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CP-Achieve is a five-year program of research working to help adolescents and young adults with cerebral palsy live a full and healthy life.

We are a team of adolescents and young adults with cerebral palsy, families, clinicians, researchers and students who are working together to meet CP-Achieve’s aims. CP-Achieve started in February 2020 and will finish in 2025.

The Centre of Research Excellence in Cerebral Palsy is funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC). 

We are a team of adolescents and young adults with cerebral palsy, families, clinicians, researchers and students who are working together to meet CP-Achieve’s aims. CP-Achieve started in February 2020 and will finish in 2025.

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We are a team of adolescents and young adults with cerebral palsy, families, clinicians, researchers and students who are working together to meet CP-Achieve’s aims. CP-Achieve started in February 2020 and will finish in 2025.

The Centre of Research Excellence in Cerebral Palsy is funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC). 

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What does CP-Achieve do?

CP-Achieve does research aiming to support people with cerebral palsy (CP) aged 10 to 30 years to achieve good health, access to excellent health services, and participate in relationships, work, leisure, physical activity and the community.

 We are doing projects to understand:

  • The physical and mental health problems of young people with cerebral palsy.
  • What outcomes are important to young people?

We can use this information to:

  • Develop programs to be used by health and disability providers to assist young people
  • Help young people to attend health and community services that meet their needs
  • Understand the costs of services that work
  • Inform policy and practice

CP Achieve has two main programs with each program running several research projects:

  1. Improving the physical and mental health of adolescents and young adults with cerebral palsy.
  2. Building supportive family, community and health service environments that help young people take part in life situations that are important to them.

Four important themes in all our work

  1. Promoting participation
  2. Developing a specialist workforce
  3. Health economics
  4. Consumer involvement

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