Jan van der Burg
So you wanna be a Popstar? Selfmanagement during bimanual activities in children with unilateral Cerebral Palsy
The aim of modified Constraint Induced Movement Therapy (mCIMT) and bimanal training (BiT), is to learn children with unilateral cerebral palsy to perform bimanual activities as independent as possible. These therapies are incorporated in the Pirate Group Intervention at the Sint Maartenskliniek (Aarts, 2010), It was shown that bimanual capacities increase following this kind of intervention, but the generalisation of the bimanual performance in activities of daily life remains low. In order to facilitate generalisation over situations and time (maintenance), a group intervention protocol, based on self management techniques, has been developed and evaluated. A contemporary and popular talent show called ‘So You Wanna be a Popstar?’ is chosen to motivate the children as much as possible.
