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Michelle Fryt Linehan – Getting the PIQ-ture Assessing and Treating Common Pediatric Patients

Name: Michelle Fryt Linehan - Getting the PIQ-ture Assessing and Treating Common Pediatric Patients
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Faculty:: Michelle Fryt Linehan
Duration:: 5 Hours 42 Minutes
Format:: Audio and Video
Copyright:: Feb 25, 2013

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ASSESSMENT OF CHILDREN

Issues with evaluation of children
Lois Bly’s Motor Skills Acquisition Check List
What to evaluate
Choosing an evaluation tool
Commonly used norm-referenced tools for general motor skill assessment
- Bayley Scales of Infant Development
- Peabody Developmental Motor Scales
- Movement ABC
- Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Performance
Re-evaluation with standardized assessments
Commonly used criterion-reference pediatric assessment tools
- gross motor function measure (88 and 66)
- school function assessment
- goal attainment scale
Gathering other pertinent information
- five senses
- the use of PIQ (Posture in Positions, Initiations and Inhibitions, Quality and Quantity)
Evaluation components
- strength chart
- gait analysis
Treatment planning
- use of left vs. right brain thinking
- PT/OT diagnoses vs. medical diagnoses

TORTICOLLIS

Definition and incidence
Causes
Changes in developmental milestones with Back to Sleep
Evaluation
- PIQ
- cranial measurements
- range of motion
- motor evaluation
Intervention Ideas
- positioning
- range of motion
- case study

PREMATURITY

Definition, incidence, morbidity, causes
Long term sequella
Dynamic systems theory
Evaluation – subjective and objective information
- complications, feeding, physical aspects
- PIQ
- standardized assessments
Intervention
- parental education
- supine vs. prone
- frequency, location
- case study

HYPOTONIA

Definition and clinical characteristics
Causes
- non-neurological
- central
- peripheral
Weakness vs. joint laxity vs. low tone
Assessing children with low tone
- INFANIB
- movement assessment of infants
- gross motor function measure
- PIQ
- range of motion
- sensation and perception – proprioception
Intervention strategies—moving from diagnosis to treatment
- task analysis + noted impairments → treatment
- chart with treatment ideas
- Patricia Winder’s book
- case study

HYPERTONIA

Definition and incidence
- spasticity vs. hypertonia
- classification system for cerebral palsy
Assessing children with tone disorders
- past medical history
- orthopedic issues
- standardized assessments
- PIQ
- causes of in-toeing
- Ryder’s test
- strength, balance, sensation/perception
Treatment ideas
- strengthening for children with hypertonia
- whole body vibration plate
- NDT
- constraint-induced movement therapy
- taping, stretching, NMES vs. TES
Adaptive equipment
- PBWB
- standers
- orthotics
Case study using chart for single goal

Faculty

Michelle Fryt Linehan, MSPT, PCS, MEd, Related seminars and products: 3

Michelle Fryt Linehan, MSPT, PCS, MEd, is a licensed physical therapist and APTA Pediatric Certified Specialist with over 26 years of experience working with children in both rehab and educational settings. Currently she works in an outpatient facility in Spokane, Washington, and owns her own practice, Kinetic Kids Physical Therapy, treating children in Idaho. Ms. Linehan previously worked in the field of education, both in the United States and in Africa, as a teacher and state-level administrator for a total of 13 years. She has spent the last 18 years working as a pediatric physical therapist in a variety of settings: hospital acute care, outpatient, school systems, and early intervention programs. Ms. Linehan also previously owned a pediatric physical therapy practice in Georgia, seeing children in their natural environments.

Ms. Linehan received a bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs in 1980, obtained a master’s degree in Early Childhood Special Education from the University of Washington in Seattle in 1987, and in 1993 she earned her MSPT from Boston University. Ms. Linehan completed the NDT/Bobath 8-week Pediatric course in 1999 and became a Pediatric Certified Specialist through the American Physical Therapy Association in 2002. She has also earned certifications in Threshold Electrical Stimulation and Infant Behavior Assessment. Ms. Linehan views “Evidence-Based Practice” as a necessary aspect of her clinical practice and continually strives to seek effective ways to provide physical therapy services to all of her patients.

Speaker Disclosures:

Financial: Michelle Fryt Linehan maintains a private practice. She receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc.

Non-financial: Michelle Fryt Linehan is a member of the American Physical Therapy Association.

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