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Community-based rehabilitation

Filipe Meirelles @Family for Every Child • 18 May 2021

Community-based Rehabilitation Guidelines: Livelihood Component

WHO, UNESCO, ILO & IDDC (2010)

The CBR guidelines livelihood component provides practical livelihood guidance for CBR programmes, including related to skills development, self-employment, wage employment, financial services and social protection.

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Community-based Rehabilitation Guidelines: Social Component

WHO, UNESCO, ILO & IDDC (2010)

The CBR guidelines social component provides practical social guidance for CBR programmes, including related to personal assistance, relationships, marriage and family, culture and arts, recreation, leisure and sports, and justice.

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Community-based Rehabilitation Guidelines: Social Component

WHO, UNESCO, ILO & IDDC (2010)

The CBR guidelines social component provides practical empowerment guidance for CBR programmes, including related to advocacy and communication, community mobilization, political participation, self-help groups, and support organisations.

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Training Handout: Introduction to Community-based Rehabilitation Approach

Semya (n/d)

This training handout introduces Semya’s community-based rehabilitation approach and its objectives. The handout is part of an introduction to disability and community-based rehabilitation training package which is used with Semya staff and partners.

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Training Handout: Introduction to Ergotherapy

Semya (n/d)

This training handout introduces and describes occupational therapy, and its history (globally). The handout is part of an introduction to disability and community-based rehabilitation training package which is used with Semya staff and partners.

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Training PPT: Community-based Rehabilitation History and Relevance

Semya (n/d)

This set of PowerPoint slides introduces and describes community-based rehabilitation for people with disabilities, and its history (globally). The PowerPoint slides are part of an introduction to disability and community-based rehabilitation training package which is used with Semya staff and partners.

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Training PPT: Evolution of Ideas about Disability and Rehabilitation: Understanding Normalization of Life

Semya (n/d)

This set of PowerPoint slides introduces and describes how understandings of disability and rehabilitation for people with disabilities have evolved over time, from traditional understandings of disability, toward the biological model of disability and the social model of disability. The slides further explore the concept of ‘normalization’. The PowerPoint slides are part of an introduction to disability and community-based rehabilitation training package which is used with Semya staff and partners.

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Training PPT: Introduction to Community-based Rehabilitation Program Aims, Principles, Organisational Structure and Personnel

Semya (n/d)

This set of PowerPoint slides introduces and describes community-based rehabilitation for people with disabilities, and the organisational considerations for implementing community-based rehabilitation programs. The PowerPoint slides also explore the roles and functions of community-based rehabilitation coordination committees. The PowerPoint slides are part of an introduction to disability and community-based rehabilitation training package which is used with Semya staff and partners.

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Training PPT: Ergotherapy Theoretical Basis and Concepts

Semya (n/d)

This set of PowerPoint slides describes and explores cultural, social, physical and institutional components of occupational therapy and its objectives of enhancing patients' ability to live a decent life to their highest possible level of functionality. The PowerPoint slides are part of an introduction to disability and community-based rehabilitation training package which is used with Semya staff and partners.

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Training PPT: Ergotherapy in Early Intervention Programs

Semya (n/d)

This set of PowerPoint slides describes and explores the strategies occupational therapists use in early intervention programming, including sensory integration, basal stimulation, basic eating training, toilet training, independence training, taping limbs, prosthetic limbs, item adaptations and positioning. The PowerPoint slides are part of an introduction to disability and community-based rehabilitation training package which is used with Semya staff and partners.

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Training PPT: Ergotherapy in Rehabilitation of Children with Cerebral Palsy

Semya (n/d)

This set of PowerPoint slides describes and explores the strategies occupational therapists use specifically for children with cerebral palsy and their families, including; displacement and posture support, room/space and furniture adaptations, therapeutic activities, support methods and empowering family members to conduct (and monitor and evaluate the quality of) therapeutic and movement activities. The PowerPoint slides are part of an introduction to disability and community-based rehabilitation training package which is used with Semya staff and partners.

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Outreach Service User Review

Together Trust (n/d)

This document is a feedback form for clients and their families to provide feedback to the service provider, helping the provider to monitor changes and progress.

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Outreach Session Write Up

Together Trust (n/d)

This document is a tool to record an outreach session, including what was tried, successes, concerns, what was learned, and next steps.

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Outreach Support Need Q&A

Together Trust (n/d)

This document is a tool to track and monitor outreach support provided to a client and its associated documentation; the tool functions as a quality control measure for use by frontline workers and supervisors.

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