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Physical therapy involving newborns and young infants is a specialized area of
practice reserved for therapists who have advanced training and the competence to
help newborns, young infants and their families meet their goals. Beginning at
birth, infants apply a significant amount of effort to actively participate in
and shape their world. Infants make their intentions and requests for support
known through their behaviors during social and physical therapy encounters. The
therapeutic encounter viewed from the infant's perspective has received limited
attention in the physical therapy literature. The purpose of this article is to
discuss concepts related to phenomenology and synactive theory that are relevant
to physical therapy with newborns and young infants during the first few months
of life after birth.
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