DOM ZA DJECU OMETENU U TJELESNOM ILI PSIHICKOM RAZVOJU “MARIJA NAЉA NADA? ЉIROKI BRIJEG REHABILITATION CENTER FOR THE DISABLED CHILDREN ?MARY OUR HOPE? ЉIROKI BRIJEG

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DOM ZA DJECU OMETENU U TJELESNOM ILI PSIHICKOM
RAZVOJU MARIJA NAŠA NADA? ŠIROKI
BRIJEGREHABILITATION CENTER FOR THE DISABLED
CHILDREN?MARY OUR HOPE? ŠIROKI BRIJEG 
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About us

• Rehabilitation Center for the Disabled Children
  Mary Our Hope is an institution for
  rehabilitation of special needs children.
• It was established, and started its work on
  September 5th, 2004 as a fruit of collaboration
  of the following
• 'Pace e Bene' Association from Italy
• 'Medjunarodno Kumstvo Djetetu Herceg Bosne'
  Association from Siroki Brijeg
• Parents with Special Needs Children Association
  'Nada' from Siroki Brijeg
• Siroki Brijeg District

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About us

• The Foundation Don Carlo Gnocchi
• Support in construction and equipping of our
  rehabilitation centre
• Participation in running and rehabilitation
  activities
• Educating the staff
• Promoting, monitoring and coordinate projects

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Users of treatments

• Children with physical and/or psychological
  problems are given therapy using specific methods
  and types of treatment, and are included in three
  different groups
• group of children with impairment of cognitive
  and adaptive functioning at the level of moderate
  mental retardation
• group of children with impairment of cognitive
  and adaptive functioning at the level of severe
  mental retardation
• group of children with combined impairment of
  cognitive and adaptive functioning who are given
  ambulatory treatment

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Users of treatments

• 65 children in 3 larger groups
• Individual therapies treatment 30 children
• Daily basis treatment 35 children
• A group of children that have medium handicaps
  23 children
• 4 groups of 4 6 children
• A group of children that have severe handicaps
  12 children
• 4 groups of 3 4 children

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Age range

• Age range is 0 to 24 years
• Individual therapies treatment 0 to 14 years of
  age
• Daily basis treatment 4 to 24 years of age

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Disabilities/disorders

• Cerebral palsy
• M R
• Sy West
• Sy Down
• Epilepsy
• Sy Rubinstein
• Sy Ring
• Sy Williams Beuren

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The medical team

• Our staff
• 8 educators
• 2 occupational therapists
• 1 physical therapists
• Social worker
• Associates
• Psychologist
• Dr physiatrist
• Speech therapist
• Special education teacher
• Music therapist

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Team meetings

• The disabilities of a child are being determined
• Therapeutic goals are being set
• Plan and program of work with a child is being
  decided on
• The discussion of difficulties and/or progression
  in therapy is being held
• During the last Friday in a month
• An overall meeting of the entire staff
• Educations

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Individual therapies

• Occupational therapy
• Physical therapy
• Speech therapy
• Special education therapy
• Psychological therapy

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Group therapies

• Occupational/arts therapy
• Motor movement therapy
• Music therapy
• Play therapy

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Structure of a day in Center

• Children arrive either by our bus or their
  parents drop them off
• Morning hygiene / changing diapers
• Snack
• Individual therapies
• Lunch
• Break
• Group or individual therapies
• Relaxing activities, walks, playing in the park,
  etc
• Children leave either by our bus or their parents
  pick them up

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Future goals

• Forming a new occupational therapy department for
  clients who are above 18 years of age
• Forming a new department for clients who suffer
  from pervasive disorders
• Integration and inclusion

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