Background
A neuromotor disorder that affects the development of movement, muscle tone and posture
What is Cerebral Palsy?
This healthcare professional often diagnoses the child with spastic cerebral palsy and makes recommendations for further services
What is the Pediatrician?
It's the first part of evaluation and typically includes a summary of a client’s occupational history and experiences
What is the Occupational Profile?
This assessment measures self-care, mobility, and cognition
What is the Functional Independence Measure of Children (WeeFIM)?
It is the general name for a device that helps individuals complete daily activities
What is Adaptive Equipment?
Type of cerebral palsy associated with stiffness and tightness
What is Spastic Cerebral Palsy?
This healthcare professional often helps the child with spastic cerebral palsy through muscle training, exercises, and mobility training
What is a Physical Therapist?
A part of evaluation that includes using assessment tools to assess occupational performance
What is the Analysis of Occupational Performance?
This assessment measures daily activities, mobility, social/cognitive, and responsibility
What is the Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory Computer Adaptive Test (PEDI-CAT)?
It is the general name for a support to correct or prevent a deformity, such as an AFO
What is an Orthotic?
This is commonly defined as stiff or rigid muscles
What is Spasticity?
This healthcare professional creates specialized dietary plans for optimal nutrition based on individual needs of the child
What is the Nutritionist?
It helps to determine how much movement an client is able to do
What is Range of Motion?
This assessment measures cognition, communication, social-emotional development, physical development, and adaptive behavior
What is the Developmental Assessment of Young Children (DAYC)?
An intensive therapy that restricts one limb to encourage the use of the affected limb
What is Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy (CIMT)?
Damage to this area of the brain will cause spastic cerebral palsy
What is the motor cortex?
This healthcare professional addresses challenges with communication and eating/swallowing
What is the Speech Language Pathologist?
It is usually evaluated by palpating the client's muscle and indicates how much tension is in the muscle
What is Muscle Tone?
It is a classification system developed for clients with cerebral palsy and assess mobility and motor function
What is the Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS)?
A type of training that requires the use of both hands
What is Bimanual Training?
What is Spastic Diplegia?
This healthcare professional helps the child to complete everyday activities independently to promote engagement in meaningful occupations
What is the Occupational Therapist?
Children with Spastic CP have tight musculature around joints, specifically in this joint
What is the Hip Joint?
It is a classification system to describe hand function and need for assistance or adaptations for children with CP
What is the Manual Ability Classification System (MACS)?
It describes ensuring that therapy is focused on the individual child and their strengths and challenges
What is Client-Centered Therapy?