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    Cerebral palsy is a non-progressive motor disability caused by damage to the developing brain. It can be caused by events before, during, and after birth such as prematurity, birth asphyxia, infections, and head trauma. A 6-month-old child showing difficulty with feeding skills or inability to sit independently may show early signs requiring follow-up. Spastic cerebral palsy causes stiff, jerky movements while athetoid/dyskinetic cerebral palsy causes slow, writhing movements. The long-term goal of treatment is improving function and independence. A healthcare team including physicians, nurses, therapists and teachers work to provide care, prevent contractures through range of motion

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    Cerebral palsy is a non-progressive motor disability caused by damage to the developing brain. It can be caused by events before, during, and after birth such as prematurity, birth asphyxia, infections, and head trauma. A 6-month-old child showing difficulty with feeding skills or inability to sit independently may show early signs requiring follow-up. Spastic cerebral palsy causes stiff, jerky movements while athetoid/dyskinetic cerebral palsy causes slow, writhing movements. The long-term goal of treatment is improving function and independence. A healthcare team including physicians, nurses, therapists and teachers work to provide care, prevent contractures through range of motion

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    Cerebral Palsy WKSHT

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    Cerebral palsy is a non-progressive motor disability caused by damage to the developing brain. It can be caused by events before, during, and after birth such as prematurity, birth asphyxia, infections, and head trauma. A 6-month-old child showing difficulty with feeding skills or inability to sit independently may show early signs requiring follow-up. Spastic cerebral palsy causes stiff, jerky movements while athetoid/dyskinetic cerebral palsy causes slow, writhing movements. The long-term goal of treatment is improving function and independence. A healthcare team including physicians, nurses, therapists and teachers work to provide care, prevent contractures through range of motion

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    . 1. What is.cerebral palsy?

    2. What is- meant by the "non-progressive" nature of cerebral palsy?

    3. \ Cerebral palsy can be caused byevents before, during and after birth. List 2
    . possible causative incidents for each time period.

    4. Which, if any, assessments of a 6 month child would cause suspicion of cerebral


    palsy and require additional follow-up?

    • Difficulty taking food from a spoon


    • Has not mastered the pincer grasp
    • Has head control when pulled to a sitting position from a supine position
    • Unable to independently get into a sitting position
    • Drools formula when bottle feeding

    5. How does spastic cerebral palsy present?

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    6 .. How does athetoid I dyskinetic cerebral palsy present?
    7. What is the long-term goal of treatment for cerebral palsy children?

    8. Who are members of the health care treatment team for children with cerebral palsy
    and what role does each person serve?

    9. V:Jhydo children develop contractures? What nursing interventions can prevent this
    problem?

    10. State 3 nursing problems and 3 interventions for each for caring for children with
    cerebral palsy and their families.

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