I felt I finally managed to make a difference today! I was working with a child suffering from CP in the Conductive Education room today. I felt she was a child that might have skipped a milestone and went straight onto walking. She seemed as though she never learnt to crawl as she was not able to coordinate the reciprocal movement of the upper and lower limbs when in 4-point kneeling position. As such, I decided to set up steps for her to climb up into a ball pit. This encouraged her to move her limbs reciprocally to facilitate crawling and climbing. I also taught her to stand through 2-point kneeling to half-kneeling and finally to standing. It took many attempts before she was able to do it properly.
Towards the end of the treatment, the child got really tired and started to cry! I tried to stop her from crying but to no avail. I had to let her go eventually and she started to crawl towards the center of the room where the other children were playing. She was attracted to the large fitball and wanted to play with it. Without prompting, she moved towards the ball and stood up in the way we taught her to! I was so happy as I felt that the treatment I just had with her was effective.
I was beginning to have more confidence in being able to help both the children and staff at the Centre, be it in terms of treatment, training or just being able to listen to them and offer suggestions to the issues they were facing. The successful therapy session with the child made my day!
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