Cerebal Palsy

Cerebal Palsy is a condition caused by injury to parts of the brain that control our ability to use our muscles and bodies. About 500,000 people in the United States. and 8,000 babies are born with it every year. With early and onging treatment the CP can be reduced. there are three types of treatment that CP children can go through: physical, occupational, speech-language pathology, all of these working with a different part of the body. it depends what part if the brain was injured.
Going to school for a cerebal palsy child stages some difficulty. they most likely need individualized help. meaning a one on one learning enviroment. Services are provided to the child and family for cerebal palsy and an IEP will be made on the child. Twho techniques are used with CP children such as; communication devices and computer technology.
as a teacher remember to tap into strategies that will work on CP students,be inventive, and also teh parents are the experts . If you can not get the child to work with you give the parents a call they probably know how to fix it or what to do!