Blog 19 - Third Answer

1. What is your EQ?

• What is the most important factor in ensuring that a child born with limitations reaches his/her full physical potential?

2. What is your first answer? (In complete thesis statement format)

• The most important factor in ensuring that a child born with limitations reaches his/her full physical potential is active parent participation.

3. What is your second answer? (In complete thesis statement format)

• The most important factor in ensuring that a child born with limitations reaches his/her full physical potential is a strong relationship between the PT and the child.

4. What is your third answer? (In complete thesis statement format)

• The most important factor in ensuring that a child born with limitations reaches his/her full physical potential is a strong diagnosis/evaluation and flexible planning.

5. List three reasons your answer is true with a real-world application for each.

• PTs are usually responsible for the diagnosis of a patient for their disorder/injury. This is a critical step towards any sort of patient recovery. A proper diagnosis will allow for a proper path to making successful plan. 
• Planning is essential in physical therapy. It is really important because physical therapy is not a one time thing. It usually happens over the span of a time frame and the progress is gradual and not instant. Having a plan ensures that this progress is made and is successful.
• Especially in pediatric physical therapy, curve balls are being thrown constantly. Not only does the PT have to deal with the physical growth of the child, but also the emotional/social growth of the child. This means that the plans do have to be solid but also flexible in the way that it can deal with any unexpected factors that the PT may be encountering. 

6. What printed source best supports your answer?

• "Preparing for Your Visit with a Physical Therapist." Move Forward. American Physical Therapy Association, n.d. Web. 18 Sept. 2015. <http://www.moveforwardpt.com/Resources/Prepare.aspx#.VfuRHH9Vikq>

7. What other source supports your answer?

• Milligan, Lauren. "The Initial Visit Is Everything." WebPT. WebPT, 12 Oct. 2015. Web. 30 Oct. 2015. <https://www.webpt.com/blog/post/the-initial-visit-is-everything>.

8. Tie this together with a concluding thought. 

• Overall, I picked a strong diagnosis/evaluation and flexible planning as my second answer because it is especially important in pediatric physical therapy. Both are reliant on  each other and the overall process of the pediatric physical therapy. If the PT does a proper evaluation and makes a solid plan for the patient while still being able to deal with the unexpected factors, it will ensure that a child born with limitations reaches his/her full physical potential.