Areej Al-Abdulrahman
King Abdul-Aziz Medical City, Saudi Arabia
Biography
Areej Al-Abdulrahman has an experience of 16 years in Pediatric Physical Therapy, specialized in Neonatal and Early Intervention program establishment. This program’s guidelines include screening method, physical therapy referring criteria and categorization list; all established relying on experience, literature review and reliable and valid assessment instruments. This one-year EI program benefits allowed us to include many patients who need PT services, to be able to minimize the risk and complication of disabilities; good findings and outcomes is another major benefit from this plan. The parent's satisfaction and participation were improved. The no-show-rate was less with high commitment by parents to the home program.