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Physical Therapy |
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Physical Therapists help children to build gross motor skills, including posture, mobility, and balance. Therapy goals may include developing muscle strength or range of motion, improving coordination or endurance, or attaining new motor skills such as rolling, walking, climbing, and catching.
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Childgarden CDC has availability for Physical Therapy. |
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Meet our therapists |
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Grace Hagan, MPT I graduated from Saint Louis University with a Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science and a Master of Physical Therapy in January of 2001. I received my Missouri State Licensure in March of |
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2001. I have been working with pediatric clients since my clinical experience at Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital in St. Louis. After licensure I started working as an Independent Contractor seeing First Steps and Medicaid clients from ages 0 (premature) to 18 years. The kids I have worked with have myriad diagnoses and require varying treatments. I enjoy working with clients with diverse backgrounds. I am comfortable working with interpreters. I speak some Spanish and have treated several Spanish-speaking families independently. My continuing education includes the American Physical Therapy Association's Pediatric Course, Musculo-skeletal Evaluation and Intervention, Partial Weight-bearing Gait Training, Sensory Integration in Pediatric Assessment and Treatment, Problems Associated with Alcohol Exposed Pregnancies, and all of the First Steps Modules. I am also a trained Doula, or labor support person for mothers. This has provided strong continuity between labor/delivery and pediatric treatment. I am committed to providing quality care and education. I believe parents and guardians are their children's best advocates and deserve all the empowerment they can get.
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