Certebral Palsy In Children

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ABSTRACT; Cerebral Palsy has been defined severally by many Physicians, Scientist and Researcher as well as Authors who have written several Literatures about the impairment or deformity many years back. Cerebral Palsy is referred to be the most common neuropediatric disorder with a prevalence of about 2% in developed countries and probably higher prevalence in developing countries (Basu, 2015). This Literature Review (LR) aimed to classify the effective intervention for managing Cerebral Palsy in children and young adults. The author used six EBSCO Host databases from the university of Greenwich online library search to secondary type of research for instant, Academic Search Premier, PsycINFO, Medline, CINAHL Plus, Psychology and behavioural …show more content…
Cerebral Palsy refers to an abnormality of motor function. Usually, it affects a person’s ability to move and control movement. Children with Cerebral Pasly (CP) are mostly having difficulties in communication, due to that children and youth with CP are at a higher risk of being bullied or excluded socially while in the community or at school. Research and strategies to minimise its effects in children and young adults, still continues even in the 21st century due to its strenuous management implications. Based on the author’s research on children and young people with Cerebral Palsy, it was well notice that children are being bullied and excluded socially due to their disabilities therefore; the author came out with a question on intervention/strategies in place for children with CP. The main TOPIC is Children and young adults with Cerebral Palsy: Intervention/strategies in case of bullying along with the research question; ‘’What are the most effective interventions/strategies for managing cerebral palsy in children and young people?’’ This TOPIC and question was chosen because Most children and youth with disabilities attend mainstream classrooms and are at a significantly higher risk of being bullied or socially excluded compared with their typically developing peers (Asher & Gazelle 1999;Vreeman & Carroll 2007).Indeed, children and youth with disabilities are often seen as‘different’, less powerful and lacking confidence (Marini et al. 2001; Cummings et al. 2006). Children with disabilities often have fewer reciprocated friendships, exhibit fewer social/leadership behaviours and are more victimized by their peers than their classmates without a disability (Nadeau & Tessier 2006) leaving them at considerable risk of being isolated.