User:DKRclassWIKI/Cerebral Palsy























CP : a neurological disorder resulting in the inability of the brain to control the voluntary muscles in a normal fashion, thus interfering with normal movement/posturing abilities


 * <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Four major forms: spastic CP (stiff muscles/exaggerated reflexes), ataxic CP (lack of balance/uncoordinated movements), mixed CP (more than one form)
 * <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Teaching/Management Implications: <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;white-space:pre-wrap;">Can affect student’s ability to engage in class activities - many can engage but will need adaptations or accomodations, <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;white-space:pre-wrap;">Physical therapists and occupational therapists help teachers design instruction that includes the student, <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;white-space:pre-wrap;">Sometimes it’s assumed that student must have a severe intellectual disability, <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;white-space:pre-wrap;">Teachers must not assume anything - motor limitations may mask intellectual ability of a student