Adolescent Return to Ambulation: A Flow Chart for Multidisciplinary Staff Education

The purpose of this article is to discuss and explain the concept of creating a “flow chart” for multidisciplinary staff education. It can be a useful tool for new staff, and to help current staff, gain a better insight to the thought process of a therapist that may be working on return to ambulation and weaning of assistive equipment. The rational and importance of different assessment areas, use of coping skills, and the challenges you may encounter are discussed. Although this tool was created for our specific team, a similar item, along with desired edits, may be helpful for other multidisciplinary teams to utilize for improved consistency with patient and family education and care.