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Cerebral Palsy – is a condition caused by damage to a baby or young child’s brain. |
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The brain sends incorrect messages to the injured muscles in the body. |
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These muscles stiffen and become floppy. |
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This causes difficulty moving, controlling and coordinating movements, and being able to stop them. |
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It can cause speech impairments. |
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Swallowing and chewing. |
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Balance |
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Different types of learning difficulties. |
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Types of Cerebral Palsy |
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Spastic Cerebral Palsy- making muscle stiff. |
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Athetoid Cerebral Palsy- unable to control movement. |
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Ataxic Cerebral Palsy- affecting muscle coordination. |
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Left-side or right-side hemiplegic- affecting either the right or left side of the brain. |
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Learning disabilities- have no accepted definitions. Specialist will only agree to accept 4 specific terms- |
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Dyslexia- is the impaired use of words. The common term "Language disability." |
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Dysgraphia- indicates a writing problem. It is part of dyslexia. The person has trouble controlling a pencil or improving their skills in writing letters or numbers. |
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Dyscalculia- is a term used by experts to imply having a math problem . |
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Three additional important points- |
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Encoding trouble- this is where a person has difficulty with the practice of writing and spelling. |
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Decoding trouble- this is where a person has difficulty with the practice of reading. |
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Expressive trouble- this is where a person has difficulty with the practice of putting words and ideas on paper. |
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Fixed terms -which are called weaknesses for learning disabilities- |
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Poor auditory discrimination- is the difficulty in accurately interpreting a particular sound just spoken. |
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Poor visual memory- is the difficulty in accurately interpreting the hand/eye motor coordination. |
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All the above, and many more are indeed, closely related. There are other forms and various type of each learning disability. |
