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ruralPT -> RE: Downs Syndrome (May 19, 2008 3:35:15 PM)
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Mom never pushed the issue about the face growing exercises; I had told her to speak with the speech therapist. [;)] He is doing well; he will be a year old next month. He is army crawling and transitioning to sitting from prone. He is also sitting independently and can stand at a support surface well, but can't control the decent. My problem that I always run into is parents wanting their child with Downs syndrome to be "age appropriate" in their gross motor skills. I always try to be honest about the delays and how PT is trying to avoid some common compensation strategies and teach the parents, but won't really get their child to age appropriate level. My source for average gross motor skills in children with Downs syndrome lists walking at 2 years, yet around the one year mark parents start getting more pushy about getting their child to walk. They want me to "fix" the child and always think the child needs more PT than they actually do.
Any ideas? I always think I am being clear up front, but obviously I am not.
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