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<p><span style="color: #00826a;"><strong>Treatment of children with cerebral palsy</strong></span> involves collaboration from doctors and multidisciplinary teams such as pediatricians specializing in development and behavior, rehabilitation medicine doctors, physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech therapists, and nutritionists, which ensures the care and treatment are as effective as possible.</p>
<h2><span style="color: #00826a;">Scope of occupational therapy in children with cerebral palsy</span></h2>
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<li>Stimulating the use of small muscle groups: Children with cerebral palsy often have significant spasticity in small muscle groups, limiting their functional ability. Therefore, occupational therapists need to assess and plan stimulation exercises to help children use their muscles to the fullest extent possible.</li>
<li>Stimulating control of small muscles around the mouth and swallowing: Common issues include difficulty controlling mouth opening and closing, drooling, swallowing difficulties, and underperformance of tongue and jaw muscles involved in chewing.</li>
<li>Training for self-help skills such as using a spoon and fork, bringing food to the mouth, brushing teeth, lifting a drinking glass, dressing, and putting on clothes. These are key goals to help children become as independent as possible. Currently, assistive devices such as toothbrush handles are available to help children hold toothbrushes more easily.</li>
<li>Positioning the child and training weight-bearing in various joints to help the child control their movements correctly, such as positioning while sitting during play, which trains both posture and weight distribution.</li>
<li>Adapting the home environment may be necessary for suitability, such as installing handrails to assist with balance training when walking up and down stairs.</li>
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The role of occupational therapists in children with cerebral palsy within the scope of occupational therapy work includes caring for the assessment of the child's development, evaluating the ability to move various parts of the body, and assessing the function of fine motor muscles.

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