Conductive education may improve cerebral palsy patient’s independence

There are 8,000 new cerebral palsy diagnoses made every year. The damage the disorder causes to areas of the brain occurs before, during, or shortly after birth and affects body movement and muscle coordination. Some cerebral palsy children are unable to walk or talk. Most cerebral palsy patients undergo therapy, but an education method developed in Hungary 50 years ago is starting to make headway in the U.S. Called conductive education, the technique was developed to help cerebral palsy patients become more independent. Opposed to other cerebral palsy treatments, conductive education works to do more than rehabilitate and maintain. By spending hours repeating an activity over and over until it has become mastered conductive education keeps the body and mind active to build new neuropathways in the brain. Over time, it is believed that memory in the muscle is built. While new techniques and treatments are being explored for cerebral palsy, conductive education requires a very large time commitment from the parents, in addition to being very expensive. For more information on cerebral palsy, contact us to confer with a cerebral palsy lawyer.