Teaching Motor Skills to Children With Cerebral Palsy And Similar Movement Disorders: A Guide for Parents And Professionals |  | Author: Sieglinde Martin
Brand: WOODBINE HOUSE
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Sales Rank: 38068
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Pages: 237
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Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 8.4 x 0.6
MPN: WBH1890627720
ISBN: 1890627720
Dewey Decimal Number: 618.92836
EAN: 9781890627720
ASIN: 1890627720
Publication Date: July 19, 2006
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While most families of young children with cerebral palsy and similar conditions work in conjunction with a physical therapist a few times a week, it takes daily intervention to help a child reach his motor potential and become more independent. Teaching Motor Skills is the resource that parents, therapists, and other caregivers can consult to help children with gross motor delays learn and practice motor skills outside of therapy sessions. Written by an experienced physical therapist who is also the mother of a child with cerebral palsy, this comprehensive guide examines the physical characteristics of cerebral palsy and similar conditions--muscle tightness and weakness, increased or decreased flexibility, abnormal reflexes, impaired sensory perception--that affect a child's ability to sit, crawl, stand, and walk. Teaching Motor Skills offers dozen of easy-to-follow exercises with accompanying photos that parents may incorporate into many daily routines at home with the guidance and support of their child's physical therapist. Exercises address: Head control Protective reactions Proper positioning Independent sitting with and without arm support Transitional movements Daily stretching Improving muscle strength and coordination Balance training Gait training Full of anecdotes and frequently-asked-questions, with a chapter on medical interventions and bracing, and an appendix of equipment and supplies, this user-friendly guide helps parents and professionals coordinate their efforts to achieve the best possible outcome for the child.
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a must have for any parent of a child with CP July 10, 2009
Anette R. J. Mattson (Bulgaria)
This book has been a great help to us already. Our 6 month old son has recently been diagnosed with spastic quadriplegia. The book offers great explanations of how CP affects their bodies and what can be done to help them achieve developmental milestones. The adaptations that can help tremendously but are very simple (such as putting a rolled up towel under their shoulders so that arm movements become easier). I don't know what I would do without it.
Great book! February 25, 2009
Layton Nutter (Maryland)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is a great review of cerebral palsy and provides a lot of useful information for both the parent and therapist. Thank you for taking the time to create such a useful guide!
I am a pediatric physical therapist and plan to read this gem from cover to cover.
Wonderful Resource February 10, 2009
D. Lombardi
We have been using this book as a resource while working with my 1 1/2 year old grandson who was shaken at the age of 7 weeks. While not everything in it applies because he does not have Cerebral Palsy, it has provided a wealth of very practical hands-on information in laymen's terms that we had trouble finding elsewhere.
Really Good Home Guide September 9, 2008
matty's mom (chicago, IL)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
My son has an undiagnosed developmental delay - similar to cerebral palsy. He is 20 months old and I am so glad that I found this book while he was young (although I wish I had been stretching him since infanthood). We have excellent therapists, but this book is a great reminder of how important home therapy is - and it serves as a reminder to me of the exercises the therapists do. Easy to read and the pictures are a good guide.
A must have for parents of children with CP July 6, 2008
Lumi
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is filled with helpful, easy to understand info for parents of kids with CP. My daughter is 3 and I wish I had it when she was an infant. I haven't finished reading it, but have learned alot. Her physical therapist even uses one of the walking suggestions (using a hula hoop) and says it's a great idea.
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