PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN WITH A PHYSICAL HANDICAP



Beneficiaries

  • 48 children and young people including 36 between the ages of 8 and 19 and who have mild or moderate cerebral palsy (CP)
  • 12 polyhandicapped children between the ages of 6 and 13


General objectives

Mild and moderate CP

  • Help the children develop their autonomy and their cognitive, language and motor skills.
  • Discover what their interests and functional capacities are in order to orient them towards a professional learning
  • Favor their integration in society
  • Help them lead a happy life despite the difficulties that come from being disabled
  • Involve parents in the learning process of their disabled child


Polyhandicap

  • Help the disabled child learn more about oneself and the social and material environment through the Basal Stimulation approach
  • Meet the child’s fundamental needs
  • Provide the child with a better quality of life
  • Avoid an over disability

Specific course of action

Mild and moderate CP

  • Didactic work (French, Arabic, Math, Science, Civic education, Geography and Culture)
  • Interdisciplinary activities (Integrated Education)
  • Personal enhancement activities (Theater, Horticulture, Pottery, Music, group games, culinary activities, artistic activities, human and spiritual animation, existential education and Choir)
  • Professional activities (Culinary workshop, Warehouse, Chocolate workshop, Laundry, Computer workshop, Administrative Assistance and Threading beads)


Polyhandicap

  • Stimulation activities (Workshops: mobility, esthetics, music, arts, visual, story telling and cognitive awareness )
  • Interdisciplinary activities (Sensory-motor awareness, Culinary workshop)
  • Personal enhancement activities (Human and spiritual activities – group games and animation)


Collective course of action

Mild and moderate CP and Polyhandicap

  • Educational and recreational field trips
  • Birthday celebration for each child and young person
  • Internal holiday celebration (Independence Day, Halloween, Christmas, Easter)
  • Collective celebrations (Back to school celebration, Christmas mass, Holy Thursday mass, First Communion and End-of-School celebration)