Gross motor function of children with CP is highly variable. Children who are able to walk vary in their speed, endurance, and need for assistive devices.
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The Use of Botulinum Toxin in Children with Muscle Stiffness: An Update
This Keeping Current is one of a series of reports that discuss the effectiveness of rehabilitation interventions for children and youth with brain injury.
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The Participation and Environment Measure for Children and Youth (PEM-CY): An innovative measure for home, school and community
The Participation and Environment Measure for Children and Youth, or the PEM-CY, is a new measurement tool designed to help parents, service providers and researchers better understand the participation of children and youth.
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These six F-words won’t fill up your swear jar: What do the F-words mean to youth with impairments? (Video)
Young people discuss what the “F-words” in disability mean to them, while celebrating all they CAN do!
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Traffic Lights Model for Cerebral Palsy Interventions
Professor Iona Novak answered several questions about the State of the Evidence Traffic Lights 2019 systematic review on interventions for preventing and treating cerebral palsy in children.
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The ‘Key Worker’ Model of Service Delivery
The ‘key worker’ model is a method of service delivery involving a person who works in a guide role with families.
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Stay-FIT Pilot Study: Accelerometry is a good way to measure daily physical activity in adolescents with Cerebral Palsy.
The purpose of this study (a Stay-FIT pilot study) was to test the ability of a device known as an accelerometer to measure physical activity in adolescents with CP.
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Taking the Leap
An informational transition guide for teens with Cerebral Palsy (CP) in starting high-school.
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Succeeding at School: Accommodations for Students with Coordination Difficulties
DCD is a medical diagnosis, not an educational diagnosis; as such, it does not easily lead to programming to meet children’s learning needs at school. Many children with DCD do not qualify for, nor do they need, special education services.
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Summary of the CP-NET Clinical Constraint Therapy Study
Summary prepared for participants in a 2012 CP-NET Clinical Constraint Therapy study.
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