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Library details last updated: 09 July 2007

Logo Cerebral Palsy Association of Western Australia Ltd
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OCLC WorldCat Registry See also this library's entry in the Interlibrary Resource Sharing Directory

NUC symbol: WCPA
Former name/s: Spastic Welfare Association of Western Australia; The Cerebral Palsy Association of Western Australia
Abbreviations and acronyms: CPAWA; TCCP
Other names: Cerebral Palsy Association of WA ; Sir David Brand Centre
Short name: Cerebral Palsy Ass
Library type/s: Health/Medical ; Special

Memberships: GratisNet
URL of parent organisation: http://www.cpawa.com.au
URL of Library: http://www.tccp.com.au

URL of Web catalogue: http://www.cpawa.com.au
Z39.50 access: See www.cpawa.com.au

Library system used: DBTextworks
Classification scheme/s in use: Dewey Decimal Classification

Library subject collecting levels: Education ; Medicine ; Sociology -> Full summary.

Highlights of the collection: A small but highly specialised collection with materials in the subject area of physical disability including both therapy and social issues relating to disability. Therapies covered include physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, and the use of specialised equipment to provide independent living skills. Family centred services, pediatric therapy and education of children with cerebral palsy are sub-specialities. The collection also features almost complete collections of the Journal " Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology" and the series "Clinics in Developmental Medicine" as well as holdings of major physiotherapy and occupational therapy journals.

Details of public access: Restricted
Conditions of access: Borrowing privileges restricted to registered users but reading room and photocopies are available. .
Library opening hours: 8.30am-4.45pm Thursday and Friday   See http://www.cpawa.com.au

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Library's street address:
The Centre for Cerebral Palsy
106 Bradford Street
COOLBINIA WA 6050
AUSTRALIA

Library's mailing address:
The Centre for Cerebral Palsy
PO Box 61
MT LAWLEY WA 6929
AUSTRALIA

Email: Ian.Barnett@tccp.com.au
Phone: 08 9443 0211
Toll-free phone: 1800 198 263
Fax: 08 9444 7299
Australian Business Number: 79 057 702 959

NB* International callers, add the +61 prefix for Australia and drop the 0 from the area code from phone and fax numbers. For example, 01 2345 6789 becomes +61 1 2345 6789.