Pediatric rehabilitation (Early intervention)
Early childhood intervention indicates the identification of children and adolescents who are at risk of poor outcomes, and provides them with proper support. Aspects including motor function, cognition, emotion, social interaction are the main concerns of early childhood intervention. The conditions that may require early childhood intervention are as follows.
Developmental delay
- Gross motor function
- Fine motor function
- Speech / language
- Social interaction
- Emotion
- Cognition
Musculoskeletal problems
- Scoliosis
- Pes planus (Flat foot)
- Pes cavus
- Genu valgum（Bow legs）
- Genu varum（Knocked knees）
- Toe-in gait
- Round back
- Torticollis
- Growing pain
Sensory integration (SI) dysfunction
- Incoordination
- Inattention
- Sensitive to smell or touching
- Learning difficulties
- Poor concept of space
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
- Inattention
- Hyperactive
- Hypertalkative
- Can’t line up
- Can’t focus on one specific task
Autistic spectrum disorder
- Avoids eye contact
- Poor communication skill
- Prefers playing alone
- Doesn’t share with others
- Reliance on rules and routines
