Volunteer teacher trainers from Great Britain at the Maria Beatrice Center, for the Specialization of staff in Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy and Speech Therapy, with practice and emphasis on the case studies of the Center’s beneficiary children.
40 therapists of the Center participated in a total of 320 hours of theoretical and practical training, in a Project carried out over a period of 3 years, 2016 – 2018.
TOPICS of General and Team Management:
- The unitary approach of Occupational Therapy in relation to Physiotherapy
- Continuous Therapeutic Evaluation, Initial and Throughout Therapy, as a fundamental factor for a correct therapeutic approach
- The correct and honest professional approach of the therapist in the relationship with the family of the beneficiary child
Result: Implementation of the Conduct and Good Practices Guide for a fair and honest professional relationship between the therapist and the beneficiary child’s family.
Specialty TOPICS:
- Analysis and evaluation – establishing the therapy program
- Dyspraxia – Disorder in the development of coordination
- Visual motor integration
- Visual-motor integration tests
- Practical movement assessment
- Feeding, fluid intake and communication
- Thermo-shaping of orthoses and splints
- Analysis of posture devices
- Personnel related skills
Volunteer TRAINER teachers from Great Britain:
- Liana Carmen Nagy – PhD., Dr. Carmen Liana Nagy (PhD.) Senior Lecturer, Occupational Therapy, MSc Subject Coordinator, Oxford Brookes University, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
- Jennifer Pemberton – Speech and Language Therapist – Clinical Lead Hollybank Trust
- Heather Angilley – MCSP, SRP Post Graduate Diploma, Physionet Trustee and Trainer, Leeds, UK
- Dawson Lesley – FCSP, Universtiy Lecturer, Physiotherapist, Brighton, UK
- Jessica Harrison, Leeds, UK Specialist Children’s Occupational Therapist HPC Registered
- Debbie Paul, Specialist Paediatric Speech and Language Therapist, registered with the RCSLT (Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists), Leeds, UK
- Victoria Curenton-Favager, Specialist Children’s Occupational Therapist, Leeds, UK
Courses are customized according to the case study of the Center’s beneficiary children Maria Beatrice and I refer to the administration of the medical act, the analysis and evaluation of the child’s capabilities in order to maximize the benefits of the therapies, the correct positioning of the child in special devices (chairs and uprighting frames), during and outside the therapy, locomotor skills, hygiene and care of the child with needs specials, feeding and posturing.
Thank you PhD., Dr. Carmen Liana Nagy, for all the support and all the staff of the Center for all the openness and involvement!
We thank all the parents of the children who participated in the practical seminars throughout the 3 years of the Project’s implementation!
