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Disabled Village ChildrenA guide for community health workers, rehabilitation workers, and families
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Contents
- 1 Table of Contents
- 1.1 PART 1: WORKING WITH THE CHILD AND FAMILY: Information on Different Disabilities
- 1.2 A. Where Do We Start
- 1.3 B. Recognizing, Helping with, and Preventing Common Disabilities
- 1.4 C. Helping the Child Whose Mind and/or Body are Slow to Develop
- 1.5 D. Helping Children Develop and Become More Self-reliant
- 1.6 E. Exercises and Techniques
- 1.7 PART 2: WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY: Village Involvement in the Rehabilitation, Social Integration, and Rights of Disabled Children
- 1.8 PART 3: WORKING IN THE SHOP: Rehabilitation Aids and Procedures
Table of Contents
- Introductory Material
- Copyright Information
- Thanks
- Thanks - Digital Edition
- About This Book
- How to Use This Book
- How to Use the Healthwiki
PART 1: WORKING WITH THE CHILD AND FAMILY: Information on Different Disabilities
A. Where Do We Start
- Chapter 1: Making Therapy Functional and Fun
- Chapter 2: Ideas for Sharing Information From This Book
- Chapter 3: Prevention of Disabilities
- Chapter 4: Examining and Evaluating the Disabled Child
- Chapter 5: Simple Ways to Measure and Record a Child’s Progress
- Chapter 6: Guide for Identifying Disabilities
- Chapter 7: Polio: Infantile Paralysis
- How to Recognize Paralysis Caused by Polio
- Basic Questions and Answers About Polio
- Secondary Problems to Look for with Polio
- What Other Disabilities Can Be Confused with Polio?
- What Can Be Done?
- Rehabilitation of the Child with Paralysis
- Evaluating a Child’s Needs for Aids and Procedures
- Prevention of Polio
- Prevention of Secondary Problems
- Chapter 8: Contractures: Limbs That No Longer Straighten
- Chapter 9: Cerebral Palsy
- Chapter 10: Muscular Dystrophy: Gradual, Progressive Muscle Loss
- Chapter 11: Club Feet, Flat Feet, Bow Legs,and Knock-Knees
- Chapter 12: Common Birth Defects
- Chapter 13: Children Who Stay Small or Have Weak Bones
- Chapter 14: Erb’s Palsy: Arm Paralysis From Birth Injury
- Chapter 15: Painful Joints
- Chapter 16: Juvenile Arthritis: Chronic Arthritis in Children
- How to Recognize It
- More Information About Juvenile Arthritis
- Managing Juvenile Arthritis
- Rest and Position
- Exercises and Movement
- Exercises Without Motion
- Progression of Exercises for the Child with an Arthritic Knee
- Exercising an Arthritic Knee Through Daily Activities
- Range-of-motion Exercises for Children with Arthritis
- 'Floating-in-air' Devices for Relaxing and Moving Painful Joints
- Correcting Contractures Caused by Arthritis
- Homemade Aids for Stretching Joints
- Correcting Contractures of Arthritic Hips
- Learning to Move and Smile, the Story of Teresa
- Chapter 17: Rheumatic Fever
- Chapter 18: Hip Problems
- Chapter 19: Bone Infections: Osteomyelitis
- Chapter 20: Spinal Curve and Other Back Deformities
- Chapter 21: Tuberculosis of the Backbone: Pott's Disease
- Chapter 22: Spina Bifida
- Chapter 23: Spinal Cord Injury
- Early Questions That a Spinal Cord Injured Child and Family May Ask
- Helping the Child and Family Adjust
- How to Prevent More Severe Spinal Cord Injury in Case of Accident
- Early Care for the Spinal Cord Injured Person
- Physical Therapy Following Spinal Cord Injury
- Maintaining Healthy Positions
- Early Physical Re-education
- Dysreflexia (Sudden High Blood Pressure with Pounding Headaches)
- Self Care
- Keeping Active
- Other Parts of This Book with Information Useful For Spinal Cord Injury
- The Story of Jésica
- Chapter 24: Pressure Sores
- Chapter 25: Urine and Bowel Management
- Chapter 26: Leprosy: Hansen’s Disease
- Chapter 27: Amputations
- Chapter 28: Burns and Burn Deformities
- Chapter 29: Seizures: Epilepsy
- Chapter 30: Blindness and Difficulty Seeing
- Signs That Could Mean a Child has a Seeing Problem
- Blindness with Other Disabilities
- Causes of Blindness
- What Is the Future for a Blind Child?
- Early Stimulation
- Helping the Blind Child Learn to Move About
- Helping the Blind Child Find Her Way Without Holding On
- Learning to Use a Stick
- Helping the Blind Child to Use His Hands and to Learn Skills
- Work
- Social Life
- Prevention of Blindness
- Chapter 31: Deafness and Communication
- Chapter 32: Mental Slowness
- Chapter 33: The Child with Several Severe Disabilities
- Chapter 34: Child Development and Developmental Delay
- Chapter 35: Early Stimulation and Development Activities
- Activities to Help the Child Lift and Control Her Head (and Use Her Eyes and Ears)
- Activities to Encourage Rolling and Twisting
- Activities to Help Develop Gripping, Reaching, and Hand‑Eye Coordination
- Activities for Body Control, Balance, and Sitting
- Activities for Creeping and Crawling
- Activities for Standing, Walking, and Balance
- Activities for Communication and Speech
- Early Play Activities and Toys
- Chapter 36: Feeding
- Chapter 37: Dressing
- Chapter 38: Toilet Training
- Chapter 39: Bathing
- Chapter 40: Ways to Improve Learning and Behavior
- Chapter 41: ‘Learning Disabilities’ in Children with Normal Intelligence
- Chapter 42: Range-of-Motion and Other Exercises
- Different Exercises for Different Needs
- Range-of-Motion (Rom) Exercises
- Guidelines for Doing Stretching and Range-of-Motion Exercises
- There Are 3 Main Ways of Doing Range-of-Motion Exercises
- Common Sense Precautions When Doing Exercises
- Ideas for Making Exercises Fun
- Complete Range-of-Motion Exercises—Upper Limbs
- Range-of-Motion Exercises —Lower Limbs
- Range-of-Motion Exercises—Neck and Trunk
- Exercise Instruction Sheets—for Giving to Parents
- Stretching Exercise to Help Your Child Put Her Foot Down Flat
- Stretching Exercise to Straighten a Stiff Knee
- Stretching Exercises for a Bent-Hip Contracture
- Exercises and Positions to Help Avoid Pressure Sores and Contractures
- Exercise for a Straighter Back
- Strengthening Exercises to Get Arms Ready to Walk with Crutches
- Strengthening Exercises to Help Your Child Have Stronger Thighs
- Strengthening Exercise for the Muscles on the Side of the Hip
- Range-of-Motion and Strengthening Exercises for the Hand and Wrist
- Chapter 43: Crutch Use, Cane Use, and Wheelchair Transfers
- Chapter 44: Disabled Children in the Community
- Chapter 45: Starting Village-Based Rehabilitation Activities
- Top-Down or Bottom-Up?
- Starting in a Village—Where to Begin?
- Who Gets Things Started?
- Disabled Persons As Leaders and Workers in Rehabilitation Activities
- Kinds and Levels of Village-Based Activities
- The Role of a Villager-Run Rehabilitation Center
- The Importance of Community-Run Rehabilitation Centers
- How Small, Local Programs Spread to New Villages and Areas
- Chapter 46: Playgrounds for All Children
- Chapter 47: Helping Teachers and Children
- Chapter 48: Popular Theater
- Chapter 49: A Children’s Workshop for Making Toys
- Chapter 50: Organization, Management, and Financing of a Village Rehabilitation Program
- Chapter 51: Adapting the Home and Community
- Chapter 52: Love, Sex, and Social Adjustment
- Chapter 53: Education: At Home, at School, at Work
- Chapter 54: Work: Possibilities and Training
- Chapter 55: Examples of Community-Directed Programs
- Chapter 56: Making Sure Aids and Procedures Do More Good Than Harm
- Chapter 57: A ‘Shop for Making Aids’ Run by Disabled Villagers
- Chapter 58: Braces (Calipers)
- Chapter 59: Correcting Joint Contractures
- Chapter 60: Correcting Club Feet
- Chapter 61: Homemade Casting Materials
- Chapter 62: Developmental Aids
- Chapter 63: Walking Aids
- Chapter 64: Decisions About Special Seats and Wheelchairs
- Meeting the Needs of the Individual Child, Family, and Community
- Healthy, Comfortable, and Functional Positions
- Keeping Cost Down and Quality Up
- Design Choices for Wheelchairs
- Fitting the Chair to the Child: Measurements
- Wheelchair Production as a Small 'Village Industry'
- How-to-Do-It Reference Materials for Wheelchairs, Wheelboards, and Other Seating
- Chapter 65: Adaptations for Wheelchairs and Other Sitting Aids
- Chapter 66: Designs for 6 Basic Wheelchairs
- Chapter 67: Artificial Legs
- Reference (Where To Get More Information)
- List of Special or Difficult Words Used In This Book
B. Recognizing, Helping with, and Preventing Common Disabilities
C. Helping the Child Whose Mind and/or Body are Slow to Develop
D. Helping Children Develop and Become More Self-reliant
E. Exercises and Techniques
PART 2: WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY: Village Involvement in the Rehabilitation, Social Integration, and Rights of Disabled Children
PART 3: WORKING IN THE SHOP: Rehabilitation Aids and Procedures
This page was updated:15 Feb 2018