The main function of the Peadiatric Unit is to run a two-week residential programme designed to integrate children with cerebral palsy and other diseases into family and community life. To achieve this, children participate in physical and psychological therapy and carers/mothers are educated how to care for the child and made aware of disability issues and rights. Children are referred to CRP for an initial assessment by a multidisciplinary team (which includes physiotherapist, occupational therapist, speech and language therapist & pediatrician) either through other institutions or CRP's Community Based Rehabilitation programme. Depending on a child's condition, an appointment is then made at outpatient services for an individual treatment session or to join the two-week residential programme. After admission, the children are assessed in order to an individual treatment plan with individual short-term and long-term goals. According to the plan, the mothers/carers are taught physical movement and child management skills. Every morning there is a group therapy, a hand function session and an individual session with a physiotherapist and an occupational therapist. Other components of the programme are: balance and coordination class, health education, feeding dressing and toileting class, hydrotherapy, back care class, a disability awareness programme and a group visit to the nearby National Martyrs Monument. After completion of the treatment period, a written home plan is devised and handed over to the families and a follow up appointment is made. A recent and popular addition to resources available is the playground which includes typical playground equipment such as standing frames, slippery slide, hammock and a sandpit. The Paediatric Unit is treating any kind of paediatric condition like: cerebral palsy, down’s syndrome, Erb's palsy, club feet, flat feet, congenital deformity, autism, learning disability, behavioral problem, muscular dystrophy, spina bifida, myopathy, intellectual impairment, peripheral neuropathy and others. Among of them all cerebral palsy is the most common condition leading to disabilities of children in our country.
