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Occupational Therapy and RMT |
An Occupational Therapist’s Experience Using RMT RMT is an extremely powerful modality to use with special needs children during OT. I have found it to kick start progress in extremely therapy-refractive preschool children. Some examples of this are children who experience severe: Cerebral Palsy, Autism, ADHD and Cognitive Delay. It also significantly accelerates progress with children who have general fine-motor delays including dysgraphia. Preliminary results after 2 weeks of RMT, 10 minutes 3-4 x weekly: A case review of 4 children with Z-scores at or below -3.60 on the PDMS-2
- All children had made minimal to no progress in OT in a year or more up to the initiation of RMT
- Within 2 weeks each child had made significant gains on measurable goals
- 2 children with Cerebral Palsy improved age equivalents by 3 or more months
- 2 children with severe social and cognitive deficits have made significant gains in social interaction, ie: eye contact, increased volition and improved reciprocal play
A case review of 5 children with Z-scores at or below -2.00 on the PDMS-2
- All five children had been making slow progress on measurable goals
- Within ONE week, all had made significant gains on measurable goals as measured by meeting objectives at least twice in a row when previously an objective had yet to be demonstrated.
A 6 month follow up study comparing Z-score progress will follow.
Vicky Theroux, OTR/L Pediatric OT
Yellville, Arkansas, USA
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