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Preemie Books
The
Preemie Parents Companion: The Essential Guide to Caring for Your Premature Baby
in the Hospital, at Home, and Through the First Years by Susan L Madden M.S,
William Sears MD, Jane E Stewart MD
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Cerebral Palsy Dictionary
C CARF: Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities. Case Manager: The person responsible for coordinating services and information from the members of a multidisciplinary team. Cause-and-effect: The concept that actions create reactions. Cataracts: Clouding of the lens in the eye, which blocks the visual images from entering the retina. CCS: Chronic cerebellar stimulation. CE: See Conductive Education. Central Nervous System: The brain and spinal cord. The part of the nervous system primarily involved in voluntary movement and thought processes. Cerebellum: Part of the brain that helps coordinate muscle activity and control balance. Cerebral palsy (CP): A movement and posture disorder resulting from a non-progressive defect of the brain (brain damage). Chorea: Abrupt, quick, jerky movements of the head, neck, arms, or legs. Choreoathetosis: A form of cerebral palsy which causes variable muscle tone and involuntary movements of the limbs. Clonus: Rapid, rhythmic movements (alternate muscle relaxation and contractions) which result from spastic muscles. Cognition: The ability to know and understand the environment. Conductive Education: A 5 hours per day, 5 days per week program for teaching and learning for children with motor disorders which originated in Hungary. Conductive heating loss: A loss of hearing due to ear infections (middle ear disease) or anatomic abnormalities such as cleft lip or palate. Congenital: Present at or before birth. Contraction: Momentary tightening or shortening of a muscle. Contracture: Shortening of muscle fibers resulting in a decrease of joint mobility. Convulsion: Involuntary contractions of the muscles due to abnormal electrical activity of the brain. A seizure. Cortical blindness: Total or partial blindness resulting from injury to the brain's visual centers in the cerebral cortex. The child is able to pick up visual information with his eyes, but his brain cannot process and interpret the information. Cost-of-care liability: The right of a state providing care to someone with disabilities to charge for the care and to collect from that person's assets. CP: See Cerebral palsy Craniofacial: Pertaining to the area of the skull and the bones of the face. Craniosacral Therapy: A non-invasive, gentle therapy which uses the craniosacral system of the body. Cue: Input that prompts a person to perform a behavior or activity. CVI (Cortical Vision Impairment): See Cortical blindness.
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