Hi all,
I'm on my paediatrics prac at the moment. A lot of the stuff that I'm seeing is developmental problems such as delayed development. Something that is different about doing paeds is that the involvement of the parents is very important. I know that it sounds obvious, but without the parent's help and motivation, the outcome will not be the optimal outcome. For example, I saw a 4yr old for the 2nd time this week, and one of his problems was decreased ball skills. When I first saw him, his mum watched what he was doing throughout the treatment session (where one of the things we were working on was ball skills), and at the end of the session my supervisor asked them to practice some throwing and catching at home. The 2nd time I saw him, his ball skills (particularly in catching) had improved dramatically. It was really good to see such an improvement, just in one week. It really did show the importance of the parent, as well as the importance of the parent's paying a bit of attention during the treatment session, which we can do by getting them involved in the treatment session.
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Totally agree with you. There are some patients that I've been seeing in the last week or so, reading through their history, most of the diagnosis where quite severe and for most off these children even sitting by themselves would be an impossible task let alone walking. However the impossible was made possible by this one parent who has been coming to therapy for 6 yrs ( child is 6yrs old) and continously gives the child intensive therapy for 7 hours every day. The mother quit her job and is a full time therapist for her child. But then again, this commitment is a little extreme, not every individual parent would be able to do that.
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