Promoting Activities & Participation
For people of any age, skills develop as they are used. For a child with cerebral palsy, it’s important to encourage interests and skills as early as possible, and learn more about inclusion in the classroom and in extracurricular activities. For the adolescent and adult with cerebral palsy, there are a wide range of activities and interests to be involved in that will improve both mental and physical health. Don’t stay on the sidelines! Let us help you get involved. Articles that are based on promoting activities and participation are color coded green.
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What is Constraint Induced Movement Therapy? -
Finding Your Voice & The Best Communication System For You -
85% of What We Say is Made Up of 250-350 Words -
Goals of Physical Therapy -
Learning To Move And The Goals Of Therapy -
Muscle Development & Early Intervention -
The Essential Role of Activity in Infancy -
Accessibility Features -
The Arts & Disabilities -
Finding Your Passion
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Episode 2: Cerebral Palsy Health. Mary Gannotti, PhD, PT: Fitness, Health and Function Across the Lifespan for Individuals with Cerebral Palsy In this episode, Mary Gannotti, PhD, PT, discusses fitness, health and function across the lifespan for individuals with cerebral palsy. -
Episode 6: Cerebral Palsy Health. Theresa Sukal Moulton, PT, DPT, PhD and David Black: Frame Running an Adaptive Recreational Sport for Individuals with Cerebral Palsy Frame Running is becoming increasingly popular as a recreational and competitive sport for individuals with cerebral palsy across all GMFCS levels. Tune in to learn more! -
Episode 9: The Ins and Outs of Powered Mobility with Dr. Lisa Kenyon Powered mobility has the ability to do so much more than help an individual get from point a to point b. Check out this episode of Cerebral Palsy Health with researcher Lisa Kenyon, PT, DPT, PhD to learn more.
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Relevant Research
State of the Evidence Traffic Lights 2019 
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Relevant Research
Early Powered Mobility
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Relevant Research
Commentary on Powered Wheelchair Standing Devices
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Stories
Meet Taryn
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Stories
The "W" Word
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Stories
The Power of Wheels
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Stories
Dancer, Actor, Athlete, Trainer
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Tips & Advice
Tips For Getting the Right Amount of Exercise
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Tips & Advice
Paralympic Sports for Cerebral Palsy Athletes
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Tips & Advice
Ins and Outs of Supportive Standing Devices
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Xbox Co-Pilot Xbox One’s new copilot feature allows two users to share one controller by combining the input from two controllers, so that two people can play as one. “Now folks with disabilities who need someone else to handle certain actions can turn what would be a cumbersome task into a co-op experience of sorts, ” explained Scott Henson from the Xbox engineering team. -
RAD Frame Runner The RAD RaceRunner is a three-wheeled running bike with chest support. It is designed for children and adults with balance or mobility challenges to achieve their exercising goals -be it recreation, competition, or rehabilitation. -
FFORA Bottle and Bottle Holder Compatible with the FFORA Attachment (an attachment that affixes to the tubing of manual wheelchairs) behold the New FFORA Bottle Holder & FFORA Bottle, allowing you to carry your H2O or favorite beverage in style!
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Support Tools
What is the International Classification of Function? The World Health Organization has developed the ‘International Classification of Function’. This gives us a way to think about any health condition. Here we can see many ideas that we need to think...
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Support Tools
Tools To Create Your Own Frame Running Program Frame Running has become a popular para-sport around the world and its popularity is picking up speed here in the US! Thanks to our friends at CPISRA, who have created the tools to help create local...
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Support Tools
Evidence and Guidance for Support for Standing Standing devices and standing wheelchair devices are frequently prescribed and often denied equipment options for individuals with cerebral palsy. The attached paper provides evidence and guidance to...
