TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Child Appraisal: Examination and Evaluation
A1  - Effgen, Susan K.
A1  - Howman, Janice
A2  - Effgen, Susan K.
PY  - 2013
T2  - Meeting the Physical Therapy Needs of Children
AB  - Physical  therapists  should  understand  the  pathology,  etiology,  impairments  in  body  structures  and  functions,  and  restrictions  in  activities  and  participation  for  all  the  individuals  they  serve.  Those  working  with  children  must  also  understand  all  domains  of  child  development  and  behavior  and  family  functioning  to  provide  appropriate  examination,  evaluation,  diagnosis,  prognosis,  and  intervention.  The  examination  and  evaluation  processes  are  complex  with  children  because  almost  everything  is  influenced  by  the  child's  developmental,  functional,  and  behavioral  level,  which  are  in  turn  significantly  influenced  by  environmental  and  personal  contextual  factors.  Additionally,  when  obtaining  information  regarding  the  child's  status,  the  therapist  must  usually  disguise  the  examination  as  “play.”  The  child  generally  must  be  cooperative  and  actively  engaged  to  display  the  highest  level  of  performance.  Therapists  must  be  experts  at  eliciting  best  performance  and  making  it  all  fun,  thus  making  the  examination  process  more  complex  and  difficult  than  in  other  areas  of  physical  therapy  practice.  
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PB  - F. A. Davis Company
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/19
UR  - fadavispt.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1134000162
ER  -