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CONTENTS
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ABOUT THIS BOOK. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A1 to A12
PART 1 WORKING WITH THE CHILD AND FAMILY: Information on Different Disabilities
1. Introduction to PART 1: Making Therapy Functional and Fun. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 to 8
A. Where Do We Start?
2. Ideas for Sharing Information from This Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 to 12
3. Prevention of Disabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 to 20
4. Examining and Evaluating the Disabled Child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 to 42
5. Simple Ways to Measure and Record a Child’s Progress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 to 50
B. Recognizing, Helping with, and Preventing Common Disabilities
6. Guide For Identifying Disabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 to 58
7. Polio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 to 76
8. Contractures: Limbs That No Longer Straighten. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 to 86
9. Cerebral Palsy (difficulty with movements because of brain damage). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 to 108
10. Muscular Dystrophy: Gradual, Progressive Muscle Loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 to 112
11. Club Feet, Flat Feet. Bow Legs, and Knock-knees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 to 118
12. Common Birth Defects (cleft lip. extra or joined fingers, incomplete
limbs, and arthrogryposis). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 to 124
13. Children Who Stay Small or Have Weak Bones (includes Rickets.
Brittle Bone Disease, and Dwarfism). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 to 126
14. Erb’s Palsy: Arm Paralysis from Birth Injury. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 to 128
15. Painful Joints (includes How to Use Aspirin). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 to 134
16. Juvenile Arthritis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 to 152
17. Rheumatic Fever. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 to 154
18. Hip Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 to 158
19. Bone Infections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 to 160
20. Spinal Curve and Other Back Deformities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 to 164
21. Tuberculosis of the Backbone: Pott’s Disease. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 to 166
22. Spina Bifida (babies born with a defect over their backbone). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 to 174
23. Spinal Cord Injury. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 to 194
24. Pressure Sores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 to 202
25. Urine and Bowel Management: With Spinal Cord Injury and Spina Bifida
(includes Urinary Infections). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 to 214
26. Leprosy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215 to 226
27. Amputations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 to 230
28. Burns and Burn Deformities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231 to 232
29. Seizures: Epilepsy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 to 242
30. Blindness and Difficulty Seeing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243 to 256
31. Deafness and Communication. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257 to 276
32. Mental Slowness: Down Syndrome, Hypothyroidism, and Other Causes. . . . . . . . . . . . 277 to 282
33. The Child With Several Severe Disabilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283 to 286
C. Helping the Child Whose Mind and/or Body are Slow to Develop
34. Child Development and Developmental Delay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287 to 300
35. Early Stimulation and Development Activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301 to 318
1) Head Control and Use of Senses
2) Rolling and Twisting
3) Gripping, Reaching, and Hand-eye Coordination
4) Body Control, Sitting, and Balance
5) Creeping and Crawling
6) Standing, Walking, and Balance
7) Communication and Speech
8) Early Play Activities and Toys