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Physiotherapy: Building Upper Body Control with Pokey The African Elephant
By: Renata Bursten, Dragonfly Staff
To encourage children with Cerebral Palsy to extend their arms forward with control try mounting Pokey The African Elephant on a wall or else brace Pokey in an slanted position with a rolled towel on a wheelchair tray. This will encourage greater upper torso strength, stability, and control.
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Visual Tracking and the Switch Using Child: The Penguin Roller Coaster
The Penguin Roller Coaster is designed to help children track the movements of small objects. The penguins do a variety of movements - gliding up, down, around, and bumpy steps up. Each of these movements is tracked differently, making this toy very interesting to watch. This toy is most suitable for children who ONLY watch the toy as is fairly fragile.