The Cerebral Palsy Outreach Network is an Internet resource for children and adults with cerebral palsy (CP) and their families. The mission of CPON (pronounced C-PON) is to ·
- help families find needed services and resources, with a special focus on mid-Michigan.
- provide up-to-date scientific information to families about CP
- highlight recent Michigan CP related events,conferences and research projects develop research on the causes and management of CP
CPON was initially funded by United Cerebral Palsy Research and Education Foundation. We are located at Michigan State University in the Department of Epidemiology, and our website is run by CPON's research team.
If you would like to join the list of individuals and families who are members of the Cerebral Palsy Outreach Network, please fill out the subscription form on the menu in "Contact Us". We will add you to our list so that we can contact you about local conferences, opportunities to contribute to research (research participation is always completely voluntary), or other CP interests
Podcast
Available
Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology August 2011 podcast about the Development of the Communication Function Classification System (CFCS) for individuals with cerebral palsy podcast / available on itunes
This research study of children ages 2-15 is investigating factors in pregnancy and birth that are different in children with cerebral palsy and in children without cerebral palsy, to gain knowledge needed to help prevent this disabling condition.
This study is a trial to compare the effectiveness of conductive education to other services for cerebral palsy for children ages 2-6. Families will be asked to participate in a free 4 week long conductive education session that fits their child’s age and abilities.
The University of Michigan offers opportunities for children and adults with Cerebral Palsy to participate in a studies of cognitive and motor abilities. See Adapted Cognitive Assessment Lab (ACAL) studies, and for other UM studies see www.umengage.org
