Helping Colombian children with disabilities

Thomas is 9 years old and has cerebral palsy.

During this semester, Thomas has received Integral Rehabilitation in the areas of pedagogical workshop and hydrotherapy.

In a pedagogical workshop, intellectual, conceptual, social, practical and occupational skills and / or competences were worked during the first semester of 2017.

As for intellectual abilities, Thomas manages to focus his attention for short periods, he is facilitated to follow simple instructions from daily situations with verbal reinforcement and initiates actions independently.

At the conceptual level he manages to recognize the vowels and consonants of his name.

At the level of logical-mathematical thinking, Thomas order numerical sequences upwards and recognizes basic geometric figures.

At the social level, Thomas has difficulty recognizing the rules; for this, was recommended to him to reinforce the resolution of simple problems of daily life and to request help when it is required.

At the practical level, he has achieved cylindrical grip with support technology, performs free trimming and colored inside a wide space with the help of support technology.

At the occupational level, it is necessary to reinforce and encourage actions that promote the initiation, stay and conclusion of activities and to value positively the orientations of adults in the execution of a task and / or activity.

On the other hand, in hydrotherapy, efforts have been focused on improving Thomas' posture and achieving the straightening and balance reactions in standing position seeking greater independence, also performing joint mobility activity to improve movements in the lower limbs .

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Juanita is 9 years old and is diagnosed with down syndrome.

In the cognitive area, was emphatized the self-recognition, the following up of self-care routines, and routines within the terapies; on the other hand, she continued with the description of images and the strengthening of fine motor skills through manual work with different textures.

In mathematics, numerical identification, spatial notions and basic geometric figures were worked during the sessions.

From the area of physiotherapy and hydrotherapy the sessions were intented to improve gross motor skills taking into account her psychomotor development, sensory, perceptual failures, coordination and gait; all this, by means of activities that involve strengthening and adaptation of posture. 

From the area of phonoaudiology, she was encouraged to read two or more images, to relate the parts of the sentence referring to the use of personal pronouns. For the accomplishment of these purposes, ludic activities were developed with graphic material.

In the music education component, she tried to sing and follow her own rhythm. Moreover, she produced sounds and effects with the mouth, hands and body and imitated and sang heard sounds.

The family commitment was good, the mother keeps pending of the process and is attentive to the recommendations.

In general, there are significant advances in each of the aspects worked, bringing her closer to new learning and increasing the integral, intellectual and motor development.

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