Esther,

I have checked again the website we are talking about and you are right, now the access is more difficult than in time, I was registrated. I will try to put the file on another website or just send it to you by mail. But, as I have told before, the book is in Polish and I think going through the pictures and tables inside can give you only the general idea of the Hellbrugge’s method. Our Latvian friend Inese should cope with the book a little bit better

Esther, for now my knowledge and experience concerning pediatric neurodevelopmental physiotherapy are rather poor, because I’m newly graduated from Uni and just delving into the subject myself. But as far, as I know, the Munich Functional Screening is used widely also in Germany, the homeland of T. Hellbrugge. Nowadays the main center (the headquarter ) of MFDS as well as Vojta Association is Municher Kinderzentrum. In Poland one can hear of course about the psychomotor screening scales used world wide, like Denver, Bühler-Hetzer, Gessel, Bayley, Brunet-Lézine, Peabody and others. There is also possibility to join the course teaching some of them, but as I see it’s rather rare practice among physiotherapists (I suppose, it’s a domain of pedagogy, psychology, neurology(?)). Physiotherapists usually practise Vojta or NDT- Wikipedia reference-linkBobath tests. As you know, PT in Poland isn’t an integral position, which means that all our actions are supervised by the doctor. And it’s also his duty to support us with nessesary information about the child’s condition.

And, you ask about Vojta method. Yes, it’s still popular. The method has it’s fans and enemies among parents, PT’s and medical authorities and, although so controversial it is said to be very effective. By the way, why are you so surprised by the fact, the Vojta method is still in use?? Is your experience in this field so negative?

You ask about the other methods which we use in treating of Cerebral Palsy. Of course Bobath, bobath, bobath…. For me, personally it’s a disappointing subject since I started to wait for admission to the course. The line is so long that I have to wait until 2011 or longer… Just a nightmare.
Maybe you will be interested in fact, that in the last years Bobath therapy is so vigorously promoted, that even on “parenting” sites you can find all range of tips, how to care about the baby in harmony with NDT. Here are two of that films:

1. how to switch a baby from it’s back on the tummy (NDT):
Co nieco o obrotach male?kich cia? | wideo

2. how to lift the baby from the nappy change table (NDT):

http://bi.gazeta.pl/im/Player.swf?m=...m/&e=1&a=1&t=1

OK, and other supporting methods, which don’t need to be introduced: Sensory Integration, hippotherapy, kynotherapy, all kinds of “spiders” like Therasuit, Adeli suit etc, eventually Peto, Doman, Montessori, but the role of them is marginal. Oh, I have amost forgotten to boast about new dolphinotherapy center 

Esther, you are very patient, if you are still here with me I promise, it is the end of the monologue! But maybe I could also have a question? Some time ago I found in the Dutch websites some info about courses and DVD’s explaining normal infant development. and all this propagated by one of the Dutch Pediatric?/Scientific?/Physiotherapy? Association. If you have any idea of what association could it be and where can I find it on the web, please, let me know.

Justyna