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Understanding Children with Cerebral Palsy (Paperback)
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Understanding Children with Cerebral Palsy (Paperback)
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Cerebral Palsy (CP) represents one of the most frequent
neurological disorder in the infancy and in the childhood. It
includes brain injuries or developmental defects. According to the
World Health Organization, it is a main problem of public health.
It may include communication, intellectual, and motor disabilities
with negative consequences on children inclusion in daily life and
caregivers burden. Rehabilitative interventions are primarily
focused on promoting self-determination and independence of
individuals with CP. Postural control, gait, and motor skills are
usually embedded. Additionally, one may envisage request and choice
programs aimed at enhancing the child's awareness of his/her own
behavior. The volume summarizes some illustrative evidence-based
contributions to emphasize the effectiveness and the suitability of
the adopted programs. Beside stability of upper limbs and motor
performance of children with CP (chapter one), the therapeutic
effects of a horse riding simulator which was compared to a
traditional physiotherapy on the sitting position of children with
spastic CP (chapter two), the evaluation of stability in children
with different form of CP was assessed through a rehabilitative
platform was implemented (chapter three). The aforementioned
experimental examinations presented between-groups investigations.
Furthermore, four case-report studies were included. Assistive
technology-based setups were used to promote an active role,
constructive engagement, and positive participation of the enrolled
children with CP and intellectual disabilities. The beneficial
outcomes on their quality of life were considered. Chapter four
describes a microswitch-based program to enhance ambulation
responses of a child with CP. Chapter five provides a detailed
illustration of such program to support locomotion fluency. Chapter
six illustrates a cluster-technology aimed at pursuing the dual
goal of fostering an adaptive response and reducing a challenging
behavior. Chapter seven refers to a computerized system focused on
enabling a child with CP and intellectual delays with academic
performance and communication opportunities. Whenever available,
the effects on indices of happiness and/or positive participation
were analyzed. Social validation procedures involving external
raters were conducted. Practical features of the retained
treatments were privileged. Clinical, educational, psychological,
and rehabilitative implications of the findings were systematically
and critically discussed. Caregivers, educators, families of
children with CP, practitioners, psychologists, speech and
occupational therapists, medicine or psychology students, and
teachers may find some useful insights for both research and
practice in daily life settings.
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