Activities

[fairydust]

Apart from the obvious ballet - swimming- are there any afterschool actiivites that a child with poorly legs (cp) would be able to do??

at her age music with mummmy classes or jo jingles

art class?

Horse-riding lessons?

her meaning your dd. She may suprise you by the time she starts school. My dd has mobility problems but is able to join in alot more than I thought she would...even wacky warehouses now!

my dd aged 3.5 has cp diplegia and started RDA riding for the disabled in september last year, just after she was 3 and she loves it.DD has been swimming lessons since last may(in a group of 4 sn ch/n)she is the youngest and to start with i had to get in the water with her but that stopped after about 5 weeks as she wanted to be the same as the others, from having legs like logs of wood in the water she is now kicking them and can even manage about half a width with no armbands and swims to the side-it's amazing to think of the differences, i'm so proud of her
DD is very dramatic and enjoys singing/dancing so am considering a local group that does amateur dramatics later next year if she is interested-
sorry i know these are the obvious but thought it might help

Agree about horse riding. There are 2 girls in my son's lesson with CP, one very severely and the other much less so and they both enjoy it and get a lot out of it. THey are very well looked after, like all the kids, according to their needs and its good for confidence ane co-ordination. We do aromatherapy massage every week which she might like if you can find one and you could also try music therapy, again if you can find one.

Horse riding is v good for diplegic cp, because it aligns the hips in a good position, and the rocking movement helps relax the muscles. Ds2 is on the waiting list for the RDA.

thanks all - the idea of horse riding sounds good - anyone know how i can find more info on this???

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Don't know where you live but maybe Google Riding for the Disabled and get signed up to your nearest one asap. We were on the waiting list for 2 years!!! Otherwise you might find a local stable or city farm that does 1:1 lessons. I know a friend who did this and found that the helper had worked with special needs. She also went round with them. Maybe it attracts the same kind of people sometimes?

I have just rang up about getting my dd riding place for when we move, I didnt realise it could take 2 years!! Davros I never thought about asking local stables either, so thank you

Fairydust heres the address's for the music classes, your dd would be able to do these now. I know my dd loved them

jojingles

musicwithmummy

monkeymusic

hope this works because I am notoriously crap at links

fio2, should explain it took a year to get offered a place whcih was during the week, just when he'd started school. So then went onto list for weekend place which took another year and now we go every Saturday afternoon.

riding for the disabled during school hours can be classed as an "educational visit" for the child and providing the head teacher agrees it can be done,in reality it can make things easier for the school as well-my dd hasn't started yet but head teacher is keen for her to continue her rda and will arrange that her class do a physical activity(that dd would struggle to join in)when she is riding....well that's the plan apparently, we have a meeting the end of march

ps: where my dd goes there are 3 groups on a thursday afternoon and all the other children are school age-2 groups have transport provided and then some of the parents take their children as well