Pediatric Physical Therapy
Pediatric Physical Therapists work with children and their families to provide specialized treatment techniques that enhance a child’s development of movement skills necessary to achieve their maximal potential of functional independence and active participation in home, school and community settings. Pediatric Physical Therapists promote health and wellness of infants and children in collaboration with their families and other medical, educational and rehabilitation specialists. Treatment programs are individualized, evidence based, and adjusted to the child’s developmental level or potential.
Pediatric physical therapy may include the following services:
—Developmental activities
—Movement and mobility
—Strengthening
—Motor learning
—Balance and coordination
—Recreation, play and leisure
—Adaptation of daily care activities and routines
—Equipment design, fabrication, and fitting
—Tone management
—Use of assistive technology
—Posture, positioning, and lifting
—Orthotics and prosthetics
—Burn and wound care
—Cardiopulmonary endurance
—Safety, health promotion, and prevention programs
Pediatric Physical Therapists are graduates of an accredited education program and licensed in the state in which they practice. Often they have pursued further education and specialty certification in Pediatric Physical Therapy, or related areas of development and pediatric treatment techniques.
Further information about pediatric physical therapy and pediatric physical therapists is available at:
www.pediatricapta.org.
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