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Interactive program pairs 媚娘直播鈥檚 DPT department with Lauer鈥檚 Park Elementary students

 

First-year students in 媚娘直播鈥檚 Doctorate of Physical Therapy Program demonstrated the importance of movement and exercise to fourth-grade students at Lauer鈥檚 Park Elementary School through an interactive program called Power in Motion.

 

鈥淲e are always looking for ways to increase awareness of physical therapy as a profession to those who might not have been exposed to it and give back to our local community,鈥 said 媚娘直播 Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy James O鈥橠onohue. 鈥淭his was our opportunity to do both and I think the program went very well and our students enjoyed themselves, particularly through the interaction with the students from Lauer鈥檚 Park.鈥


 

Lauer's Park DPT Program 2

The Power in Motion program involves learning about planes of body motion along with various muscles throughout the body and how they interact in motion and activity. 媚娘直播 students led the participants through several activities, including playing Simon Says and the development of a personalized three-dimensional dance.

 

鈥淚 wish I would have had a physical therapy program come and teach me about what they do at such a young age,鈥 said 媚娘直播 DPT student Samantha Marino. 鈥淚 had no idea that physical therapists existed until I was in high school, so I hope this will entice today鈥檚 youth to pursue a career in physical therapy.鈥


 

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The partnership was established while Lauer鈥檚 Park was exploring new ways to introduce career opportunities to their students. After two 媚娘直播 students presented about physical therapy to Lauer鈥檚 Park students in May, the plan for an activity-based educational experience for the school鈥檚 fourth-grade classes was developed.

 

鈥淭his allowed our students to meet and interact with college students, who have goals within this field,鈥 said Lauer鈥檚 Park Elementary School Principal Jasmin Sanchez-Lopez. 鈥淢ost young students are interested in sports as an option for their future. This program allows them to experience this profession with a local establishment and gives our students aspirations in something that they would not have known about otherwise.鈥

Learn more about Alvernia's Doctor of Physical Therapy Program.


 

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