Therapeutic Computer Play

Presentation for Rehab Staff at Children's National Hospital, Washington, DC

October 20, 2021

Presenters: Justine Belschner^1,2, Elena Choong^1,3,4, Kevin Cleary^1,2, Catherine Coley^1,2, Manon Schladen^1,5

^{1. The RERC-DC, 2.Children’s National Hospital, 3. Capella University, 4. U.S. Food and Drug Administration, 5. The Catholic University of America, Department of Biomedical Engineering}

Outline

•The vision and rationale for incorporating Therapeutic Computer Play (TCP) into therapy for children with cerebral palsy (CP)

(10 minutes)

•Review of the latest literature reporting the impact of TCP on gross motor outcomes for children with CP

(10 minutes)

•Update on our work at Children’s on PedBot/PedBotHome, a robot-enabled, game-based ankle therapy system for children with CP

(5 minutes)

•To better understand how Children’s clinicians have used TCP in their practice, what worked, what didn’t work, hopes for future application

(30 minutes)