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Direct linkNordstrand, L.; Eliasson, A. C. – Physical & Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics, 2013
The aim is to describe the development of hand function in young adults with unilateral cerebral palsy (CP), who participated in a 2-week Constraint Induced Movement Therapy (CIMT) camp 6 years earlier. Eleven participants, 16-21 years at follow-up, were assessed at three occasions during 2005 and once in 2011. At the 6-year follow-up, performance…
Descriptors: Therapy, Early Adolescents, Cerebral Palsy, College Students
van der Linden, Marietta – Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 2012
In this article, the author talks about functional electrical stimulation in children and adolescents with cerebral palsy. Functional electrical stimulation (FES) is defined as the electrical stimulation of muscles that have impaired motor control, in order to produce a contraction to obtain functionally useful movement. It was first proposed in…
Descriptors: Assistive Technology, Evidence, Adolescents, Foreign Countries
Hjorngaard, Tina – Physical & Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics, 2011
This commentary is informed by the author's multiple perspectives as a parent of a 12-year-old girl with cerebral palsy, as a social worker, and as a critical disability advocate and activist. While the author occupies these subject positions simultaneously, they are not necessarily always confluent with one another. She struggles with, and is, at…
Descriptors: Cerebral Palsy, Disabilities, Social Work, Family Programs
Maylor, Uvanney; Williams, Katya – Gender and Education, 2011
This viewpoint draws on discussions at two seminars to consider ambivalent attitudes amongst a group of Black women towards considering themselves and/or other Black people as "middle class". The first seminar highlighted the experiences of a group of Black "middle-class" parents and the second, which was organised as a result of the reaction the…
Descriptors: African American Community, Middle Class, Seminars, Females
Gorter, Jan Willem – Physical & Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics, 2009
In their qualitative study, Young and colleagues (2009) found that youth and adults with cerebral palsy (CP), spina bifida, and acquired brain injuries of childhood in the province of Ontario, Canada, perceive or have perceived their transfer from pediatric to adult-oriented health care services as a struggle. Although publications on transition…
Descriptors: Physical Disabilities, Cerebral Palsy, Congenital Impairments, Young Adults
Jagarnath, Kathy – Exceptional Parent, 2006
This article emphasizes the importance for parents and caregivers in recognizing and responding to a child's sounds and vocalizations as such are a child's initial attempts at speech and language production. The article presents important factors to consider in determining the presence of a child's speech, language, communication, and learning…
Descriptors: Caregivers, Communication Skills, Learning Problems, Learning Disabilities
