Good news! CHASA is accepting applications for the Spring 2024 CHASA Let’s Play Scholarship. The deadline for submission is April 15, 2024 at midnight. This scholarship offering is for activities held anytime between Jan. 1, 2024 and August 31, 2024. […]
CHASA College Scholarships
Each year, CHASA awards college and vocational school scholarships to students who have a diagnosis of hemiplegia, hemiparesis, hemiplegic cerebral palsy due to any cause or a diagnosis of pediatric stroke. Scholarships have been awarded annually since 2002. This year’s […]
Thank you – CHASA Orthotic Grants
CHASA provides grants to help families purchase orthotics (foot braces). Orthotics help children with balance and walking and are often worn by children and young adults who have a diagnosis of hemiplegia. The letter below is from a mom who […]
CHASA Retreat for Moms
Join other CHASA moms for an extended weekend of relaxation and fun. This is YOUR time – no work, no school, no family, no therapies, no demands. Expect lots of laughter! Watch this page for dates for our next Retreat […]
CHASA Family Retreat
COVID-19 Update – Sadly, the CHASA 2020 Family Retreat has been canceled. Traditionally, registration fees are nonrefundable; however, the pandemic is an unusual circumstance and CHASA has refunded each family’s registration fee. As always, the health and safety of your children, […]
May is Pediatric Stroke Awareness Month
Kids Have Strokes – Say it. Then do something! May is Pediatric Stroke Awareness Month. There is strength in numbers and you can join the movement to increase Pediatric Stroke Awareness. This page will give you tools to help you […]
Research Study: Exploring the motivators and barriers for participation in cerebral palsy related research
This study is no longer accepting participants. The Children’s Hemiplegia and Stroke Association (CHASA) has teamed with researchers at Northwestern Medicine Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences, to recruit participants for a research study. […]
Babies with Stroke or Bleeding in the Brain – Research Study
Understanding How the Brain Continues to Develop through Brain Imaging and Brain Stimulation The Gillick Pediatric Laboratory team is conducting research and recruiting babies between the ages of 3 and 12 months. Study details are below. More information from Dr. Sam […]
Research Seeking Participants – Children with Hemiplegia
Dr. Georgia Malandraki, an Assistant Professor in the Dept. of Speech, Language, & Hearing Sciences at Purdue University is conducting a feeding and speech research program for children with CP, with the overall goal of designing better physiologically based treatments […]
CHASA Family Retreat 2018
Registration for the 2018 CHASA Family Retreat closed on March 8, 2018. If you are interested in being put on a waiting list, please fill out the Retreat Wait List Form. We will contact you if there are cancellations or […]
CHASA 2017 Adult Retreat
ANNOUNCEMENT: We’ve had an overwhelming response to our adult retreat and registration has closed early. We are creating a wait list and if we have cancellations or can expand our space, we may be able to add more attendees. […]
Shane Loves to Ride Bikes
Our son Shane was born early, at 31 weeks, for reasons unknown. He was born with a congenital diaphragmatic hernia and had a very successful laparoscopic repair at 5 days old. Shane spent 6 weeks in the NICU and during one of […]
UNC Hemiplegia Summer CIMT Camp
Summer camp is a quintessential childhood experience. That’s why UNC Children’s offers Helping Kids with Hemiplegia, a no-cost therapeutic day camp for kids ages 3 to 10 with motor impairment on one side of their bodies. The camp, founded by […]
Auditory Processing Disorder and CART Services
Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) services may benefit students with hemiplegia. Traditionally used by the deaf community, CART is useful for students who may have difficulty understanding auditory information – information they hear. CART can help the student understand what others […]
CHASA Awards 14 College Scholarships – 2016
The Children’s Hemiplegia and Stroke Association (CHASA) has awarded fourteen scholarships to students pursuing a college education. This is our 15th year of awarding college and vocational scholarships! The total award for 2016 is $16,800. A very talented group of […]
