Abstract: Objective To investigate the requirment of family rehabilitation training and provide instructions and references to guide parents practising family rehabilitation training for cerebral palsy (CP) children in Shanghai.Methods300 CP children were surveyed with the Requirement Questionnaire of Family Guidance Training Program of Rehabilitation for Cerebral Palsy Children. Then 100 children out of them were selected randomly and a visiting training and guidance of rehabilitation in family was afforded.ResultsAfter providing training and guidance of rehabilitation in family, the requirement of family rehabilitation increased from 41.5% to 92.7% ( P<0.01) and the duration and the times of training were also increased ( P<0.01).ConclusionThe families having CP children in Shanghai don't understand fully about the family rehabilitation. The visiting training and guidance program will be helpful for CP children having complete rehabilitation and coming back to society.

Key words: cerebral palsy children, family rehabilitation training and guidance, requirement