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[smbtoolbar] On May 22, 2001, the World Health Assembly approved the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF). It was a significant move in the right direction from the previous ICD model. Finally, the focus is on an individual’s… Continue Reading →
Written by Laurie Ray, MPT, PhD, who has over 18 years of experience in school-based practice and is a state-level PT consultant for public schools. She also consults for Medicaid and Adapted Physical Education for her state and is an… Continue Reading →
Written by Laurie Ray, MPT, PhD, who has over 18 years of experience in school-based practice and is a state-level PT consultant for public schools. She also consults for Medicaid and Adapted Physical Education for her state and is an… Continue Reading →
Written by Laurie Ray, MPT, PhD, who has over 18 years of experience in school-based practice and is a state-level PT consultant for public schools. She also consults for Medicaid and Adapted Physical Education for her state and is an… Continue Reading →
Written by Laurie Ray, MPT, PhD, who has over 18 years of experience in school-based practice and is a state-level PT consultant for public schools. She also consults for Medicaid and Adapted Physical Education for her state and is an… Continue Reading →
[smbtoolbar] So, this year CSM had over 11,000 participants who came to Anaheim. This SeekFreak was there and connected with other like-minded PTs. One on the reasons we started this website was to continue the great conversations we have at… Continue Reading →
The author, Carlo Vialu, PT, MBA, is co-creator of SeekFreaks. He loves promoting function and participation for children and youth with disabilities, from our assessment to our interventions, via his courses on various assessment tools at Apply EBP. More information… Continue Reading →
[smbtoolbar] Quantitative studies are often seen as scientific and unbiased, but have also been criticized for being controlling and limited, forcing behaviors into specific quantifiable categories. On the other hand, qualitative studies “capture life as it is lived”, but has… Continue Reading →
[smbtoolbar] The majority of insurance companies and other payors require a letter of medical necessity (LMN) to describe the medical necessity (not merely convenience) of the equipment and justify the purchase of all requested components. Most often these letters are… Continue Reading →
[smbtoolbar] Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) is a diagnosis that has gained attention since I graduated from physical therapy school. It was not covered in my curriculum. So I feel like I am playing catchup and thought some of you might… Continue Reading →
[smbtoolbar] Happy New Year, SeekFreaks! Fitness has always been at the top of many new year’s resolutions. As school-based practitioners, we should have the same resolution for our students with disabilities, and help make it happen. So, we start the… Continue Reading →
The author, Carlo Vialu, PT, MBA, is co-creator of SeekFreaks. He loves promoting function and participation for children and youth with disabilities, from our assessment to our interventions, via his courses on various assessment tools at Apply EBP. More information… Continue Reading →
[smbtoolbar] This article caught my eye since it is relevant to our recent post on the the 4 Pillars of PT Assessments. The investigators in this study wanted to determine whether dynamic balance is related to age, gender and anthropometrics measurements that include… Continue Reading →
The author, Carlo Vialu, PT, MBA, is co-creator of SeekFreaks. He loves promoting function and participation for children and youth with disabilities, from our assessment to our interventions, via his continuing education courses: Train the Brain!, Everything’s Measurable! and The… Continue Reading →
[smbtoolbar] Hi, SeekFreaks! In line with our discussion of supporting teachers via Response to Intervention (RtI) and the role of school-based physical therapists as advocates for students with disabilities, we are reviewing an article that explored the knowledge of teachers on the impact… Continue Reading →
[smbtoolbar] What is RtI/MTSS? Response to Intervention (RtI) is an approach to meet every student’s educational needs in the general education environment through a deliberate process of assessment and intervention including planned, regular monitoring of student progress. RtI relies on… Continue Reading →
[smbtoolbar] Understanding the importance of the GMFCS, a group of doctors, professor, OTs and PT in Sweden developed the Manual Ability Classification System (MACS) “to classify how children with cerebral palsy use their hands to handle objects in daily life.”… Continue Reading →
[smbtoolbar] Many of our students with disabilities will one day become adults with disabilities. How much physical activities do the students with disabilities you work with currently engage in? What is their commitment to lifelong fitness goals? Rowland et al… Continue Reading →
[smbtoolbar] “Physical therapy means services provided by a qualified physical therapist.”[1] Yes, SeekFreaks, that is how IDEA defines physical therapy. No wonder questions abound about the role of PTs in the school setting. The vagueness of the definition opens up… Continue Reading →
[smbtoolbar] SeekFreaks – brace yourselves…you are about to encounter a wagon load of acronyms. Persevere! IDEA: A History Only two OT, PT and SLP practice settings are mandated by law: Early intervention and educational settings (aka public schools). OT, PT… Continue Reading →
