Application of occupational therapy using behavior therapy techniques with cerebral palsy

The current case study highlights the use of occupational therapy model in devising the management plan of cerebral palsy whereas behavior therapy techniques to execute the model. a 13 years old boy with cerebral palsy was assessed and managed over a period of 4 months in special education school,lahore,pakistan in 2016. the assessment included clinical interview of client’s teacher,behavioral observations in different settings administration of children’s adaptive behavior scale (cabs) and bender gestalt test (bgt). the preliminary psychological investigation revealed his suspected problem to be intellectual disability disorder (mild level) with cerebral palsy as evidenced by his medical report. the management plan was devised embracing the basic principle of occupational therapy to promote independence that was executed through behavior modification techniques. the total number of sessions with the client was 23 with approximately 40 minutes duration of each session. an obvious difference was observed before and after the execution of therapeutic interventions. © 2017,pakistan pediatric journal. all rights reserved.