Disabled Village Children: A Guide for Health Workers, Rehabilitation Workers, and Families

Disabled Village Children: A Guide for Health Workers, Rehabilitation Workers, and Families
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Product Description

by David Werner

Updated 2009

Disabled Village Children contains a wealth of clear and detailed information, as well as easy-to-implement strategies for all who are concerned about the well being of children with disabilities. This manual, written especially for those who live in communities with limited resources, explains how to create small community rehabilitation centers and workshops run by either disabled people or the families of children with disabilities. More than 4000 drawings and 200 photos make Disabled Village Children understandable to all.

Topics in this new 2009 reprint include:

identifying primary and secondary disabilities skills for daily living behavior problems and improvement polio, cerebral palsy, juvenile arthritis, muscular dystrophy, and others how to build 6 different wheelchairs, using local resources fun and useful therapy techniques, such as making fun and educational toys playgrounds accessible to all children low-cost rehabilitation aids adaptations for home and community

Paperback: 672 pages