Comments on the ergonomics of the physiotherapist’s work and suggestions on cooperation with other members of the therapeutic team and people from the patient’s close environment (family, friends)

It will be presented for consideration whether, in the case described above, the physiotherapist should consult another specialist: teacher, special education teacher, pediatric occupational therapists and how to talk about it with the patient’s parents. 

Goals to achieve:  

• make gross motor functions and movements more confident 
• make the child more confident to try new tools, new situations (which do not cause fear) 
• make manual dexterity more skilful 
• help the child to engage in tasks with peers/groups 
• maintain interest and motivation in physical activity 
• maintain and develop skills 
• maintain the active involvement of the parent in the development process, achieving intensive practice at home 
• monitor the child’s progress and measure performance against expected skills and developmental milestones – taking into account the baseline 
• lay the foundations for good school performance through age-appropriate skill development  
• recognize and reinforce the strengths of the child  

Types of interventions you may benefit from. Try to match them with the goals presented above:  

• using playful exercises 
• using and demonstrating colourful tools, motivating their use 
• organising pair and group exercises 
• thematic lessons (gross motor development, balance development, fine motor development, manual dexterity development, etc.) 
• incorporation of cognitive exercises, concentration development 
• support in psychological counselling 
• assigning homework, monitoring home practice 
• giving frequent feedback – for the child and the parents as well 
• setting short-term and long-term goals