Finnie’s Handling the Young Child with Cerebral Palsy at Home Fourth Edition
كاتب: Eva Bower Annabel Milne Category: Pediatric Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann منشور: 22 December، 2008 ISBN: 0750688106 اللغة: English File Size: 12.34MBThe 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 abilities
Management of problems (including medication if appropriate) such as epilepsy,
constipation, eneurisis, nourishment, difficulty with sleeping, crying, temper tantrums,
sensory deficits and deformity
Stimulation, fitness, problem solving, compensatory strategies and ease of management
o New chapters include Neuroimaging, Epilepsy, Emotional health, Orthotics, Spasticity
management, and Complementary and alternative medicine
o Over 460 revised illustrations showing different pieces of equipment which may be
helpful and ways of holding and moving a child with cerebral palsy
o Chapters on Sleeping, Feeding, Lifting and Carrying, Toileting, Communication and
Fine motor movement have been completely re-written by a professional specialising in
the particular field
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