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Teaching Children with Serious Cerebral Palsy About Scanning

Using Clicker 4 to teach children the scan method of accessing a computer.

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Shopping Smart Videos

Note: Review only, product no longer for sale.

When Mary moves to her own place she has to learn how to shop the smart way.

Watch Mary, a young woman with developmental disabilities, make steady strides toward self-sufficiency throughout this eight video series. Mary leads a lively cast on an instructional adventure that1s fast-paced and fun. In Looking Good and Keeping House, Mary and her friends meet for pizza and plan a party-stresses personal care and domestic housekeeping skills. Mary moves into her own place in Shopping Smart and Home Cooking. In Select-A-Meal, Mary teaches her boyfriend dining etiquette. In Plan Your Day she shows her brother how to stick to a schedule.

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Shopping Smart Videos

Typical Access Profile

Auditory

Normal
Low
Extremely Low
Not Using Hearing
Hyper-Acute

Vision

Normal
Low
Extremely Low
Not Using Vision

Gross Motor

All
Some
Few
Not Using Gross Motor

Fine Motor

All
Some
Few
Not Using Fine Motor

Developmental Age Range

0 - 2
3 - 5
6 - 8
9 - 12
13 and Over

Language

Typical
Some Spoken
Receptive Only
Sign
Assistive/Augmentitive
Not Using Language
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Warmth relaxes tight muscles in the water.

When using a full support flotation aid like the Sectional Raft, some of the body remains above the waterline. The evaporation from the exposed parts of the body causes the swimmer to get chilly. When they get chilly, spasticity may increase. So, get a towel wet and lay it over the exposed part of the body before a chill sets in. Stop the chill before it starts, helping prevent the spasticity before it begins.

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