Therapy
for Dejana
My view on Rett
To adapt the therapies that Dejana underwent and to get better
results when using them, I decided to become
involved in the program as much as possible. This is
what I did :
•I followed
some courses for therapy programs like Son-rise,
Growing minds, Brain-train and last but not least
HoriSon with Anneke Groot.
•I watched
plenty of video materials about typical child
development and about kids with all kind of diagnosis
and the ways of treating them. Very helpful for me were
DVD's from the 'Clinicians view' series that can be
ordered on line.
•But I also
spend hours and hours watching little children
playing at a neighbouring "kinder garten" and made useful
contact with the staff who were playing
with them.
•Then I read
articles and books about development and about
the latest brain research. When ever possible I
watched the behaviour of girls with Rett syndrome in
life situations or on video tapes.
And of course, the most important of all: I worked thousand of
hours with Dejana analyzing all her movements
and reactionsm.
On the basis of all this information I came, step by step, to
some conclusions that I want to present in this
section ….
Rett profile
Stereotype & Dystonia
Cranial nerves