Week 3 Flashcards
What is considered the distal environment of a child?
Neighborhood/community
What is considered the proximal environment of a child?
Family, home, caregivers, culture
In a young child the ___ environment is the most important to them and they get older the ____ environment becomes much more influential
In a young child the proximal environment is the most important to them and they get older the distal environment becomes much more influential
What are some of the family factors that influence intervention?
- Family structure
- Family function
- Family resources
What are the aspects of the family structure that we pay attention to?
- Caregiving family
- Household composition
- Interactions between members of the family and with the child
What does the term family function refer to?
The family’s ability to conduct and accomplish everyday activities across situation/ carry out day to day routines
What are the aspects of the family function that we pay attention to?
- Family routines
- Parenting behavior & childrearing beliefs
- Parent-child interactions
- Culture
- Parenting stress/coping
- Caregiver health
What are the aspects of the family resources that we pay attention to?
- Socioeconomic status: pt’s with low status tend to have the need for more services
- Informal & formal support
- Home environment
What is family centered care?
Family-centered care is made up of a set of values, attitudes, and approaches to services for children with special needs & their families. Family-centered service recognizes that each family is unique; that the family is the constant in the child’s life; and that they are the experts on the child’s abilities and needs. The family works with service providers to make informed
decisions about the services & supports the child and family receive. In family-centered service, the strengths & needs of all family members are considered
What are the key elements of family centered care?
• Recognize the family as a constant in a child’s life
• Facilitate family-to-family networking
• Promote parent-professional collaboration
• Incorporate developmental needs of children into health care in the context of the family routine
• Implement programs & policies that provide emotional and financial support to meet the
needs of the family
• Honor diversity (racial, cultural, socioeconomic, ethnic)
• Design health care services that are accessible, flexible, and responsive to the family’s needs
What are the goals of family centered care?
- Enhance growth/development of the child
- Support the child
- Support the family
What part of the IDEA are we as PTs more concerned about when treating children?
Parts B and C
What does IDEA part B offer?
- Free and appropriate public education (FAPE) for children age 3-21 years (special ED)
- Least restrictive environment (LRE): to the maximum extent appropriate, children with disabilities should be educated with children who are not disabled as much as possible
- Related services: PT and other services should be provided for children that with disabilities
- Assistive technology that will maintain or improve functional capabilities
- Individualized education program (IEP)
Besides PT, what are some other related services offered in the IDEA part B?
- Transportation
- Speech
- Audiology
- Psychology
- OT
- Recreational, medical, and counseling services
How do we determine a child’s eligibility for IDEA part B services?
We do an evaluation
What are the components of an evaluation according to the IDEA?
• Multidisciplinary
• Done in natural enviornments
• Conducted to “assist in determining whether a
child is a child with a disability”
What are the disabilities defined for the IDEA as eligible for services?
• Autism • Deaf-blind • Deaf • Developmental delay • Emotional disturbance • Hearing impaired • Mental retardation • Multiple disabilities • Orthopedic impairment • Other health impairment • Specific learning impairment • Speech & language impairment
Once a child has been recognized to be eligible for IDEA services, where are these services documented?
Individualized educational
program (IEP)
What are the characteristics of the Individualized educational
program (IEP)?
- Developed by the team
* Reviewed & rewritten yearly at minimum
What does the Individualized educational program (IEP) include?
- Present level of performance
- Annual goals
- Description of how progress will be measured
- Statement of special ed & related services to be provided
- Transition plan (age 16 and up)
Once the IEP is developed, what is the PT’s contribution to it?
- Must relate to educational needs & be “required to assist a child with a disability to benefit from special education”. services must be educationally relevant
- Measurable annual academic/functional goals
- Short-term objectives