Retrospective case report: evaluation of pain in a child with pervasive developmental disorder.

Purpose: To describe how a nurse and a physical therapist in an interprofessional (IP) school-based clinic collaborated to meet the needs of a child with pervasive developmental disorder-not otherwise specified, with atypical classroom behaviors and declining student performance.

Summary: The IP team sought answers for atypical classroom behaviors with declining student performance. Student sensory perceptions masked and delayed the ability to recognize infection.

Communicating with physicians, protecting yourself from legal harm.

When a patient's condition changes, you as a physical therapist (PT) must quickly consider when, how, and what to communicate to the physician. As you do, remember that these questions have not only clinical implications, but also legal implications.