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Acute Paediatric Rehabilitation Services

Where can you find us?	D6-002A
Who to contact with questions?	Tina Pancino, Therapy Assistant Telephone 519-685-8500 Extension 52400 Feeding and Swallowing Team (Alison McVittie and Kerry Hunter) Telephone:519-685-8500 Pager 17368 Physiotherapy Telephone: 519-685-8500 Pager 15564
Who to contact when you are making a referral?	Tina Pancino, Therapy Assistant Telephone: 519-685-8500 Extension 52400

 

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Our Service
Our Team

Our Service

The APRS service adheres to a family and relationship centred model of care and therefore emphasizes partnerships, relationships, and shared decision-making with patients and care providers. The APRS services focus on inpatient care, with increased emphasis on the areas of service that are most unique to this team. Services are provided to inpatients and through designated Outpatient Clinics to children from birth to 18 years of age. Services include inpatient assessment, consultation, and intervention in the following areas:

Acquired Brain Injury

• Cognitive rehabilitation – including coma stimulation, memory and organizational strategies.
• Feeding & swallowing – modified barium swallow and clinical feeding evaluation.
• Chest therapy – where immobilization may result in respiratory risks.
• Speech and language/communication.
• Orthopaedic including splinting and range of motion.
• Positioning and mobility.
• Adaptations for activities of daily living.
  

High Risk Infants

• Developmental assessment and programming.
• Sensory-motor integration.
• Positioning/handling - to facilitate developmentally appropriate interaction and postural growth.
• Splinting and casting – for developmental support and rehabilitation.
• Feeding & swallowing – to address safety risks.
• Range of motion (ROM) - implement programs to increase or maintain ROM.
  

Orthopaedics

• Splinting and casting – to facilitate positioning (rather than fracture remediation), not including crutch walking.
• Preoperative planning – around equipment requirements and potential mobility issues.
• Transfers – guidance and demonstration to facilitate safe and effective transfer of patients from bed to chair, etc.
• Positioning and mobility – assessment and intervention concerning temporary adjustments or additions to positional and / or wheeled mobility.
• Range of motion – implement programs to increase or maintain ROM.
• Adaptations for activities of daily living.
  

Cardiorespiratory

• Postoperative care – chest physiotherapy, and mobilization to expedite recovery and minimize respiratory complications.
• Communication strategies and speaking valves for patients with tracheostomies.
• Cystic Fibrosis Clinic.
• Cystic Fibrosis Inpatient “Tune-ups.”
  

Feeding and Swallowing

• Modified Barium Swallow investigations.
• Clinical Feeding Evaluations.
• Consultation, and monitoring regarding patient specific feeding procedures and positioning.
  

Oncology

• Positioning and mobility – assessment and intervention concerning temporary provision of mobility / positional aids or adjustments / additions to positional and / or wheeled mobility.
• Neural rehabilitation – intervention to maintain or regain neurological functions that may have been impacted by treatments or disease.
• Splinting and casting – to facilitate positioning and or manage joint stress or strain.
• Chest where patient’s immobility may compromise respiration.
• Feeding and swallowing – modified barium swallow and clinical feeding evaluation.
• Speech and language/communication – facilitate development or rehabilitation of impacted skills.
• Adaptations for activities of daily living.
  

Transplant

• Chest and mobilization – to expedite recovery and minimize respiratory complications.
• Seating / positioning.
• Splinting and casting – to facilitate positioning and or manage joint stress or strain.
• Range of motion – implement programs to increase or maintain ROM.
• Developmental assessment and programming to maximize developmental growth and maintenance.
  

Neurology

• Cognitive rehabilitation – assessment and intervention concerning memory, problem solving and organizational strategies.
• Feeding and Swallowing – MBS and clinical feeding evaluation.
• Chest therapy - to expedite recovery and minimize respiratory complications.
• Speech and language/communication – facilitate development or rehabilitation of impacted skills.
• Orthopaedics including splinting and casting as well as programs to increase or maintain ROM.
• Positioning and mobility – assessment and intervention concerning temporary provision of mobility / positional aids or adjustments / additions to positional and / or wheeled mobility.
• Adaptations for activities of daily living.
  
  

Our Team

The APRS team includes a Speech Language Pathologist, an Occupational Therapist, Physiotherapists, and a Therapy Assistant.