As we celebrate the contributions physical therapists make every day in the lives of patients and families, this is also a perfect opportunity to reflect on how we make that difference. We may not always think of ourselves as leaders, …
Your therapists are skilled. Your team cares deeply about children and families. You believe you’re providing high-quality pediatric therapy. But can you prove it? That question is becoming increasingly important as payer expectations, regulatory requirements, documentation standards, and scrutiny of …
For children who use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), visual access is communication access. This matters especially for children with cortical or cerebral visual impairment (CVI), whose visual processing differences affect how they notice, interpret, recognize, and use visual information. …
How a customizable approach to pediatric clinical development can strengthen onboarding, consistency, confidence, and retention. Two therapists can join the same pediatric organization with the same professional credentials, but with very different levels of preparation for pediatric practice. They may …
If you’ve worked in pediatric therapy for any length of time, you’ve probably experienced conversations you wanted to avoid, perhaps ones you actually did avoid. Maybe…it’s talking with a caregiver about a reduction in therapy frequency? Maybe…it’s discussing inconsistent attendance …
Building and sustaining a pediatric therapy workforce has become increasingly challenging. Organizations are balancing growing referral volumes, increasing medical complexity, health plan expectations, and pressure to reduce turnover while maintaining high-quality care. For many organizations, the greatest challenges are not …
In pediatric therapy, learning isn’t just a professional expectation, it’s an ethical responsibility and a business decision. However, many organizations still see continuing education as a compliance task: something therapists complete in a rush before license renewal. The result? Minimal …
In most business sectors, including healthcare, orientation is often treated as an operational necessity— a checklist to complete before productivity expectations begin. Yet a well-designed orientation is far more than onboarding logistics – it is a strategic investment in clinical …
Teach, Train, Retain: The Workforce Value of Employer-Sponsored Learning The entry-level education of health care providers typically emphasizes the value of lifelong learning, recognizing the limits of entry-level education, the speed at which new evidence is published and approaches to …
Re-evaluation time in pediatric therapy can be stressful. You’re expected to prove medical necessity, show progress, justify continued care, and do it all in just a few pages of documentation, with a short turnaround time. But what most therapists don’t …