Volume 36, Issue 3

Pediatric Physical Therapy Podcast

Volume 36, Issue 3, 2024

Creator: Pediatric Physical Therapy

AN INTERVIEW WITH: Toby Long PhD, Department of Pediatrics, Center for Child and Human Development, Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA.

“Inclusion, Participation, Belonging = Surviving, Thriving, Flourishing” Toby Long PhD tells podcast anchor Sarah Maxwell about the role physical therapists play in helping children with impairments participate in day-to-day life: the theme she addressed in her lecture to the Academy of Pediatric Physical Therapy for the prestigious Ann Van Sant Global Scientific Writing Lectureship, now documented in her Pediatric Physical Therapy article.

Title: Inclusion, Participation, Belonging = Surviving, Thriving, Flourishing

Author: Toby Long, PT, PhD, FAPTA

Author affiliations:

Department of Pediatrics, Center for Child and Human Development,

Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA

Conflict of Interest Statement: The author declares no conflict of interest.

Correspondence:

Toby Long, 2115 Wisconsin Avenue, NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC 20007.

Email: longt@georgetown.edu

ABSTRACT

Purpose:

To share my perspectives on how pediatric physical therapists support children with disabilities and their families to maximize their potential to flourish.

Key Points:

Best practice supports the inclusion of people with disabilities in all aspects of society. Policy statements from governmental agencies, research universities, advocacy, and non- governmental organizations all support inclusion. The concept of belonging and how pediatric physical therapists can promote belonging is less familiar to pediatric physical therapists than that promote belonging.

Key words:

International perspectives, inclusion, participation, belonging inclusion and participation.