Today was an early start, I saw a client that I had seen on my first week, which I thought I would only see clients once as the physio only see clients every few weeks. This client has progress welled, his arm strength has improved heaps. Unfortunately, the client wasn't in the best mood but we let him do his own thing and try to incorporate some physio into his play. I also went along to an initial session with a young girl. I played with the client while the physio was try to observe her movement. It was hard to try and figure out what was happening to her feet as she was walking. The client was weight bearing on her ball of her foot and would fall back onto her heels and sometimes onto her toes, it wasn't consistent. We decided that all the movement in her feet while she was walking was due to her balance and how unstable she was. The client was two and half and had just started walking for about two months.

Tomorrow, I will going into the hills and Ellenbrook for a few appointments. I will be doing a NSMDA assessment on a four and a half girl with down syndrome. I will only be doing the gross motor section of the NSMDA for a four year old, which looks at sitting balance, walking, running, jumping, hopping and ball skills. The best way to do the assessment will be to let her have a play and go at her own pace and to just observe as much as possible.
Hope I do well in the assessment :)
Only two days left.