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MU Education, Youth Programming

Go, Baby, Go

Occupational Therapy faculty member Bill Janes manages a chapter of Go, Baby, Go in which students from OT, PT, Speech and even engineering work together to modify ride-on toy cars to improve and study mobility in children.

ongoing: The chapter was started in 2016, and has continued to provide service since then.
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Go, Baby, Go

GoBabyGo modifies toy ride-on cars at a low cost to provide power mobility on an individualized basis. This project is a collaborative effort between Mizzou physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech, and engineering students.

See Go, Baby, Go in the news!

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Impact

Sunday, September 10, about 15 occupational therapy, physical therapy and engineering students from the University of Missouri created custom-fit toy cars based on clinical assessments to improve the movements of day-to-day life for the children. The College of Health Sciences at the University of Delaware started the Go, Baby Go! program. There are now about 40 programs across the nation hosting their own programs.
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Contact

Bill Janes
  janesw@health.missouri.edu
  573-882-4183

Partners

MU Women's and Children's Hospital
  573-875-9000
  https://www.muhealth.org/locations/womens-and-childrens
School of Health Professions
  umhsshpcomm@health.missouri.edu
  573-884-6705
  https://healthprofessions.missouri.edu/

Location

  Clark Hall, 701 S Providence Rd, Columbia, MO 65203, USA

More Information

https://healthprofessions.missouri.edu/occupational-therapy/2017/09/11/go-baby-go-mizzou/

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