Finnie's handling the young child with cerebral palsy at home. edited by Eva Bower.

Rev. ed. of: Handling the young child with cerebral palsy at home / Nancie R. Finnie. 3rd ed. 1997.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Dedication -- List of contributors -- Foreword by Philippa Russell -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Suggestions on how to use this book-- Chapter 1 Communication between parents and professionals -- Revised by E Bower -- Chapter 2 Preparing for and coping with hospital appointments, assessments and admissions -- C Fitzgerald & T Kerr Elliott -- Chapter 3 Medical aspects of cerebral palsy: causes, associated problems and management -- D Reddihough -- Chapter 4 The role of different brain-imaging techniques in the diagnosis of cerebral palsy -- I Kr̃geloh-Mann & M Wilke -- Chapter 5 Epilepsy in cerebral palsy -- R Guerrini & S Pellacani -- Chapter 6 Parents'problems -- J Bavin & E Bower -- Chapter 7 Learning and behaviour: the psychologist's role -- M Gardner -- Chapter 8 Emotional health -- C Laver-Bradbury -- Chapter 9 Parents'contribution to early learning: developing a dialogue using touch, sight, hearing and communication -- Revised by E Bower -- Chapter 10 Understanding movement, both typical and in the child with cerebral palsy -- Revised by E Bower -- Chapter 11 Handling -- Revised by E Bower -- Chapter 12 Sleeping -- J Beaumont -- Chapter 13 Feeding -- H Cockerill -- Chapter 14 Lifting and carrying -- J Graham -- Chapter 15 Toilet training -- AJ Wright & R Kelly -- Chapter 16 Bathing -- Revised by E Bower -- Chapter 17 Dressing -- Revised by E Bower -- Chapter 18 Communication -- H Cockerill -- Chapter 19 Hand function and fine motor activities -- D Green -- Chapter 20 Gross motor development in children with cerebral palsy: what do we know, and how may that knowledge help? -- P Rosenbaum -- Chapter 21 Chairs, pushchairs and car seats -- Revised by E Bower -- Chapter 22 Aids to mobility -- Revised by E Bower -- Chapter 23 Play -- Revised by E Bower -- Chapter 24 Leisure and fitness -- Revised by E Bower -- Chapter 25 Deformity: growth and the problems of getting taller -- D Scrutton -- Chapter 26 Orthoses and Children with cerebral palsy -- C Morris -- Chapter 27 Spasticity -- DS Roy & JF McLaughlin -- Chapter 28 Complementary and alternative medicine in cerebral palsy -- M Bower -- Appendix 1: An overview of the first five stages of sensorimotor development in a child with typical movement -- Appendix 2: A typical child's gross motor development -- Appendix 3: Validated measures of motor development and function which can be used for children with cerebral palsy -- Appendix 4: Using the Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS) for intervention planning in children 0-5 years -- Appendix 5: Glossary of some of the terms used by therapists -- Index.

The 4th edition of Finnie's Handling the Young Child with Cerebral Palsy at Home has been updated to reflect the current practices of today. It aims to help parents assist their child with cerebral palsy (CP) towards achieving the most comfortable independence in all activities. It is hoped to show how, by using typical parenting skills, which involve guiding and exposing a child to develop through challenging experiences, the child with CP will also develop. The book is also intended to help professionals and other carers new to this field understand, support and encourage young children with CP and their families. Over the years since the first edition of this book was written ideas on appropriate therapies have changed and developed. Similarly opinion on early intervention has changed and the method of delivery of service has in some places moved from centralisation to home-based or community provision. The emphasis of this new edition however remains on a holistic approach to the child's needs seeing the difficulties in relation to the overall development of the child as a unique person from childhood to adulthood. Assessment procedures and prediction of future abilitiesManagement of problems (including medication if appropriate) such as epilepsy, constipation, eneurisis, nourishment, difficulty with sleeping, crying, temper tantrums, sensory deficits and deformityStimulation, fitness, problem solving, compensatory strategies and ease of management.

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