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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
M Macrocephaly: An abnormally large head. Mainstreaming: The practice of involving children with disabilities in regular school and preschool environments. Malnutrition: Nutritional intake that is insufficient to promote or maintain growth and development. Malocclusion: Faulty bites such as overbites or underbites. Mandible: Lower jaw bone. Maxilla: Upper jaw bone. Medicaid: A joint state and federal program that offers medical assistance to people who are entitled to receive Supplementary Security Income. Medicare: A federal program that provides payments for medical care to people who are receiving Social Security payments. Mental retardation: Below normal mental function. Children who are mentally retarded learn more slowly than other children, but "mental retardation" itself does not indicate a specific level of mental ability. The level of mental function may not be identifiable until a much later age. Microcephaly: An abnormally small head. Midline: An imaginary reference line down the center of the body separating left from right. Modeling: See Imation. Monoplegia: Type of cerebral palsy in which only one limb is affected. Motor: Relating to the ability to move oneself. Motor delay: Slower than normal development of movement skills. Motor patterns: The ways in which the body and limbs work to make sequenced movement. Motor planning: The ability to think through and carry out a physical task. M.O.V.E.: Mobility Opportunities via Education is a program designed to teach disabled children functional motor skills through the use of selective equipment-i.e. the Gait Trainer, the Mobile Stander and the Universal Chair. Muscle facilitation: To encourage a muscle to work harder through techniques such as proper positioning, special equipment, sensory input, etc. Muscle tone: The amount of tension or resistance to movement in a muscle. Multidisciplinary team: See Interdisciplinary team. Multihandicapped: Having more than one handicap. Myopia: Nearsightedness; a condition in which close objects can be seen clearly but distant objects are blurry.
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