1. Name : Li Juan Zhu(Peggy)
Course Code: ECEP 233
Date: March18, 12

2. Introduce to the child and the
family
 Ben and Jerry are twins moved to Toronto
recently
 Ben has Cerebral Palsy
 Ben uses walker has little strength in his left
hand
 Two boys live with mother, stepfather and
stepfather’s teen daughter
 Ben and Jerry’s biological dad lives in North
Bay
 Their mother look for services in Toronto area

3. Introduction to individual special need
 "Cerebral" refers to the brain and "Palsy" to
a disorder of the way you move and act
 Cerebral Palsy is characterized by an
inability to fully control movement function
 Muscle tightness or spasm
 Involuntary movement
 Disturbance in gait and mobility
 Impairment of sight, hearing or speech
 Seizures

4. Meeting the needs in the child
care centre
 Families and professionals work as a team
 Services are flexible to meet unique family
needs
 Give more time let children to complete
the activities
 Follow rule and routine in a group
 Limit distraction, not put out too many toys
 use children interests to keep them
participate
 Use picture in sequence help them to learn
 Use large knobs on puzzles

5. Overview of referred agency/
agencies and resources
 OFCP, Ontario Federation for
Cerebral Palsy received 2012 annual
reward to provide services people
who has disability
 Brochures, booklets, videos, DVDs
regarding cerebral palsy are provide
 Special service at home
 Amount of service child needs
http://www.ofcp.ca/finres.php

6. Self-Evaluation
 From this research assignment I have
learned different types of Cerebral Palsy
 Got to know symptoms of child with
Cerebral Palsy
 Some of challenge was to find the
agency in the Great Toronto Area and I
was not able to embedded in the
website
 It took me a period of time to find a right
agency