I'm Kyle Rice, awful test taker turned physical therapists and standardized test coach for over 5,000 physical therapists worldwide.

It wasn't that long ago that I struggle with anxiety, lack of confidence, and the fear of failing the NPTE.

Fast forward through the challenges, the 13 standardized test failures, and many lessons learn. And you'll see the life I

have today, a life filled with love, financial freedom, and a dream job that allows me to

change lives every single day. I created the NPTE Clinical Files podcast to give you simple,

actionable strategies, along with a step-by-step walkthrough of NPTE-based questions.

All of this so that you can dominate your exam like I did and achieve your dream.

So if you're a driven PT student who's looking to pass the NPTE and start creating a life you love,

you're in the right place.

Enjoy the show.

For this week's clinical file, we have Deshawn, and Deshawn is assessing a 12-month-old child

during a developmental screening. The child can pull to stand, cruise along furniture,

and grass small objects using a pencer grip, but has not yet started walking independently.

Which of the following findings is the most concerning? So we have A, inability to walk independently.

B, absence of babbling or single words. C, persistence of the moral reflex. And D is lack of interest in grasping toys.

All right. Let's go up to the top of this question. You know, this is an area that I struggle with a lot.

It's so crazy. My wife is a pediatric PT, and this was her bread and butter. But for me, oh, peeds.

I mean, I love my peedseds people, but golly, these milestones

would just never sink in. So I wanted to drop a question about this because this is something

that shows up on the exam and we just need to know how to navigate these questions. Let's do it

together. All right. Let's go ahead and knock this one out. We got Deshaun is assessing a 12-month-old child during developmental screening. Okay, so they gave us

the age, and this is always important with these types of PIDS questions, is to understand,

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