Acknowledgements. Foreword. 1. An Introduction to Cerebral Palsy. 2. Should Therapy and Treatment be your First Priority? 3. The Early Stages. 4. Management of Cerebral Palsy. 5. Special Considerations. 6. Alternatives to Verbal Communication. 7. Day to Day Life. 8. Complementary Therapy. 9. Informal Support, Social Factors and Disadvantage. 10. Education. 11. After School - What Next? Useful Addresses and Contacts.
Providing essential advice on causes and symptoms of cerebral palsy as well as vital advice on treatments, therapies and sources of support available
Marion Stanton is a special needs teacher, AAC (Augmentative and Alternative Communication) practitioner, and mother of three children including Dan who has cerebral palsy. She has co-founded a parent-run early learning group for children with disabilities (PALACE) and has been an active member of the Alliance for Inclusive Education. She is currently lead assessor and trainer for Communication and Learning Enterprises Limited (CandLE), a non-profit organisation that supports young people with communication difficulties. She lives in Cumbria, UK.
This book seeks to encourage ways for society to alter its stance
over disability from being a problem to be solved to one where the
needs of the individual are met by supporting the building of
better relationships with the disabled... this is a comprehensive
guide to the condition and will raise debate and provide parents
and teachers with knowledge to support them to respond to the needs
of those with CP in order to enable them to become more
independent.
*SNIP*
Special educator, expert on augmentative communication, author, and
mother of a young adult with cerebral palsy - Marion Stanton has
done it all. While supporting her son's progress through medical,
therapeutic, and educational interventions to supported independent
living, Marion has accumulated a wealth of information which will
help anyone who wants to ensure people with cerebral palsy achieve
their full potential.
*Rosemary Crossley, Director, Anne McDonald Centre, Melbourne*
Understanding Cerebral Palsy provides a refreshing and systematic
appreciation of a condition experienced by people across a wide
variety of social contexts. However, unlike other publications this
is not simply a medical account... but a book that very quickly
contextualizes the unique ways in which the individual may
experience and manage their cerebral palsy to live their life with
support they consider effective.
*from the foreword by Joe Whittaker, Chair of the Alliance for
Inclusive Education*
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