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Title
Inclusive Physical Therapy Exercise Instruction Cards for Children with Disabilities
Description
Many children with disabilities need physical therapy treatment but it can be difficult to instruct patients with restricted or limited communication. Most exercise cards and depictions used in communicating instruction to pediatric special needs patients are not representative of children with disabilities. This project aimed to create inclusive physical therapy exercise cards depicting children with disabilities. The goal of these cards was to help communicate instructions and motivate children to perform their exercises in clinical settings. The exercise selection was based on observations from working with children with disabilities in a pediatric physical therapy clinic. As a result, photos of children with developmental disabilities were taken performing exercises and subsequently made into cards and provided to physical therapists (PT). The PT’s used the cards for at least a week and reported on their functionality. The feedback from PT’s regarding the use of exercise cards in therapy sessions was overwhelmingly positive. With the positive feedback from the PT’s, the cards will be published and donated to pediatric physical therapy clinics in Arizona.
Date Created
2024-05
Contributors
- Mack, Sarah (Author)
- Hart, Teresa (Thesis director)
- Broman, Tannah (Committee member)
- Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)
- College of Health Solutions (Contributor)
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Resource Type
Extent
18 pages
Copyright Statement
In Copyright
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Peer-reviewed
No
Open Access
No
Series
Academic Year 2023-2024
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.2.N.191889
System Created
- 2024-03-25 04:27:29
System Modified
- 2024-03-28 12:31:24
- 7 months 3 weeks ago
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