Archives for April 2013

Pediatric Stroke Awareness – 31 Days 31 Ways

May is Pediatric Stroke Awareness Month May 1 Like CHASA on Facebook. May 2 Write your child’s story and share it on a Firstgiving page. The world needs to know our stories. (You don’t have to fundraise on Firstgiving. You […]

Our Super Star

When our son was 2 days old, he had a stroke. We were devastated. A physical therapist visited us in the NICU. She said that our newborn could make if we worked hard at rehabilitation. We took notes on the […]

Filed Under: Our Kids Rock!

Constraint Induced Movement Therapy Camps for Children with Hemiplegia

Constraint Induced Movement Therapy Camps and Programs The following organizations or clinics have contacted CHASA and asked that we share information with you about constraint induced movement therapy and/or bimanual therapy camps they are hosting this summer. CHASA lists these […]

Filed Under: Occupational Therapy, Treatment Tagged With: bimanual training, child with hemiplegia, CIMT, CIMT camp, constraint induced movement therapy, constraint therapy camps, HABIT, hand brace, hand function, hemiparesis, hemiplegia, occupational therapy, pediatric stroke

Stroke in Children Gene Mutation – NIH Seeking Participants

The National Institutes of Health is looking for children with young age of onset strokes, with first stroke occurring after age 3 months. The patients they have seen so far have had recurrent strokes over the years. All have evidence […]

Filed Under: Research Tagged With: C-reactive protein, cerebral palsy, CHASA, childhood stroke, Children's Hemiplegia and Stroke Association, elevated sedimentation rate, gene mutation, inflammation, joint pain, juvenile arthritis, Karyl Barron, livedo reticularis, MD, mottled reddish appearance, National Institutes of Health, pediatric stroke, rashes, recurrent strokes, young age of onset strokes

History of Pediatric Stroke Awareness

In 2002, Heidi Jameson and Nancy Atwood, CHASA (Children’s Hemiplegia and Stroke Association) board members and moms of two little girls who survived strokes before birth, had a conversation about how tired they were of hearing those four little words… […]

Filed Under: Pediatric Stroke Awareness Tagged With: Children's Hemiplegia and Stroke Association, in-utero stroke, pediatric stroke, pediatric stroke awareness, pediatric stroke awareness month