More than 80 children and families attended the third annual World Down Syndrome Day event held recently at Rumailah Hospital’s (RH) Child Development Center (CDC). World Down Syndrome Day seeks to raise awareness of Down Syndrome with the CDC event promoting interaction between children, families and healthcare providers in an informal setting through the combined efforts of the Occupational Therapy Department, Early Intervention Section, Special Education Section, Patient & Visitor Service Center and the Dental Department at RH. Children Rehabilitation and Development Section Head Dr Haitham El Bashir said: “Like most of our programs, this event was built around the idea of family-centered care, which not only includes offering medical services, but also incorporates the social and recreational aspect. “We held the event in our premises because we wanted the parents to see that this place is not just a building where their children come to seek rehabilitation, but to understand that we look at the child as a whole and that we are vested in strengthening the talents and abilities of their child,” Dr El Bashir added. With the motto: ‘The Child with Special Talents’, the event saw a variety of enjoyable activities designed to attract different age groups with different abilities at a number of stations, including ‘Hands in Action’, where children utilized fine motor skills such as playing with play dough, making shapes and coloring; ‘Food as Fun’, where children prepared their snacks themselves; ‘Sensory Corner’, offering visual and auditory stimulation to children in the form of music and dance; ‘Assistive Technology’, showed parents the latest devices that can help enhance their child’s learning; and ‘Home-made Toys’, where parents learned new ideas on how to produce toys with the aid of raw materials easily found at home.
Posted on: Sun, 06 Apr 2014 03:27:46 +0000
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