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Fox, Joshua – Special Education, 1971
Descriptors: Cerebral Palsy, Exceptional Child Education, Maturation, Physical Disabilities
Barden, John – SPec Educ, 1970
Descriptors: Cerebral Palsy, Classroom Furniture, Exceptional Child Services, Furniture Design

Ostring, Helena; Nieminen, Seija – International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 1982
Comparative testing in Finland of 30 cerebral palsied (CP) children (aged nine to 13) and 34 normal controls (aged 10 to 12) yielded results such as that acceptance of the dependence resulting from the handicap is essential for CP children's positive self concept and school achievement. (Author/MC)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attitudes, Cerebral Palsy, Comparative Testing
Steinberg, Betty – Exceptional Parent, 1980
A mother reviews the family's experiences with a young cerebral palsied daughter, including schooling, travel, and summer camp. The daughter herself, now an adult, remembers early struggles to communicate. (CL)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Cerebral Palsy, Communication (Thought Transfer), Family Relationship

Gipe, Joan P.; And Others – Journal of Reading, 1993
Describes how Arthur, an adult male with cerebral palsy, learned to read and write using computer technology and a holistic approach. (SR)
Descriptors: Adults, Cerebral Palsy, Computers, Holistic Approach
Patel, Rupal – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2003
Studies of prosodic control in severe dysarthria (DYS) have focused on differences between impaired and nonimpaired speech in terms of the range and variation of fundamental frequency (F0), intensity, and duration. Whether individuals with severe DYS can adequately signal prosodic contrasts and "which" acoustic cues they use to do so has received…
Descriptors: Speech Impairments, Suprasegmentals, Acoustics, Cues
Rose, Jessica; Mirmiran, Majid; Butler, Erin E.; Lin, Cindy Y.; Barnes, Patrick D.; Kermoian, Rosanne; Stevenson, David K. – Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 2007
Neonatal microstructural development in the posterior limbs of the internal capsule (PLIC) was assessed using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) fractional anisotropy (FA) in 24 very-low-birthweight preterm infants at 37 weeks' gestational age and compared with the children's gait and motor deficits at 4 years of age. There were 14 participants with…
Descriptors: Females, Premature Infants, Correlation, Severity (of Disability)
Choice Making Part I: How Children with Severe Disabilities Make Choices of Preference and Knowledge
Van Tubbergen, Marie; Omichinski, Donna; Warschausky, Seth – Exceptional Parent, 2007
Communication can be difficult for children with conditions such as cerebral palsy because of speech and physical impairments. For this group of children, choice-making is often limited to choices of personal preferences; however, preferences do not reveal intellectual abilities. Therefore, choice-making should be presented to these children in…
Descriptors: Cerebral Palsy, Self Determination, Decision Making, Severe Disabilities
Mitchell, Judith M.; Adkins, Rodney H.; Kemp, Bryan J. – Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 2006
A cross-sectional study investigated the role of both aging and disability on employment status over the life span. Current employment rates of 262 people with a disability and 115 people without a disability were compared. Impairments were polio, cerebral palsy, spinal cord injury, rheumatoid arthritis, stroke, and miscellaneous. Ages ranged from…
Descriptors: Employment Level, Disabilities, Cerebral Palsy, Employment Patterns
Barlow, J. H.; Cullen-Powell, L. A.; Cheshire, A. – Early Child Development and Care, 2006
Little is known about the proportion of mothers of children with cerebral palsy (CP) who experience distress, particularly in terms of depressed and anxious moods. The present study aimed to address this issue by examining the level of maternal anxious and depressed moods. The associations between maternal psychological well-being and…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Mothers, Cerebral Palsy, Well Being
Cobb, R. Brian; Alwell, Morgen – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 2009
The relationship between transition planning/coordinating interventions and transition outcomes for secondary-aged youth with disabilities was explored in this systematic review. A total of 31 studies intervening with 859 youth with a wide variety of disabilities were reviewed. Using the transition intervention framework of Kohler and Field (2003)…
Descriptors: Family Involvement, Disabilities, Student Development, Intervention
Nabors, Laura A.; Little, Steven G.; Akin-Little, Angeleque; Iobst, Emily A. – Psychology in the Schools, 2008
More children and adolescents who have chronic illnesses are being included in regular education classrooms today than ever before. However, teachers may not feel confident about being able to meet these children's educational, social, or emotional needs in the classroom. School psychologists are able to assess children's functioning in these…
Descriptors: School Psychologists, Chronic Illness, Cerebral Palsy, Regular and Special Education Relationship
Hird, Kathryn; Hennessey, Neville W. – Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 2007
This study examined the relative benefit of three interventions (i.e. physiological, behavioural, and pragmatic) designed to facilitate speech recognition software use. Participants were 15 adults with dysarthria associated with a variety of aetiological conditions, including cerebral palsy, Parkinson's disease, and motor neuron disease. Results…
Descriptors: Diseases, Cerebral Palsy, Speech Improvement, Speech Language Pathology
Heller, Kathryn Wolff; Rupert, Jenny Hayes; Coleman-Martin, Mari Beth; Mezei, Peter J.; Calhoon, Mary Beth – Physical Disabilities: Education and Related Services, 2007
Although fluency instruction is an essential part of teaching reading, there is limited information on providing this type of instruction with students who have physical disabilities. This article examines three case studies across two students, one with cerebral palsy and the other with both arthrogryposis and spina bifida. In the first study,…
Descriptors: Reading Fluency, Reading Skills, Special Needs Students, Case Studies
Morad, Mohammed; Nelson, Noele P.; Merrick, Joav; Davidson, Philip W.; Carmeli, Eli – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2007
The normal aging process is not in itself a risk factor for constipation, but age-related morbidities, immobility, neurologic impairment or specific drugs are risk factors for constipation. This study was undertaken to examine the prevalence and risk factors for constipation in a large sample of 2400 persons with intellectual disability (ID) aged…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Mental Retardation, Foreign Countries, Residential Care