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...Annual Meeting, children under five years old who were seen at an epilepsy monitoring unit and a ketogenic diet clinic were tracked for six months. Seventy-seven...typically refer patients to psychiatrists; occupational, speech, and physical therapists; or educational specialists. Still, many questions about the link between...

...genetic diagnosis may qualify your child for clinical trials testing new therapies. It can guide medical monitoring for related health issues that appear...child for clinical trials testing new therapies. It can guide medical monitoring for related health issues that appear with certain genetic conditions....

...newly-diagnosed family and a "veteran parent" who's been matched to you based on diagnosis, child age, and family circumstances. The veteran parent isn't a therapist or a case manager. They're a parent who has lived this. They've been trained to listen, share what worked and what didn't, and answer the questions...

...Telehealth and Remote Monitoring. Technology has...Telehealth and remote monitoring offer invaluable...consultations and remote monitoring devices, these...appointments. Remote monitoring devices, such...enable continuous monitoring of vital signs...telehealth and remote monitoring help them actively...Personalized Therapies. In the realm...responses to therapies. This invaluable...

...skill they don't have. AI assistants flip the model. You describe your situation in whatever messy form it arrives, and the tool helps organize it. A therapist noted that ChatGPT "helps clients externalize decision trees they can't hold in working memory." That's the mechanism. These tools take on the cognitive...

When a physical or occupational therapist recommends a manual wheelchair for your child, one of the first questions you'll face is whether they need a transport chair or a self-propelled model....

...clinical needs into a specific chair model and configuration. A physical therapist evaluates your child's posture, range of motion, muscle tone, and positioning...them function best throughout the day. Some clinics use an occupational therapist instead, or both. If your child sees a physiatrist (a doctor specializing...

...to grab a toy. She reaches toward it. She can't get there. A physical therapist mentions a prone scooter board, and your first thought might be: are we...self-propel. The cart supports them in a prone position while you or a therapist pushes them. It keeps them at a low, exploratory height while moving through...

Your child's physical therapist recommends a walker. Then you see the paperwork: posterior walker, also called a reverse walker, with wheels in front and the child walking behind...

...reading this, you've probably already been told by your child's physical therapist that a tilt-in-space wheelchair is what your child needs. And if you've...children consistently have genuine clinical need for this feature, and your therapist should be...

Your physical therapist just wrote "prone stander" on a prescription...know what "prone" means or why it matters. The therapist mentioned something about trunk support and weight-bearing...another one. You're not alone in that confusion. Therapists work with this equipment daily and sometimes...

Your pediatric therapist just suggested it's time to transition from your child's adaptive stroller to a wheelchair. Your child is four years old, still working on trunk control,...