Planning Ped treatment session Flashcards
This is a key component to early intervention from an injury or illness that is known to alter the function of the brain through external input which alters the motor output/function.
Neuroplasticity
What are the do’s and don’ts of determining frequency of treatment?
- Do consider intrinsic factors (age, condition) and extrinsic factors (schedule, distance to clinic)
- Don’t consider your own schedule as a factor!
- More is not always better
- Therapy doesn’t have to be forever
- Everyone needs to be on same page about goals and expectations.
Factors affecting interventions?
- Childs age
- Severity of condition
- Level of cognition
- Availability of resources
- Other services
- Psychosocial and socioeconomic factors
- support/caregiver availability
Describe PLAY based treatment sessions
Play is a purposeful function that you have the child do to help with function. It should be fun and adaptable. It should be child directed and therapist guided.
Describe the development of a session plan.
-Have a plan, and session goals
-Have more ideas than you think are needed because it may go quicker or slower than you expected
-Be Flexible
-Be creative
Start with what you know/current function
Main concepts to consider for motor learning and motor control?
- JUST RIGHT challenge is providing enough challenge to stimulate improvement and motivation
- Hands off vs Hands on approach is using your hands to handle or facilitate techniques to foster independence or as way of communicating.
What is the main concept of Progression?
Know when a task has become easy and more challenge is necessary. If they have several successful attempts over several sessions or less fatigued, then challenge them more.
-How do you do that? Introduce more difficult tasks and provide variations of the same task. Alter the environment, decrease physical assistance, or increase repetitions, distances, or time.
