DD is nearly 5. She has mild CP, left sided hemiplegia.
Physically she is doing really amazingly well, can walk run jump just appears very clumsy and tires easily when walking. Very very mild physically.
Most of the issues we have are down to tiredness and the knock on effects. She sleeps 10.5 hours a night (very early waker) and it really isn't enough, especially with the CP, so by lunchtime and beyond her behaviour goes way downhill, as does her concentration and coordination. Not sure whether the poor sleep is due to the CP or a family trait.
The only NHS treatment she gets is physio every 6 months and melatonin (which doesn't help with the early waking but is useful for getting her back to sleep after a night waking).
We have money available to spend on other therapies that might help her, and would give anything promising a shot, but there are so many out there! And DD's time and energy is limited especially now she is at school. So, I would welcome any advice on what is worth trying, especially anything that might help her sleep and relaxation levels.
Here's the ones I've heard of (though don't know much about most of these)
- Bowen
- Bobath
- Conductive education
- Tinsley House
- Retained reflexes
- Visual tracking
- Cranial osteopathy
- private physio
Any help on narrowing the list down would be much appreciated.
thanks