Pediatric Telehealth for School-Age Children
Presented by Jared Vagy and Rubi Buxton
Jared Vagy receives compensation from MedBridge for this course. There is no financial interest beyond the production of this course.
Rubi Buxton receives compensation from MedBridge for this course. There is no financial interest beyond the production of this course.
Nonfinancial:
Jared Vagy is a TheraBand Academy speaker.
Rubi Buxton has no competing non-financial interests or relationships with regard to the content presented in this course.
This course covers telehealth assessment and intervention in pediatric disorders within the school-age child population. This course on telehealth in pediatric physical therapy will improve the clinician’s confidence in approaching school-age child assessment and treatment in telehealth. The course will provide examples of modifications for school-age child assessment and treatment to help the therapist easily transition to telehealth. The target audience includes occupational therapy, physical therapy, hospital outpatient settings, private practice outpatient settings, and school and early intervention settings. This course is part of the telehealth series.
Meet your instructors
Jared Vagy
Jared Vagy received his doctorate in physical therapy (DPT) from the University of Southern California (USC) and completed a one-year residency in orthopedics and a one-year fellowship in movement science. Dr. Vagy is a clinical associate professor of physical therapy in the DPT program at USC and is a mentor in both the…
Rubi Buxton
In clinical practice, within her expertise in pediatric rehabilitation, she cares for a diverse patient caseload that includes diagnoses such as neurologic and orthopedic trauma, neuro-oncology, pediatric obesity, pelvic health disorders, developmental gross motor delay, and conditions requiring complex serial casting and…
Chapters & learning objectives
1. Introduction
In this chapter, you will identify the best practices for delivering optimal pediatric care in the telehealth environment.
2. Subjective Exam
In this chapter, you will apply strategies for effective subjective examination for the school-age child in a telehealth setting and identify key questions for screening in telehealth.
3. Objective Exam
In this chapter, you will administer a pediatric screening examination specific to the school-age child via telehealth and discuss gross motor milestones.
4. Intervention
In this chapter, you will apply interventions for the school-age child in telehealth given information obtained via subjective and objective exams and discuss use of safety with telehealth for gross motor focus given age.
5. Clinical Pearls
This chapter provides a summary of applying strategies for effective subjective examination of a school-age child in a telehealth setting, administering a screening examination for a school-age child, and applying interventions for children in the telehealth therapy environment. It also includes a roundtable discussion with Jared and Rubi.
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