I have a child in my preschool with moderate cerebral palsy?

Question

Two of her limbs are affected and she has trouble comunicating with the other children.

I am trying to find ways to include her into the daily classroom activities. I don't have a lot of experience with children who have special needs so any help will be appriciated. I would love to have an inclusive program.

Thank You

Answer 1

Just a little encouragement.

Neena has ceberal palsy and her mom just kept telling her can do can do yes you can, you can do.

Have a look at her today last year she did a benefit for others with ceberal palsy.

http://neenanour.com

She is BELLYDANCER and lots of other wonderful things.

Answer 2

Has she had an evaluation for augmentative communication devices? Its very important that these children be given a voice, and this is usually the best way to go. If she has no use of hands then she can use eye gaze for these devices.

Also, just wondering...have you had her tested for Rett Syndrome? It is often misdiagnosed as CP and has loss of hand usage and communication first.

Answer 3

take one day at a time.See how she does.Try to get involved with others who have similar special children such as yours.Give her as much love and caring as you can.Dont get discouraged when things dont go as well as they should but that is what i need to learn also.Love and compassion is the key and everything will work out.God bless you.

Answer 4

make things as accessible as possible for her.

you didn't say which 2 limbs (upper/lower/right/left?)

if it is hands/arms, things like a tilted easel to write on instead of a flat desk, and a built up handle pen/crayon/brush/etc, to make it easier to grasp.

here are links with much more info:

http://about-cerebral-palsy.org/treatmen...

http://www.speechtx.com/cpalsy/cp.htm

BUT you do not want to encourage her to seek the easy way.  You do want to encourage her to do everything her peers are doing and only when she fails should you intervene with an adaptation.  It sounds obvious, but over the years i have seen many well intentioned individuals cause additional difficulties by helping too much.

Answer 5

http://kids.scintro.com

Answer 6

With my nephew, who has CP.  We all learned sign language so we could communicate with him easier.  Also, a good idea may be to have some form of a communication board.  EXP:

with pictures of the rest room, food, drink, and ect.  It may make his time more enjoyable just by using simple commincating skills like this .  I wish you lots of luck!

Answer 7

IT  IS WONDER FULL THAT YOU ARE REACHING OUT FOR IDEAS,I COMMEND YOU ON THAT,,,I HAVE HAD SOME EXPERIENCE WITH CHILDREN OF SPECIAL NEEDS ,AND MY THOUGHTS ON THIS WOULD BE ,,,,,TRY TO MAKE MORE CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES TO INCLUDE SINGING,AND ACTIVITIES THAT ARE ON THE FLOOR SUCH AS ROLLING, ROLLING A BALL,,,ANSWER THE QUESTION, RHYMES AND RIDDLES,,,,GOOD LUCK,,,AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO