TRAINING FOR THE SPECIALIST
Bhakti Luhur CBR Development and
Training Centre also provide trainings for the specialists. The reason of
establishing the specialist trainings is, because, working with the CBR Program means that we
have to work at the remote areas, and we have to reach the un-reached
areas. Based on experiences, it is difficult to find
occupational, physical and speech therapists. The same cases, it is difficult to meet
ophthalmologists, and psychologists in the rural areas and in the far remote islands where we
work. For the effective rehabilitation we absolutely need persons
(employees) with such special skills as mentioned on above.
Although we already had a number of
CBR field employees, we still need specialists who are able to
assess and arrange rehabilitation program in their exact manner. And the most important
thing of the rehabilitation program for the disabled is how to maintain and
to make sure
that the program is relevant with the child in needs. It is a good coordination while specialists and field
employees can work together in order to encourage the disabled
children, the families and the local community to endeavor rehabilitation.
At present we have finished four
specialist trainings of
two years. From mid 1998 until mid 2002, we have finished specialist
trainings in Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy. In the year 2000, we
started two more specialist trainings. One is in speech and vision therapy and
the other one is in ortho therapy. In our terminology, ortho means handling and
overcoming children with difficulties learning and more in the field of
mentally retardation. Both consisted
of six "two months periods" for theory and six "two months periods"
for guidance in field practice. We have chosen these fourth specialist courses
because they are the most urgently skills needed by the rehabilitation
employees.
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