Carlo Vialu, PT, MBA

Carlo Vialu, PT, MBA is the co-author and co-publisher of www.SeekFreaks.com, an evidence-based online resource for pediatric PTs, OTs, and SLPs. From January 2008 to January 2017, he served as Director of PT for the NYC Department of Education, where he oversaw a program with over 700 PTs working in more than 1,500 schools. Carlo is the project manager of research on normative data for five mobility tests for school-aged children, and a co-researcher on collaboration between school-based and medical-based pediatric physical therapists.

• Tests and Measures for Children and Youth with Disabilities
• Motor Learning Principles for Pediatric Therapists
• Prognostication and Backward Planning
• School-based Assessment and Decision-Making
• School-based Practice

• Vialu, C., Morris, M. and Tartick, K. (December 2019). The Well-Equipped Therapist! School-based OT and PT Symposium. Seattle, WA. Sessions: Start with the End in Mind! Prognostication and Backward Planning for School-based Therapists; Determining Need for Student’s Need for OT and PT under IDEA; Motor Learning Strategies for School-based Therapists; 18 Predictors for Successful Post-School Outcomes and What OTs and PTs Can Do Now
• Vialu, C., Ray, L. and Holahan, L. (November 2019). The Well-Equipped Therapist! School-based OT and PT Symposium. Rochester, NY. Sessions: Start with the End in Mind! Prognostication and Backward Planning for School-based Therapists; Determining Need for Student’s Need for OT and PT under IDEA; Tests and Measures for Children with Moderate to Severe Disabilities; Motor Learning Strategies for School-based Therapists.
• Vialu, C. (November 2019). I Can and I Will! Self-determination Strategies for Children and Youth with Disabilities. Two hour presentation at the American Speech-Language and Hearing Association Annual Convention, Orlando, FL.
• Vialu, C. & Morris, P. (November 2019). The Free, the Cheap and the Premium! Pediatric Assessment Tools for Participation. One and a half hour presentation at the American Physical Therapy Association’s Academy of Pediatric Physical Therapists Annual Conference, Anaheim, CA.
• Vialu, C. (September 2019). Everything’s Measurable! ICF-based Approach to Pediatric OT & PT Assessment. Sunnyside School District, Tucson, AZ.
• Vialu, C. (August 2019). Everything’s Measurable! ICF-based Approach to Pediatric OT & PT Assessment. Louisville, KY.
• Vialu, C., Ray, L., Tartick, K. and Morris, M. (July 2019). The Well-Equipped Therapist! School-based OT and PT Symposium. Richmond, VA. Sessions: Play to Their Strengths! Strengths-based Approach to Evaluation and Interventions; Determining Need for Student’s Need for OT and PT under IDEA; Tests and Measures for Children with Moderate to Severe Disabilities.
• Vialu, C. (July 2019). School-based Tests & Measures in 15 Minutes or Less. One and a half hour presentation at the American Physical Therapy Association’s Innovations in School-based Physical Therapy Practice, St. Louis, MO.
• Vialu, C. & Morris, P. (November 2018). Play to Their Strengths! Strengths-based Approach to Assessment and Interventions of Children and Youth with Disabilities. One and a half hour presentation at the American Physical Therapy Association’s Academy of Pediatric Physical Therapists Annual Conference, Chattanooga, TN.
• Vialu, C. (July 2018). School-based Tests & Measures in 15 Minutes or Less. One and a half hour presentation at the American Physical Therapy Association’s Innovations in School-based Physical Therapy Practice, Seattle, WA.
• Vialu, C. & Morris, P. (April 2018). Train the Brain! Motor Learning Principles for Pediatric Therapists. One and a half hour presentation at the American Occupatinal Therapy association’s Annual Conference, Salt Lake City, UT.
• Vialu, C. (November 2017). Applying the Science of Learning! Motor Learning Principles for Pediatric Therapists. One and a half hour presentation at the American Physical Therapy Association’s Academy of Pediatric Physical Therapists Annual Conference, Cincinnati, OH.
• Vialu, C. (November 2017). Everything’s Measurable: Tests and Measures for Children with Moderate to Severe Disabilities in 15 Minutes or Less. One and a half hour presentation at the American Physical Therapy Association’s Academy of Pediatric Physical Therapists Annual Conference, Cincinnati, OH.
• Vialu, C. (July 2017). School-based Tests & Measures in 15 Minutes or Less. One and a half hour presentation at the American Physical Therapy Association’s Innovations in School-based Physical Therapy Practice, Washington, DC.

• Lieberstein, M., Weingarten, G., Vialu, C., Itzkowitz, A., Doyle, M., Covino, F., & Kaplan, S. L. (2018). Thirty-Second Walk Test: Expansion of Normative Data. Pediatric Physical Therapy, 30(1), 18-25.
• Vialu, C., & Doyle, M. (2017). Determining need for physical therapy under IDEA: Commonalities across practice guidelines. Pediatric Physical Therapy, 29(4), 350-355.
• Itzkowitz, A., Kaplan, S., Doyle, M., Weingarten, G., Lieberstein, M., Covino, F., & Vialu, C. (2016). Timed up and go: reference data for children who are school age. Pediatric Physical Therapy, 28(2), 239-246.
• Weingarten, G., Lieberstein, M., Itzkowitz, A., Vialu, C., Doyle, M., & Kaplan, S. L. (2016). Timed Floor to Stand-Natural: Reference Data for School Age Children. Pediatric Physical Therapy, 28(1), 71-76. 

• 10 Handy American Occupational Therapy Association Fact Sheets
• 10 Handy Academy of Pediatric Physical Therapy Fact Sheets
• 18 Predictors of Postsecondary Outcomes
• 4 Pillars of School-based PT Assessment
• Functional Classification Systems for Children with CP
• Top 9 Functional Balance Tests for School-Based PTs

…and many more on www.SeekFreaks.com