Scope of Practice for PTs - Services are INDIRECT. We will be modeling and training directly with caregivers, to best support the individual, while providing various supports to enhance the individual’s independence in the areas targeted.
Physical Therapy can address:
Sensory Processing
Protocols PT can write:
How can PT help?
PT’s can address several areas that may be beneficial when addressing the needs of individuals with developmental disabilities. Areas that we address include:
Wheelchair Evaluations: assistance to work with the DME company to ensure that the individual we are working with has a wheelchair that meets their specific needs. Pressure relief, positioning, contracture management, and transfer status will all be addressed during this evaluation. The physical therapy consultant will complete the wheelchair evaluation, write the letter of medical necessity, provide training on the new wheelchair when it arrives.
Mobility: assistance in determining the correct durable medical equipment needed, training in home safety modifications, gait training on even surfaces, uneven surfaces, and stairs as needed, strengthening programs, assistance with adaptations needed for community accessibility
Durable Medical Equipment: Assistance in working with DME companies to determine the best options for mobility equipment, writing the letters of medical necessity for needed equipment like wheelchairs, mechanical lifts, walkers, standers, stairlifts, prosthetics and orthotics, adaptive strollers, safety beds, hospital beds, and exercise equipment.
Fall Prevention: Comprehensive fall prevention strategies will be developed for the individual. This may include exercise programs, recommendations for safety modifications in the home or community, training with durable medical equipment, stretching programs, strategies to improve safety awareness, and instruction in the level of supervision required.
Exercise Programs: The PT Consultant can develop and train caregivers in how to assist the individual with progressive home exercise programs to address muscle weakness, contractures, balance issues, pain, and movement disorders.
Sensory Processing: Individuals with sensory processing disorder have difficulty processing information from the senses (touch, movement, smell, taste, vision, and hearing) and difficulty responding appropriately to that information. These individuals typically have one or more senses that either over- or under react to stimulation. Sensory processing disorder can cause problems with an individual's emotional regulation and behavior. A comprehensive sensory diet will be developed for the client based on their specific needs. Sensory diets include schedules, activities, replacement behaviors, and exercises to help the individual manage their sensory needs. The sensory diet assists the individual and caregivers to manage emotional outbursts, behaviors, aggression, and property destruction.
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