Today I was able to observe the process of the gait clinic at DSC Myaree. I was able to observe how the physio's and podiatrist assess the gait of a child and their reasoning for their intervention. The little boy had good ROM in his ankles but they had to be passively moved with alot of force. It was interesting to see how they came up with the intervention of serial casting and I will hopefully get the chance to go allow to one of the casting sessions. In the afternoon, I saw a boy that had Angelman's syndrome, which I didn't really know what it was. There are so many different disorders that can affect development of a child that I hadn't heard of and it is interesting to see how how many children it has affected.
Tomorrow is my mid-placement assessment because my supervisor is going away for the next two weeks. I'm a bit scared on what to do because I haven't really had the chance to get too much hands on experience but i think i will be prepared. The child I will be assessing is about a year old and doesn't have head control, so it will be interesting what the child will be able to do.Hope it all goes well.