Therapeutic Exercises for Children with Developmental Disabilities

Description:

Therapeutic Exercise for Children with Developmental Disabilities, Fourth Edition, has been expanded and updated to include everything a student or professional needs to know when working with children with developmental disabilities. Continuing the emphasis on evidence-based practice from the previous editions, this comprehensive edition enhances critical thinking and evaluation skills. Throughout the course of the text, Drs. Barbara H. Connolly and Patricia C. Montgomery present case studies of 5 children with various developmental disabilities to bring a problem-solving approach to each individual chapter topic.

The case studies include 2 children with cerebral palsy (Gross Motor Function Classification System Levels I and V), a child with myelomeningocele, a child with Down syndrome, and a child with developmental coordination disorder and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. Each chapter’s examination, evaluation, and intervention recommendations are accompanied by specific treatment objectives and therapeutic activities, plus a companion website with 17 videos, which contains 90 minutes of content to illustrate concepts.

Recent research and clinical recommendations, as well as related references, are also provided in each chapter. This Fourth Edition utilizes the American Physical Therapy Association’s Guide to Physical Therapist Practice 3.0 and the World Health Organization’s International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health—Children and Youth as its framework. The focus of the chapters is on children’s participation and empowerment, rather than body function and structure. With helpful videos, informative figures, and compelling case studies, Therapeutic Exercise for Children with Developmental Disabilities, Fourth Edition is the perfect resource for both students and practicing clinicians.

Examples of new and updated topics in the Fourth Edition:

• Practice in the NICU
• Early mobility strategies
• Communication strategies with children and families
• Aquatic therapy
• Upper extremity constraint-induced therapy
• Mirror therapy
• Lower extremity treadmill training

Table of Contents:

Contents

Dedication

Acknowledgments

About the Editors

Contributing Authors

Preface

Chapter 1: Foundational Sciences for Intervention

Chapter 2: Examination and Evaluation: Tests and Measures

Chapter 3: Establishing Functional Goals and Organizing Intervention

Chapter 4: Communications to Establish Rapport with Children and Their Families

Chapter 5: The Children: History and Tests/Measures

Chapter 6: Applying the Guide to Physical Therapist Practice 3.0

Chapter 7: Physical Therapy in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Chapter 8: The Influence of Oral, Pharyngeal, and Respiratory Functions

Chapter 9: Sensory Considerations in Therapeutic Interventions

Chapter 10: Developing Postural Control

Chapter 11: Facilitating Early Mobility

Chapter 12: Assessment and Development of Gait Skills

Chapter 13: Promoting Upper Extremity Control

Chapter 14: Selection and Use of Assistive Technology Devices

Chapter 15: Physical Therapy in the Educational Environment: Early Intervention and School-Based

Chapter 16: Aquatic Therapy

Chapter 17: The Children: Physical Therapy Management

Chapter 18: Issues in Aging in Individuals with Lifelong Disabilities

Financial Disclosures

Index