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functional goals--HELP - June 18, 2003 6:02:00 PM

mnpt

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I have a question on functional goals. I am battling with Medical assistance to get authorization to continue seeing an 8 year old with very poor coordination and gross motor skills. I am ripping my hair out. Our OT also has battled them. They do not feel that an 8 year old being able to tie his shoes is a functional goal or need. From a PT perspective, they call my goals "test scores" and not goals. For example, he has a very hard time with skipping, hopping etc and also ball handling. He has a hard time catching ball, kicking ball and so on. Gym class is torture for him as the kids pick on him heavily. SO we work alot on throwing a ball at targets, catching balls so that he can participate with his peers. My goals consist of things like, being able to catch a ball thrown to him overhead from a distance of 10', with the goal being that he is able to catch the ball 5/10 tries with 2 hands. He used to run from a thrown ball or hide from it with his hands over his head, and he has progressed to trying to catch it etc, so he has made progress. What am I missing??????