Objective To evaluate the effect of individualized rehabilitation extended nursing on activities of daily living (ADL) in children with cerebral palsy. Methods A total of 156 cases of non-operative children with severe disorder of cerebral palsy from January to December 2017 in Sichuan 81 Rehabilitation Center, of 101 males and 55 females, aged 2-7 years with weighting 9 to 21 kg, were divided into 2 groups according to the time sequence, of which 70 cases of January to June 2017 before extension nursing as control group and 86 cases of July to December 2017 after extension nursing as observation group. The control group was received routine nursing according to the ADL rating scale, and the observation group was adopted the extended nursing method, according to the ADL rating scale to evaluate and judge the barrier grade, and chosen the suitable measures for rehabilitation nursing according to the individualized principle.The rehabilitation assessment was carried out before extended nursing (W0), the second week after extended nursing (W2), fourth week (W4), sixth week (W6), eighth week (W8), tenth week (W10), and twelfth week (W12) respectively. Results There was no significant difference in gender, age, weight and ADL scores at the time point of W0between the two groups (P>0.05). The ADL scores of the two groups were increased with the treatment time, and the increase of the observation group was greater than that of the control group. Compared with the control group, the ADL scores of the observation group were increased significantly at the time of W4to W12(P<0.01).After 12 weeks of treatment, there were 25 cases of mild disorders (29% ), 46 cases of moderate disorder (53.5% ) and 15 cases of severe disorder (17.5% ) in the observation group, and 3 cases of mild disorders (4.3% ), 38 cases of moderate disorder (54.3% ) and 29 cases of severe disorder (41.4% ) in the control group, and the observation group was obviously better than that of the control group (χ2＝21.083,P＜0.01). Conclusion Individualized rehabilitation extended nursing can improve ADL in children with cerebral palsy.