Caring for Zero to Threes with Special Needs

Activity-Focused and Collaborative EI –Rifton Rapport interviews Toby Long, PT, PhD, FAPTA.

Finally, Ella and her twin sister are at eye-level to each other.

Assistive Technology –its use can make an enormous difference in a child's ability to achieve full integration.

"Developmental Planning" –an article by Jim Noland, CRTS, ATP on planning care and predicting needs for a child within the early intervention care model.

A break-through solution to writing
Letters of Medical Necessity.

The developer of LMNBuilder.com is a PTA, a CRTS, and an ATP—but most importantly, he’s a parent of a child with a disability. He’s written hundreds of LMNs and knows what it takes. That’s why he’s made LMNBuilder.com available to clinicians at no charge. Rifton was so impressed with the concept that we let him load justifications for all our products into LMNBuilder, to make it easier for you to write compelling LMNs.

Dear Reader:

We’ve all seen the new research that links early mobility with improved motor skills, cognition, and even speech. To help you start building a body of evidence, we’re offering you two relevant articles about assistive technology and early gait training in this issue of Rapport. Take a look, and don’t hesitate to forward these papers to a colleague.

This issue also introduces two new gait trainers from Rifton, the Mini Pacer and a completely redesigned Small Pacer—both of them released in response to overwhelming requests from folks like you in the field. They’re beautiful, and they’re going to make gait therapy available to much younger children. Early responses back from the field have been enthusiastic. We think you’ll feel the same.

Sincerely,
Lori Potts, PT
Rifton Rapport Editor

PS: Here’s a page of links I’ve assembled for those of you looking for more information on early intervention.

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