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Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy (SDR) Webinar

This CP-NET webinar allows you to meet the experts on Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy (SDR), highlighting frequently asked questions and practical information. All information is presented in plain language by a panel that includes parent, doctor, therapist, and researcher perspectives.
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Dressing Work Book

The workbook will guide you as you teach your child dressing skills using backward chaining. It will also give you a place to chart your child’s progress along the way.
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10 Principles for Organizing and Delivering Services to Best Support Students with Disabilities

Integration of children with disabilities in mainstream schools is common in Canada, however their academic success and social participation in school activities remain limited. To begin addressing this issue, we reviewed the literature to better understand what is known about effective principles and strategies for organizing and delivering interdisciplinary services for students with various types of disabilities, integrated into regular schools
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Finding Community: Social Media for Families of Children with Disabilities

Disability is a culture of identity to which parents aren’t given a handbook, and families of children with disabilities often experience significant stress and feelings of isolation. Social media can be an excellent tool for connecting with other families to share lived experience, support, resources and mentorship, while the accessibility of social media can bridge the barriers of geographic distance and rare diagnoses.
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Growing up with CP: Mental health & well-being

CP-NET is excited to present “Growing up with CP: Mental Health & Well-being,” a webinar initiated and led by young adults for young adults. Highlighting both lived experience and recent research from the CP-NET MyStory project, this webinar will explore the intersection of mental health and CP, and discuss how we can better support young people in developing positive outcomes in mental health and well-being.
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Genetic Factors in Cerebral Palsy

Recent headlines about the role of genetics in cerebral palsy may have you wondering how studies in genomics might affect your day-to-day life, clinical practice or research. Topics covered by the webinar include an overview of the human genome, how it can vary from person to person, what this has to do with CP & where this might lead
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