgen and a team of scholars and clinical experts explore the role of the physical therapist in meeting the needs of children and their families in a culturally appropriate context using a family-centered, abilities-based model. From the major body systems to assistive technology and intervention support, you'll develop the clinical knowledge you need to provide a child with the very best care from initial examination to graduation from your services. A bonus DVD packaged with each book features narrated videos of children during intervention. New To This Edition: New! DVD with narrated, full-color video clips of children undergoing intervention; New! Two new chapters, Child Development and Child Appraisal: Examination and Evaluation; New! Two new case studies, Developmental Coordination Disorder and Myelodysplasia; Updated! Case studies that reflect current practices across the pediatric age span; New! Content on the normal development, biomechanics, and gait development; Updated!Coverage of development, including gross and fine motor skills, as well as cognitive, language, and social-emotional and developmental milestones; New! Easy-to-reference child development tables; and, New! End-of-chapter discussion questions. Key features: family-centered interventions and vignette-style case examples appear throughout; academicians and clinicians provide a balance of theory and practice; disease-specific case studies highlight multisystem involvement of many common pediatric diagnoses, build critical thinking skills, and demonstrate real-life applications; content follows the practice patterns set by APTA's guide to Physical Therapist Practice; and, organizational structure uses the World Health Organization's International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF) model - the first text to do so.