Cerebral Palsy Care

Cerebral Palsy Care

Course Information:

Average time: 12 hours learning time to complete, spread over a period of 1 month.

Overview:

This course addresses the care of children with uncoordinated, spastic or involuntary movements, caused by a failure of part of the brain to develop.

This course is designed to equip candidates with skills and information to help them deal with the difficulties that may be experienced when caring for Cerebral Palsy sufferers.

The course also covers how people may be affected by the disorder and coping strategies to help carers and sufferers with every day living requirements.

Subjects Covered:

• What is Cerebral Palsy
• Causes of Cerebral Palsy
• Diagnosis
• Treatments available
• Challenging behaviour
• Depression
• Sleep problems
• Schooling
• Accommodation
• Specialist Equipment
• Employment
• Aging and Cerebral Palsy
• Ways of maintaining good physical function
• Problems the carer might encounter
• Ways to ensure people are eating healthily
• Obesity