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Cerebral Palsy

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Handbook of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Part of the book series: Issues on Clinical Child Psychology ((ICCP))

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Cerebral palsy (CP) is a handicapping condition that can present with such vastly different expressions that it is easy to question the appropriateness of the term. Despite these misgivings, CP does exist. There are common understandings of its definition, a generally accepted classification system, increasing knowledge about its etiology, a body of knowledge about its epidemiology, and increasing numbers of treatment options.

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  1. Section of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, Columbus Children’s Hospital, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 43210

    Sarah Winter MD

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  1. NYS Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, Albany, New York

    John W. Jacobson

  2. Department of Pediatrics and Psychology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43205, USA

    James A. Mulick

  3. Department of Psychology, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, 22030, USA

    Johannes Rojahn

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Winter, S. (2007). Cerebral Palsy. In: Jacobson, J.W., Mulick, J.A., Rojahn, J. (eds) Handbook of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. Issues on Clinical Child Psychology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-32931-5_3

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