Karen Tartick, PT

Karen Tartick , PT has been practicing for over 30 years in a variety of settings, including outpatient, early intervention, acute care, NICU, & schools. She currently practices as a physical therapy consultant for autistic adults. Karen served as a member of the Autism subcommittee of the APTA School-based Special Interest Group & co-authored the Autism Spectrum Guide for parents on Move Forward PT. She is an APTA Advanced Clinical Instructor & an adjunct faculty member at UNC, Chapel Hill. As a mother of an autistic adult, she provides a unique perspective into meaningful services for autistic children and youth.

• Integrating Services into the School Day
• Addressing the Needs of Autistic Children
• Collaboration and Transition Between Settings
• Communication and Collaboration with Families of Children and Youth with Disabilities

• APTA’s Combined Sections Meeting, San Antonio, Texas – February 2017 | Motor Learning in Autism | with Liliane Savard, PT, DPT, PCS | Audience: Pediatric PTs
• APTA’s Section on Pediatrics Annual Conference, Keystone, CO | November 2016 | Addressing the Needs of Students with Autism: A Dual Perspective as a School-Based PT and as a Parent of a Son with Autism | Audience: Pediatric PTs
• APTA’s Innovations in School-based Physical Therapy Practice, Milwaukee, WI – July 2016 |Integrating Physical Therapy into the Classroom| Audience: School-based PTs
• NYC DOE Physical Therapy Month Conference – October 2015 | 2 Presentations: Addressing the Needs of Students with Autism & Integrating Physical Therapy into the Classroom | Audience: School-based PTs
• APTA’s Innovations in School-based Physical Therapy Practice, Anaheim, CA – July 2015 | Integrating Physical therapy into the Classroom | Audience: School-based PTs
• North Carolina APTA’s Spring Conference, Greensboro, NC- Spring 2015 |Yoga as a Physical Therapy Intervention for Special Education Students in Durham Public Schools| Audience: Pediatric PTs
• North Carolina Conference for Exceptional Children, Greensboro, NC – October 2014 | Physical Therapy and Adapted Physical Education Collaboration / Audience: School-based PTs, APE specialists and educators

• Section on Pediatrics, American Physical Therapy Association. “Strategies for PT Collaboration with School-based Teams for children with ASD” December 2016
• Move Forward APTA Physical Therapist’s Guide to Autism Spectrum Disorder August 2014

• Article Review: 9 Lessons to Apply from an Evidence-based Yoga Program for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

• Article Review: Top 5 Reasons to Address Gross Motor Skills of Children with ASD

• Top 10 GOTTA BEs for Successful Integrated Services