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Knudstrup, Katherine; And Others – 1983
Designed for use in adult education courses for parents of developmentally disabled children, this manual provides basic information about major categories of disabilities and a glossary of commonly encountered terms. After an introductory overview, the manual provides information about the characteristics and etiology of five disabling…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Child Development
Riccitiello, Robina; Adler, Jerry – Newsweek, 1997
Explores the more common birth defects, noting their rates, causes, and potential for prevention. Highlights the trend toward leading more normal lives for children with such impairments. (HTH)
Descriptors: Cerebral Palsy, Child Development, Child Health, Clinical Diagnosis
Brown, Catherine Caldwell, Ed. – 1981
Summarized in this book are conference presentations focusing on new approaches to developmental screening of infants and strategies for early intervention with children at-risk. Summaries concerning assessment describe characteristics of an "optimality scale" for neurological assessment; a five-step neurological assessment for…
Descriptors: Cerebral Palsy, Child Development, Disadvantaged, Evaluation Methods
Dixon, Harrison A. – Exceptional Parent, 1989
A father relates his family's efforts to provide early stimulation to a son diagnosed with cerebral palsy and visual impairments. As the boy developed, he listened to audiotape recordings of music and nursery rhymes, explored household objects, watched television, played computer games, and was eventually enrolled in a mainstreamed kindergarten.…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cerebral Palsy, Child Development, Family Influence
Download full textHallam, Philippa M.; Williams, John G. – 1987
The purpose of the study was to determine whether particular aspects of movement control influenced the performance of 2-year-old children on a standard developmental test, and thus influenced assessments of intellectual progress based on that test. Six cerebral-palsied (CP) children were compared with six children not suffering motor system…
Descriptors: Cerebral Palsy, Child Development, Difficulty Level, Early Childhood Education
