BRAIN™
Early intervention philosophy
- BBrain plasticity is highest
- RRoutines drive learning
- AAdults (caregivers) deliver the dose
- IIntervention is embedded
- NNatural environments matter
What it solves
BRAIN explains why early intervention from birth to three is structurally different from clinic-based pediatric PT, and why the therapist works as a developmental coach rather than the primary treater.
When to use it
Use BRAIN when you step into an EI visit and need to reset your model: the caregiver, not the session, delivers most of the dose, and the home routine is the treatment.
In practice
Early intervention is not just PT for younger kids. The brain is at peak plasticity, routines rather than exercises are the practice medium, caregivers deliver almost all of the dose between visits, intervention is embedded in daily life, and the home or daycare is the treatment space.
BRAIN™ is one of 14 frameworks in the Playbook
Read the full treatment in Chapter 12 of the Pediatric PT Playbook (Birth to Three Early Intervention Model), with the cases, scripts, and documentation to match.
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