Can anyone help me please with suggestions for play activities/stimulus for a child with CP?

[Beauregard]

I am new to supporting a child with CP and am struggling with new ideas.
Any suggestions welcome thankyou.
At the moment we do sensory toys,listening to tapes and me reading,out in the garden,touching favourite objects,Waterball,listening to music.

[LollipopViolet]

Swimming! I have a friend with CP and she adores going swimming. And if you're with the child it doesn't matter how old they are, because if you're in the water with them, they're going to be safe.

[Beauregard]

Thankyou for the suggestion
I am not sure his parents would agree to swimming as there would be safety issues regarding his mobility and manual handling blah de blah.
Anymore ideas?

[Beauregard]

x

[2shoes]

How aold is the child and how affected is he/she?
dd has cp so will try and remeber

[Beauregard]

Hi 2shoes
The child is 12 and quite severely affected

[supportman]

Some more ideas for sensory based activities.

Tacpac is a good sensory activity, see www.tacpac.co.uk
Books that have various textures are good to involve the child with reading the book.
Involve them with cooking cakes etc by getting them to help with the mixing.
Painting and drawing, gooey and sludgy stuff.

Also going out for a walk along seafront or in countryside is nice.

[Beauregard]

oops it is a he btw
I am struggling for ideas because my work is purely based in his home

[2shoes]

I can only say what dd likes, she is 13 and has cp but is "bright" so I don't do sensory stuff.
water play, she will play for ages with a bowl of water
if he can't do it alone you help.
coking? id you made something that involved dough like cooKies so(assuming he has little movement) he could roll and cut with you doing hand over hand.
same with painting, get a roll of lining paper and paint (ELC) as it washes of and stic it to his tray with masking tape. then put a blob on the paper and let him use his hands.
(not sure if these are any good)

[2shoes]

drawing with felt tips is good as well. dd loves that, BUT THEY HAVE TO BE ELC AS THEY WAHS OFf

[Beauregard]

Thankyou all for the suggestions i will ask his family for some materials

Not sure i am brave enough to try the paints (white carpets)lol

[2shoes]

That is what the garden is for I did it once in the kitchen ended up with paint everywhere

[Beauregard]

[MintPattie]

A few things we do for DD are filling a bowl full of shaving foam to squish her hands in(have to watch she doesn't try to eat it), water and cornflour (weird consistency and great sensory activity)..we also fill a bowl with sand and hide small plastic toys that she has to find, or add water and shape the sand. All messy

As well as painting, trying some gluing activities. Use hands or a dabber/brush, and different textured cloth patches, fuzzy balls, leaves whatever....you could design a card for someone in his family (bet his mum would love one), WH Smith have Baby Crayons which are flat-headed and easier to hold if you can't face messy paint...

[MintPattie]

A few things we do for DD are filling a bowl full of shaving foam to squish her hands in(have to watch she doesn't try to eat it), water and cornflour (weird consistency and great sensory activity)..we also fill a bowl with sand and hide small plastic toys that she has to find, or add water and shape the sand. All messy

As well as painting, trying some gluing activities. Use hands or a dabber/brush, and different textured cloth patches, fuzzy balls, leaves whatever....you could design a card for someone in his family (bet his mum would love one), WH Smith have Baby Crayons which are flat-headed and easier to hold if you can't face messy paint...

[SlothyMcFrothy]

It is pelvic i have namechanged for a bit

Thankyou for the suggestions ,some great ideas to work with.I will definately give them a go.

[kennythekangaroo]

Feed the birds. I put bread on DS's tray and he flings it off. We've also made bird seed cake for the winter

[SlothyMcFrothy]

Another good suggestion thankyou

[SlothyMcFrothy]

Anymore indoor suggestions?