Step by Step: Real Life Experiences With Cerebral Palsy

by Colleen Rose

There are many children born with Cerebral Palsy who are unable to sit up, play or even do the simplest tasks. Colleen Rose, mother of four whose second child, born in 1983, was diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy at the age of a year, has written a self-help book entitled "Step by Step" (Real Life Experiences with Cerebral Palsy). Colleen offers a comprehensive perspective using a combined method of therapy to teach the brain through repetition and various techniques that parents can utilize to accomplish unbelievable goals for their children. She provides a listing of the most renowned rehabilitation institutes in North America and her own personal view on how to handle societal barriers. Colleen was able to teach her daughter how to live independently through the use of some very effective rehabilitation techniques and common sense approaches. Her daughter now knows how to feed herself, brush her teeth, bathe, tie her shoes, dress herself, sit up, crawl,walk around the furniture, walk with a walker, takes approximately 30 steps with canes, is completely toilet trained and has gone on to greater achievements such as riding a bike and skating.

103 pages, Paperback

First published August 19, 1995