American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties (ABPTS), American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) · 2026 Fall/2027 Spring ABPTS Candidate Guide, Pediatric Candidate Guide Addendum. The assigned label Pediatric Specialist Certification (PCS) maps to ABPTS pediatric physical therapy specialist certification. No separate pediatrics blueprint effective date is stated.

This original 20-question sample covers selected topics across the outline. It does not reproduce official exam questions or cover every tested topic.

• Become a Board-Certified Pediatric Specialist in Physical Therapy
• APTA Specialist Certification Candidate Guide
• 2026 Fall/2027 Spring Candidate Guide
• Specialist Certification Examination Outline: Pediatrics
• Cerebral Palsy and Dystonia
• Corrected Age For Preemies
• Cochrane Handbook, Chapter 15: Interpreting results and drawing conclusions
• Use the Teach-Back Method: Tool 5
• Cochrane Handbook, Chapter 8: Assessing risk of bias in a randomized trial
• 34 CFR 300.34: Related services
• Early Detection of Cerebral Palsy
• Hip Surveillance in Cerebral Palsy
• Central Hypotonia
• Supplemental Digital Content: 2024 Congenital Muscular Torticollis Clinical Practice Guideline
• Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis
• Diagnosis and management of Duchenne muscular dystrophy, part 1
• Text Pediatric Positions — ISCD
• Spina Bifida Association Integument (Skin) Guideline
• CDC HEADS UP: Returning to Sports
• Atlantoaxial Instability in Children with Down Syndrome
• CF Airway Clearance Therapies Clinical Care Guidelines
• CDC's Developmental Milestones
• Respiratory Health in Cerebral Palsy
• Towards a Common Language for Functioning, Disability and Health: ICF
• Osteogenesis Imperfecta Symptoms, Types, and Causes
• Osteogenesis Imperfecta: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Steps to Take
• The SHARE Approach
• Cochrane Handbook, Chapter 14: Grading the certainty of the evidence
• Physical activity
• Spina Bifida Association Mobility Guideline
• Assistive technology
• Osteoporosis in Cerebral Palsy
• CDC HEADS UP: Signs and Symptoms of Concussion
• About Cerebral Palsy
• Assess Organizational Health Literacy and Create an Improvement Plan: Tool 2
• 2026 Fall/2027 Spring Candidate Guide