PM&R
Volume 2, Issue 3 , Pages S12-S18, March 2010

Pediatric Rehabilitation: 2. Environmental Factors Affecting Participation

  • Nancy Murphy, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Pediatrics, University of Utah, PO Box 581289, Salt Lake City, UT 84158†
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: N.M.
    • ,
  • Melissa Trovato, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of PM&R, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD‡
    • ,
  • Heakyung Kim, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of PM&R and Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine; The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA§
    • ,
  • Chong Tae Kim, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of PM&R and Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania; The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA⁎
    • ,
  • Elizabeth Moberg-Wolff, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of PM&R, Medical College of Wisconsin; Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI∥

Received 8 December 2009; accepted 9 December 2009.

Objective

This self-directed learning module highlights the environmental factors that influence the participation of children and youth with disabilities in life situations, including activities of self-care, mobility, socialization, education, recreation, and community life. It is part of the study guide on pediatric rehabilitation in the Self-Directed Physiatric Education Program for practitioners and trainees in physical medicine and rehabilitation and pediatric medicine. This module emphasizes the participation of children with disabilities in adapted sports and reviews mobility devices to promote function, in the context of the International Classification of Functioning and in reference to the Americans with Disabilities Act. It provides the physiatrist with strategies to promote community participation, functional independence and healthcare transitions for children with disabilities as they approach adulthood. The goal of this article is to improve the learner's treatment strategies to maximize the participation of children and youth with disabilities in all settings, particularly schools and communities.

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  • † Disclosure: nothing to disclose
  • ‡ Disclosure: nothing to disclose
  • § Disclosure: nothing to disclose
  • ⁎ Disclosure: nothing to disclose
  • ∥ Disclosure: 3, Medtronic, Solstice

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PII: S1934-1482(09)01640-2

doi:10.1016/j.pmrj.2009.12.002

PM&R
Volume 2, Issue 3 , Pages S12-S18, March 2010

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