MEETING THE PHYSICAL THERAPY NEEDS OF CHILDREN. 3RD EDITION

I. FOUNDATIONS OF SERVICE DELIVERY
1. Serving the Needs of Children and Their Families
2. Child Development
3. Child Appraisal: Examination and Evaluation
4. Family-Centered Care

II. SYSTEMS
5. Musculoskeletal System: Structure, Function, and Evaluation
6. Musculoskeletal System: Considerations and Interventions for Specific Pediatric Pathologies
7. Neuromuscular System: Examination, Evaluation, and Diagnoses
8. Neuromuscular System: The Plan of Care
9. Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Systems
10. Integumentary System

III. SERVICE DELIVERY SETTINGS
11. Early Intervention
12. Schools
13. Sports Settings for the School-Aged Child
14. Pediatric Acute-Care Hospital
15. Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
16. Rehabilitation Settings
17. Assistive Technology: Positioning, Mobility, and Other Technologies

IV. CASE STUDIES
18. Case Study: Cerebral Palsy
19. Case Study: Cystic Fibrosis
20. Case Study: Down Syndrome
21. Case Study: Pediatric Leukemia
22. Case Study: Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
23. Case Study: Developmental Coordination Disorder
24. Case Study: Myelodysplasia
25. Case Study: Autism Spectrum Disorder
26. Case Study: Congenital Muscular Torticollis

Ensure children with disabilities and special healthcare needs achieve their full potential.
Noted authorities Susan Effgen, Allyssa LaForme Fiss and a team of scholars and clinical experts explore the role of the physical therapist in meeting the needs of children and their families in a culturally appropriate content using a family-centered, abilities-based model.
From the major body systems to assistive technology and intervention support, you’ll develop the clinical knowledge you need to provide a child with the very best care from initial examination to graduation from your services.

Key Features
• Family-centered interventions and vignette-style case examples appear throughout.
• Academicians (in the systems chapters) and clinicians (in the sections on settings, supports, and case studies) provide a balance of theory and practice.
• Disease-specific case studies highlight multisystem involvement of many common pediatric diagnoses, build critical thinking skills, and demonstrate real-life applications.
• Content follows the practice patterns set by APTA's Guide to Physical Therapist Practice.
• Organizational structure uses the World Health Organization’s International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF) model—the first text to do so.
• Narrated video recordings online with closed captioning of children with disabilities being evaluated and receiving intervention.

New to this Edition
• Updated & Expanded! Thoroughly revised and updated to reflect the field’s latest research and developments, including more systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and clinical practice guidelines
• New co-editor! Alyssa LaFome Fiss, PT, PhD, Board-Certified Pediatric Clinical Specialist
• New & Updated! Two, new case studies, autism spectrum disorder and congenital muscular torticollis as well as updated case studies that revisit the children in the previous edition’s case studies, providing life span content as well as current practices
• New, Expanded & Updated! Content on normal development, biomechanics, and gait development and normal development, including gross and fine motor skills, as well as cognitive, language, and social-emotional and developmental milestones
• New! Easy-to-reference child development tables and end-of-chapter discussion questions