Meeting the Physical Therapy Needs of Children

Ensure children with disabilities and special healthcare needs achieve their full potential. 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 onwards. Ensure children with disabilities and special healthcare needs achieve their full potential. Noted authorities Susan Effgen, Allyssa LaForme Fiss 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 content 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.

Contemporary management and intervention models for children with special health care needs and disabilities have evolved to match the rapid changes in peidatric service delivery.