Transcript Rehabilitacijski programi: “Budimo zajedno u Puli!”

Rehabilitation and integration
programmes:
Let’s get together - Pula 2008
Welcome to our
Centre!
* member of European Down Syndrome Association
Center for rehabilitation Down
syndrome centre Pula is first and only
Center of that kind in Croatia and
southeastern Europe.
Center was founded in year 2005
under the jurisdiction of Government
of Republic of Croatia and Ministry of
Health and social welfare. Main goal is
to give support to all persons with
Down syndrome and their families
regardless of their age and place of
residence.
Center is member of EDSA (European
Down Syndrome Association). Centre
has founded EDSA office Croatia.
* Centre in general terms
Center is situated in city center of Pula, near hospital, main
stream school and school for persons with special needs and
nearby city beaches.Centre has large yard, litlle pine park,
outdoor playgrounds for kids, streetball playground, outdoor
teraces and many free space for safe playing. Of course there is
enough accomodation for families ,bulit-in kitchen, EDSA club in
which we play table tennis, table football, drink coffee and tea.
For everybody who want to be stronger and healthier we have
kinesiology room where
you can enjoy and work out
* Programmes that Center offers
Physiotherapy;
Physiotherapy;
Hydro therapy in the sea or hydro therapy in the swimming pool with
hot sea water;
Kinesy therapy, recreation activities, sport;
Learning of self – care tasks and caring about enviroment workshop;
Excange of family experiences;
Creative workshops;
Support of speach development and form of alternative communication;
Programmes of acquiring working skills;
For whom:
* For all persons with Down syndrome,
their families and their friends without
difficulties in development
* For everybody who want to share and
obtain new experiences
* For everybody who want to build new
bridgeworks of friendships
* For experts of all profiles
* For students who want to obtain new
knowledges
* Main programmes postulates:
Centre’s programes apply EDSA guidelines according
chronological age of child;
* Center performs all programme activites
continuallty,
* Programmes are made individually according
childrend recquirements;
* Minimal recommended form of rehabilitation is
arrival on 10 days programme continually;
* Programmes are intended for persons with Down
syndrome and their families;
* Center tend to use integration as a working model,
for socialisation purpose;
*Medical manual massage
*Basic test of motor
abilities
*Advanced test of motor
abilities
*Basic test of fine motor
abilities
*Advanced test of fine
motor abilities
- Testing – Bart index;
- Counceling parents of medical manual masagge and
other individual exercises acording recquirment;
- Training parents for applying basic technics of medical
manual massage and exercises.
* Hydro therapy
- Summer means going to sea
beach- swimming exercises
- Other seasons means going to
hospital in Rovinj and exercises
in the pool with hot sea water.
- Increasing muculature tone;
- Improving motion
coordination;
- Increasing immunity sistem;
- Socialization, integration.
*Recreational and sports activities
Children with Down syndrome,
when they are 12 years old , will be
tested if they would be athlets or
amateurs
- Obesity prevention;
- Hart and blood vessels
disease prevention;
- Socialization and
integration.
* Self – care and enviroment tasks
-To be independent;
- To be polite;
- To develop practical skills ;
- To participate in community
life.
* Exchange of family experiences
Relax and exchange experiences;
- Take time for yourself;
- Make friendships;
- Speak without parents.
* Creative workshops
-Fantasising as any
other child;
-Create, socialise and
have fun;
-Create their fanatasies
-Relentless in work;
-Developing their skills;
-Enjoyment in performed
* Speech and communication
- Early logopedic support;
- Logotherapy, counseling
parents;
- If there is no word, there
is sign;
- It’s important to
communicate.
* Programmes of acquiring
working skills
* Integrated approach;
*PAPO programme(6 moduls),
implemented in parternship
with Secondary vocational
school “Eugen Kumičić”Rovinj;
* Goal is to prepare children
for work in supported
employment in local
community.
* Center’s partners:
- European Down Syndrome Association;
- Ministry of Health and Social Welfare of Republic of Croatia;
- City of Zagreb;
- City of Pula and County of Istria;
-City of Umag;
- School of Medicine, University of Rijeka (Croatia);
- Children’s hospital Kantrida, Rijeka;
- School of Medicine, University of Rijeka, Department of Biology and
Medical Genetics;
- Teacher college in Pula;
- Secondary vocational school “Eugen Kumičić”- Rovinj;
- Hospital for orthopedy and rehabilitation “Prim. Dr. M. Horvat” –
Rovinj;
- Albanian Society for County of Istria;
- Down Syndrome Kosova;
- Slovak Down Syndrome Society;
- UMRO Rijeka – club “Srce”
and
Many returning families...
And because of that
• Cause of our work is:
- Improve quality of life of persons with Down
syndrome and their families.
If You want You can join in our programmes and
conntact us at:
Tel/fax: +385 52/222-204
www.downcentar.hr
e-mail: [email protected]