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Communication ability: Communication Function Classification System (CFCS) – classifies severity of everyday communication of people with cerebral palsy.
CFCS Level I
Effective Sender and Receiver with unfamiliar and familiar partners.
CFCS Level II
Effective but slower paced Sender and/or Receiver with unfamiliar and/or familiar partners.
CFCS Level III
Effective Sender and Receiver with familiar partners.
CFCS Level IV
Inconsistent Sender and/or Receiver with familiar partners.
CFCS Level V
Seldom effective Sender and Receiver even with familiar partners.
- Ankle foot orthoses for gross motor skills
- Behavioural interventions for children’s sleep problems
- Botulinum toxin-A for pain, care and comfort
- Botulinum toxin-A injections for the arm and hand combined with occupational therapy
- Conductive education (Interventions & Therapies)
- Constraint-induced movement therapy for the leg (CIMT-Leg)
- Early motor intervention
- Fitness training
- Gastrostomy feeding for children
- Goal directed training
- Home programs for children and adults
- Hydrotherapy for adolescents and adults
- Massage for pain and movement
- Powered mobility for young children
- Pressure cushions and tilt-in-space wheelchairs to prevent pressure areas
- Sleep positioning systems
- Standing frames for children and adults
- Stepping Stones Triple P parenting program
- Strength training of the arm
- Texture modified food
- Treadmill training for people with cerebral palsy