A video resource kit

The University of Wollongong has produced an online exercise video resource kit for children with cerebral palsy which you can find at http://community.uow.edu.au/cerebralpalsy/index.html

As the website’s introduction says, the kit helps children with cerebral palsy to carry out stretching exercises at home. Each one of the 36 video clips is approximately 1-2 minutes long and shows various stretching exercises. The clips are designed to provide fun and interesting ways to exercise in a home setting using common household items or easily available therapy items such as a phone book, wedge, footstools, and footy socks.

The exercise mainly targets children with cerebral palsy at Level 1 or 2 on the Gross Motor Function Classification Scale (GMFCS).

“This resource is a result of Community Engagement Grant awarded by the University of Wollongong in collaboration with Physiotherapy Department at the Wollongong Hospital, New South Wales and The Disability Trust”, said Dr Sim Lau from University of Wollongong.

The information on this online resource has been presented at various conferences and information days around Australia as well as the Australasian Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine 5th Biennial Conference - Christchurch, New Zealand 2010.

If you require further information on this online resource, please do not hesitate to contact Dr Sim Lau simlau@uow.edu.au or Joanne Morrell Joanne.Morrell@SESIAHS.HEALTH.NSW.GOV.AU

Ross Flood rflood@cpsociety.org.nz

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