REHABILITATION - THERAPIES

Physical rehabilitation

Functional rehabilitation of motor disorders through neuromotor facilitation and KAFOs

Goal: recovery of motor functions; prevention of secondary deformities; assistance for the acquisition of psychomotor development milestones

Psychomotor rehabilitation

Focus on the mind-body relationship for a balanced development of the person as a whole

Goal: stimulate the balanced development of the child's potentials; improve relational skills and social adjustment
NOTE: psychomotor rehabilitation precedes more specific interventions such as speech therapy, occupational therapy, neuropsychology, psychotherapy

Speech therapy

Remediation of verbal expression disorders, comprehension disorders, learning disabilities, hypoacusia mainly due to CNS lesions

Goal: improve communication and the symbolic expression skills, favor a balanced development of metalinguistic skills, facilitate reading and spelling, introduce patients to augmentative communication (including also computerized devices)

Occupational Therapy

Treatment of motor and practical difficulties reducing the development of autonomy, of skills and of social, working and school re-entry

Goal: improve practical, perceptive and graphomotor skills. Projects are personalized according to the patient's pathology, skills and aptitude

Neurovisual rehabilitation

Treatment of complex neurovisual problems

Goal: improvement of visual coordination and perception; improvement of visual function and ocular exploration, facilitation of learning

Neuropsychological rehabilitation

Remediation of disabilities affecting neurolinguistic competence and logico-mathematical knowledge

Goal: improvement of logico-perceptual skills, spatial orientation, application of memory and learning strategies
NOTE: assessments and rehabilitation are based on software and specific techniques stimulating attention, concentration, working memory, task analysis, data collection and planning

Psychotherapy

Psychotherapeutical guidance of relational disorders

Goal: give assistance for a greater adjustment of the minor child in the family and the community by enhancing their emotional and relational balance
NOTE: psychotherapeutical guidance also taps family dynamics affecting the child

Psycho-educational therapy

Specific therapy for children with pervasive developmental disorder

Goal: improvement of relatonship, communication and cognitive skills, facilitate collaboration between trainers and teachers in order to improve child integration in society and school