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’Knowledge about CP’ – Pilot course carried out at Helene Elsass Center, Denmark

’Knowledge about CP’ – Pilot course carried out at Helene Elsass Center, Denmark On the 22nd and 23rd of February 2012 Helene Elsass Center carried out the two day long course which they have be...


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Bilinçli Aile Engelsiz Çocuk Projesi - Educated Family and a Kid with Less Disabilities

Our project's aim is to give more information to the families of children with Cerebral Palsy in the East Part of TURKEY.We go to visit the families at their homes with CFD's experienced and volunt...


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The II International Scientific Conference “Special Education and Rehabilitation – Cerebral Palsy”

  II International Scientific Conference “Special Education and Rehabilitation – Cerebral Palsy” will take place in Novi Sad, on October 25-28, 2012. The Main Conference topics are: Cerebral ...


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The 2nd IASTED International Conference on Assistive Technologies

The conference will be organised in Innsbruck, Austria, on February 15 – 17, 2012. Topics: Biomedical Engineering (BioMed 2012) Telehealth (Telehealth 2012) Assistive Technologies (AT 2012) ...


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4th International Cerebral Palsy Conference

The 4th International Cerebral Palsy Conference will be hosted by the town of Pisa, Italy, on October 10-13, 2012. The conference will be devoted to all aspects of cerebral palsy, from early diag...


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The project titled "DEVELOPMENT OF SUPPORTIVE PACKAGES FOR PARENTS AND TEACHERS OF CHILDREN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY (03-18 AGE GROUP)" is financed by the Lifelong Learning Programme (Grundtvig Multilateral Project) of the European Commision.

CEREBRAL PALSY

Cerebral palsy (CP) describes a group of permanent disorders of the development of movement and posture, causing activity limitation, that are attributed to non-progressive disturbances that occurred in the developing fetal or infant brain. The motor disorders of CP are often accompanied by disturbances of sensation, perception, cognition, communication, behaviour, by epilepsy and by secondary musculoskeletal problems. (Rosenbaum, Peter et. Al. 2006 )
BACKGROUND

The prevalence of CP shows a variable rate, ranging from 1,5 to 3 per 1000 live births. Every year 10.000 children in the European Union are diagnosed with CP.

The ginger group, from Projects Coordination Team in Ankara Provincial Directorate for National Education, Turkey, behind the present project wished to investigate how parents and teachers of children with CP coped with this task. An internet search was carried on and the related...

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