Υπηρεσίες – Praxis | Θεραπευτική μονάδα, Καβάλα

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praxadmin — Fri, 11 Mar 2022 13:34:57 +0000

Psychology - Child Psychology Department

“PRAXIS” Novel Therapeutic and Counseling Unit provide mental health services to children and adolescents. Specifically, psychological diagnosis and evaluation sessions as well as individual and group support sessions and parent counseling is conducted.

Αντιμετωπίζονται:

συναισθηματικές διαταραχές,
προβλήματα συμπεριφοράς,
ψυχικά σωματικά συμπτώματα,
διαταραχές διατροφής, ομιλίας και λόγου,
μαθησιακές δυσκολίες,
δυσλεξία,
αναπτυξιακές διαταραχές,
σωματικές αναπηρίες και
χρόνιες παθήσεις.

Για παιδιά:

Η παιδοψυχολόγος της μονάδας παρέχει διάγνωση μέσω έγκυρων ψυχομετρικών εργαλείων ανά περίπτωση και μέσω της κλινικής συνέντευξης. Έπειτα καταγράφονται οι θεραπευτικοί στόχοι και δημιουργείται το θεραπευτικό πλάνο το οποίο είναι ατομικό για κάθε περίπτωση.

Μερικά από τα πιο συνηθισμένα τεστ που χρησιμοποιούνται είναι το

WISC-III
Αθηνά
ΤORP
Raven
Masc
Harter
CBCL
TAT
CAT

Η θεραπεία των παιδιών πραγματοποιείται ανά περίπτωση. Χρησιμοποιείται η γνωστική-συμπεριφορική θεραπεία παιδιών και εφήβων. Επίσης, η παιγνιοθεραπεία κρίνεται απαραίτητη στις μικρότερες ηλικίες.

Για τα μαθησιακά προβλήματα, την δυσλεξία, την σχολική επίδοση και τη συμπεριφορά στο σχολείο στόχοι είναι η καλλιέργεια και βελτίωση των γνωστικών και αναπτυξιακών λειτουργιών και η εκμάθηση και βελτίωση της γραφής και της ανάγνωσης μέσω της πολυαισθητηριακής θεραπείας.

Για οικογένεια

Εφαρμόζεται η συμβουλευτική και η ψυχολογική θεραπεία όπου εμπλέκονται όλα τα μέλη της οικογένειας. Πραγματοποιούνται πρακτικά και άμεσα εφαρμόσιμα ψυχοεκπαιδευτικά προγράμματα διαχείρισης ψυχοφθόρων καταστάσεων που απευθύνονται σε παιδιά, εφήβους και σε ενήλικες.

Περαιτέρω, πραγματοποιούνται πρακτικά και άμεσα εφαρμόσιμα προγράμματα σε γονείς με θέματα διαπαιδαγώγησης, αγωγής παιδιών και επικοινωνίας.

Μέθοδος TEACCH «Θεραπεία και Εκπαίδευση Παιδιών με Αυτισμό και Διαταραχές Επικοινωνίας»: Πρόκειται για ένα «ξεκάθαρα» δομημένο πρόγραμμα εκπαίδευσης με την χρήση οπτικοποιημένου προγράμματος, οπτικής κωδικοποίησης (χρώματα, ετικέτες) και οργάνωσης του χώρου (χώρος παιχνιδιού, χώρος ξεκούρασης κ.α.), των αντικειμένων. Βοηθά το παιδί να μάθει, να λειτουργήσει σωστά και να επικεντρωθεί στις σημαντικές πληροφορίες.

Για ενήλικες

Οι υπηρεσίες μας αφορούν συναισθηματικά και ψυχολογικά προβλήματα, προβλήματα προσωπικότητας, σεξουαλικότητας, διαταραχές διάθεσης και διαταραχές στην πρόσληψη τροφής καθώς και χρόνιες παθήσεις. Οι θεραπευτικές μεθόδους σχεδιάζονται ανά περίπτωση και παρέχεται η γνωστική και συμπεριφορική θεραπεία σε ενήλικες και η συμβουλευτική. Επίσης το τμήμα αυτό σχεδιάζει ομάδες αυτοβοήθειας. Βασίζεται στο μοίρασμα και στην ανταλλαγή προσωπικών εμπειριών.

Κοινωνική υπηρεσία

praxadmin — Fri, 11 Mar 2022 13:27:54 +0000

Social Service

Social Service in “Praxis” is responsible for:

The communication and cooperation with:
- Institutions (organizations and clubs) φορείς ( συλλόγους, οργανώσεις )
- Services (schools, Center for Differential Diagnosis, Diagnosis and Support KE.D.D.Y, administration of Social Solidarity)
- Relevant professionals (doctors, therapists, special educators that work in the fields of mental health and education, aiming to support the integration of the people receiving help in our Unit, in the fields of professional and social life)
Direct and regular co-operation with the parents of the children attended by the Unit with the aim of empowering, relieving, and guiding and supporting all stages of child development through counseling.
Establishing groups of children in collaboration with their therapists, with a view to their social inclusion.
Creating parents' groups in collaboration with therapists to understand their children's difficulties and exchange experiences and views.
Creation of community awareness programs (on issues related to people with disabilities and special skills).
Counseling intervention for individuals and families facing social, emotional or interpersonal problems

Μουσικοθεραπεία

praxadmin — Fri, 11 Mar 2022 13:13:26 +0000

Music Therapy

WHAT IS MUSIC THERAPY?

Music therapy is a form of therapy that has been practiced since the 1940s and aims to increase the patient's ability to participate more actively and creatively in his life, making use of his or her potential and highlighting his personality.

It is based on the idea that the response to music is an innate human quality that is not harmed by injury, disability or mental trauma. Music can be a therapeutic tool and some reasons are the following:

Γίνεται κατανοητή χωρίς να είναι απαραίτητη η ομιλία ή η εικονογράφηση
Προκαλεί αντίδραση και επικοινωνία
Προσφέρει και προκαλεί συναισθήματα
Προσφέρει συναισθηματική ασφάλεια και σιγουριά εξαιτίας των κανόνων που τη διέπουν ( αρχή, τέλος, επανάληψη στο ρυθμό και στη μελωδία).

Music is used as a means of finding a way of communication between a therapist and a therapist, in order to develop the healing of his communication mechanisms, to become acquainted with himself and his abilities in order to better adapt to his immediate and indirect social environment.

The therapist does not teach music, nor does he encourage the patient to play in a specific way. It tries to accompany, support and broaden the musical or other stimuli the therapist gives, encouraging him to create his own language of communication.

Music therapy is aimed at children and adults who face:

Motor or mental disabilities
Psychological or emotional problems
Behavioral or communication problems
Learning difficultiesLearning difficulties

Music therapy can be applied with individual or group sessions. The group participants also learn to team up, share, imitate, listen to each other and interact.

These elements are particularly useful and beneficial especially for children. Also, children are ideal music therapy recipients, because beyond the spontaneity and musicality that they have by their very nature, they develop more easily other ways of communicating than speech, which is the typical way of our culture.

Με μέσο τη μουσική ένα παιδί μπορεί να εκφραστεί και να επικοινωνήσει αυτοσχεδιάζοντας με μελωδία, ρυθμό, ή κίνηση.

Καταφέρνει έτσι:

Να ενισχύσει την αυτοπεποίθηση και τον αυτοέλεγχο του
Να μειώσει το φόβο, την αγωνία και το άγχος του.

Στις συνεδρίες τα παιδιά ακούγοντας διάφορα είδη μουσικής ή εφαρμόζοντας απλά μουσικοκινητικά παιχνίδια ή χρησιμοποιώντας απλά μουσικά όργανα, μπορούν να αυτοσχεδιάζουν, να παίζουν δημιουργικά και αυθόρμητα, να αξιοποιούν τη φαντασία τους και να επικεντρώνουν την προσοχή τους σε συγκεκριμένες δραστηριότητες.

Στον κόσμο ενός παιδιού με αναπηρία ή αυτισμό, γεμάτο από περιορισμούς και απομόνωση, η μουσική το βοηθά να επικεντρωθεί στα πράγματα τα οποία το άτομο μπορεί να κάνει, αναπτερώνοντας την αυτοεκτίμηση και τον ψυχισμό του, προσφέροντας αποδοχή, επιλογές και εναλλακτικούς τρόπους επικοινωνίας.

Θετικά αποτελέσματα από μουσικοθεραπεία έχουν παρατηρηθεί σε θεραπευομένους στο επίπεδο του λόγου, της επικοινωνίας, της κίνησης, της δυνατότητας συγκέντρωσης και της κοινωνικότητας. Πολλές φορές τα αποτελέσματα αυτά είναι εντυπωσιακά ακόμη και σε περιπτώσεις που άλλα είδη θεραπειών δεν αποδίδουν στον επιθυμητό βαθμό.

Ειδική Διαπαιδαγώγηση

praxadmin — Fri, 11 Mar 2022 08:13:27 +0000

Special Education

What does the term “special education” mean?

Special Education as a science has only recently started to become a mainstay in the research fields. One of the main aims of modern special education is the integration of children with special needs in their family, in school and the society in which they live in.

Therefore the eradication of marginalization and isolation of children with different needs is the most important goal of special education

One of the most recent official terminology about special education is: “ Special education is the aggregate of educational services provided to students with disabilities and diagnosed special educational needs or students with diagnosed special educational needs”(Law 3699/2008)

Which children can attend special education sessions?

It is aimed at children and adolescents with:

Special Learning Difficulties (Dyslexia, Density, Dysgraphia, Dysgraphy, Dyspraxia)
General Learning Difficulties
Mental Delay (Light, Moderate, or Serious)
Speech and speech disorders
Visual and hearing impairment
Concentration and Attention Disorders (ADHD)
Developmental Autism Spectrum Disorders, Asperger’s Syndrome
Kinetic shortcomings
Adjustment Difficulties
Behavioral difficulties

Special educator’s role:

Educational-pedagogical evaluation
Planning a personalized intervention program and creating individually made (when needed) material.
Setting up the educational environment according to the student’s needs
Cooperation with the intersectional team in order to provide holistic approach to the issues that need addressing.
Cooperating with parents and providing them with valuable advice.
Cooperating with the students school
Providing motivation to the students.

Evaluation

Evaluation in special education is considered a systematic process utilized in order to identify the student’s needs, his strong points as well as the areas where he needs helps with. Aims of evaluation in special education

The department is responsible for assessing the child's abilities and identifying its deficits.
Να αποφασιστεί αν ο μαθητής χρειάζεται τις υπηρεσίες της ειδικής αγωγής
The planned intervention program is tailor-made, tailored to the particular needs and abilities of each child, taking into account their personal rhythm of learning.
Να σχεδιαστεί η κατάλληλη διδασκαλία
Να αξιολογεί την πρόοδο και τον ρυθμό μάθησης του μαθητή.

During evaluation we assess:

Speech development
Cognitive skills
Logic and mathematic way of thinking
Fine motor skills and writing movement coordination
Gross motor skills
Body awareness- somatognosia
Emotional and social development
Daily life skills

What can be included in special education sessions?

Depending on the student’s individual needs, it may include

Learning phonological awareness
Teaching Recognition and Spelling
Development - practice of speech production and descriptive skills
Development and enrichment of vocabulary
Learning alternative ways of communicating
Practice writing
Learning strategies and methods for studying
Strengthening perceptual skills and learning concepts
Teaching of mathematical reasoning and mathematics
Practicing fine and gross movement
Exercise of writing movement skills
Learning and practicing daily life activities
Fiction and play development programs
Learning and practicing social skills
Modifying behavior for setting boundaries, increasing attention, concentration and reducing hyperactivity
Psychological support for the child to enhance self-esteem and develop a sense of success

Why is CoOperation between educators and parents important?

Parental co-operation is essential to the conduct of the treatment program as family environment is crucial in the child’s development, especially in the beginning of his childhood.

Parents and special educators must cooperate with a common goal, to improve the child’s life, in mind. It is important for balance in the relationship of parents and special educators to exist and their cooperation to be based on mutual understanding.

Parents know their offspring better than anyone else and can help sp. Educators acquire a well rounded opinion for the child’s needs.

Specialists must have a advisory and supporting role in order to help the parents create a family environment that can meet the child’s needs and help the integrate aturally in the family’s everyday life.

Relevant Websites

Εργοθεραπεία

praxadmin — Fri, 11 Mar 2022 08:13:27 +0000

Department of Occupational Therapy

What is Occupational Therapy

Pediatric occupational therapy is the specialty involved in the field of health, namely prevention, intervention and rehabilitation, of infants and adolescents, with developmental disorders (such as autism spectrum disorder, hyperactivity disorder and attention deficit disorder), with mental deprivation or kinetic difficulties, sensory dysfunctions, learning difficulties, grammar disorders as well as behavioral disorders. It utilizes creative kinetic skill, imagination and ideation, in play and activities, in order to improve and develop the child's skills at the highest possible operational level.

Where does occupational therapy intervene?

Gross motor skills: includes, inter alia, pleating, static control, equilibrium, bilateral knee resonance, and midline passage.

Fine motor skills: development of skills necessary for writing, visual-kinetic coordination.

Neuromuscular development: reflexes, muscle tone - strength, stasis control.

Αισθητικοκινητικός τομέας.

Sensory regulation: Vestibular, ideal, visual, tactile, acoustic, tasting system.
Sensory processing:, perception - body shape, stereophysics, orientation in space, perception of error, etc.

Act: Legend, imitation, succession, planning, execution.

Self-care and day-to-day activities: dressing-down, eating-out, fitness-ball training, self-care.

Cognitive Skills-Estimation: organization, memory, concentration and attention, imitation skills and competences development visual and acoustic perception, orientation in space and time.

Social Skills: Interactive Skills, Vocal Contact, Social Rules, etc.

Where is occupational therapy helpful?

Autistic spectrum disorders
Mental retardation
Cerebral palsy
Syndromes
ADHD
Sensory integration disorder
Gross-fine motor skills dysfunctions and writing movement dysfunctions.
Learning disabilities

The occupational therapist evaluates the child's abilities as well as the needs of the child and plays a major role in the child's education and development skills in order to achieve the optimal level of functionality and autonomy.

WHAT METHODS ARE USED IN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY?

Sensory Integration is the "organization of the senses (vision, hearing, taste, smell, balance, gravity, position and mobility) for their best use" according to A. Jean Ayres phd.
The TEACCH Method "Treatment and Education of Children with Autism and Communication Disorders": This is a "clearly" structured education program using visualized coding, visual coding (colors, labels) and organization of space (play area, rest area, etc.). of objects. It helps your child learn, function and focus on important information.

Λογοθεραπεία

praxadmin — Fri, 11 Mar 2022 04:14:49 +0000

Speech therapy

How many times have you wondered about the progress of speech development of your child or one of your loved ones.

We often hear concerns of this nature:

My child does not speak “properly”
My kid is 7 years old and can’t properly pronounce “r” or other particular sounds
My child still is not verbal. Will he ever be able to talk?
My nephew has a very rich vocabulary but is not always willing to communicate.
I always stutter when I try to speak in front of people.
Why did my son speak so much later than his sibling?
My child isn’t verbal, how can he learn to communicate with other people?

Speech and communication play a vital role in social life, in cognitive ability and the development of psychological and emotional development of all humans. The process of communication development begins in the beginning of each person’s life. Many factors, however, may cause deviations or delays in the progress (i.e. genetics, hearing disabilities, developmental disorders etc.)

If there is any concern or question about the development of speech in a person you care about it would be of immense help to talk to a speech therapist.

WHAT IS SPEECH THERAPY?

Speech therapy is the science that deals with the prevention, evaluation, diagnosis, treatment and scientific study of communication disorders in children and adults.

Speech (oral-written, expressive – descriptive)
Talking
Voice
Eating and swallowing
Communication

Novel therapy and consulting unit “Praxis” has a speech therapy department, staffed with therapist that are able to assist with talking, speech and communication playing a diagnostic, therapeutic and consulting role.

These interventions and rehabilitation sessions can take place with children, teenagers and adults.

Speech and speech development delay.

Διάχυτη αναπτυξιακή διαταραχή
Autistic Spectrum Disorders
Διαταραχή ελλειμματικής προσοχής ή και υπερκινητικότητα
dyslexia
Learning difficulties
Language expression disorder.
Hearing / deafness
Articular disorders
Voice disorders
Speech and speech development delay
Speech flow disorders (stuttering)
Cluttering
Voice disorders
Σχιστίες
Mental retardation
Syndromes.
Cerebral Palsy
Dysarthria
dyspraxia
Διαταραχές κατάποσης
Diet disorder
Aphasia

IN THE SPEECH THERAPY DEPARTMENT:

Accurate and reliable diagnostic tests, differential diagnosis and speech evaluation are being implemented. All session are personalized and are formulated according to the different characteristics and needs of each person. Even in cases where communication cannot be further developed, speech therapists help children discover and utilize alternative, augmented communication systems (PECS, MAKATON)

There is intersectoral cooperation with all the relevant specialties for the complete, holistic approach to helping the disorder. There is also constant communication with the family of the child in order to let them know for the progress of the therapy process.

SPEECH, TALKING, COMMUNICATION

The term “speech” or “language” is the common system of sounds and concepts that every human society uses to communicate. It refers to our ability to use words or sentences of a particular structure and form so that we can be understood as well as understand the messages of others.

WHAT IS TALKING?

What is speech?

Speech refers to the use of speech by each individual in the language community. The concept of speech includes our ability to produce sounds and combinations thereof. It is the means of transmitting speech to our fellow human beings. Speech has three sub-functions: articulation, vocalization, and flow.

What is communication

Communication is symbolic contact between individuals. It may be verbal or non-verbal. It is carried out by various means, such as with our hand movements, with sounds, with meanings, with visual signals, with grimaces.

Does my child need speech therapy?

Below are the main stages of language development

When does a child need speech therapy?

Depending on the age, a child or infant may show signs of needing (or perhaps that it will need in the future) speech therapy.

If it displays:

Breastfeeding difficulties·
Difficulties in chewing food
Often signs of choking
Unusually high or low voice tone
Harshness in his/her voice that persists
Difficulties in understanding the oral speech
Difficulty executing orders
Difficulty learning new vocabulary
Difficulty finding appropriate words
Difficulty in forming sentences
Difficulty in mimicking sounds
Difficulty in starting or keeping a conversation
Δυσκολία στην άρθρωση
Editorial, grammatical or morphological errors (e.g. wrong use of tenses
Difficulty in referring to the past and future tenses
Difficulty in reading and comprehension of written text
Difficulty in spelling

Tips to enhance your child's speech:·

Imitate the sounds produced by the baby
You talk to your children simply and clearly
Make time to communicate
Read stories and fairy tales
Play word and communication games
Learn new vocabulary through everyday activities
Learn songs and poems (if they are of an appropriate age)
Remember that every child is unique and grows at its own pace

Φυσικοθεραπεία

praxadmin — Mon, 07 Mar 2022 08:19:50 +0000

Physical Therapy

The physiotherapy department is a part of Praxis and deals with a variety of issues. The deep knowledge of the kinetic function of human beings is one of the greatest therapeutic tools of physiotherapy. The sufficient scientific training of the therapists ensures a positive therapeutic outcome.

In PRAXIS physiotherapy comprises three major parts:

Rehabilitation of Neuromuscular Disorders
Rehabilitation of Musculoskeletal Disorders
Construction of Orthotic Devices (Splints-Insoles)

Rehabilitation utilizes the knowledge of pathological kinetic function in orfer to be able to design and organize programs aimed at a better functional rehabilitation of the person receiving therapy.

The therapeutic methods as well as techniques that are being used rely on the best European and worldwide models of rehabilitation and include the following:

Neurodevelopmental Treatment (NDT-Bobath)
Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation (PNF)
Sensory Integration

Neural and kinetic system dysfunctions that can be included in rehabilitation program are:

Cerebral Palsy
Προωρότητα
Syndromes that cause movement dysfunction
Craniocerebral trauma
Strokes
Multiple sclerosis
Spinal cord injuries.
Peripheral Nerve Damage

As physiotherapy is aimed at a wide variety of different issues, there are three distinct age sub-sectors:

Department of Neonates (Takes care of Neonates)
Department of Children (Takes children from one year to adulthood)
Adult Physiotherapy

Neonates and infants

The thorough training, specialization as well as lengthy experience in working with neonates and infants has qualified our ability to provide scientific evaluation and early intervention in a large number of cases, as one of the best in the Pediatric Community.

Newborns and children who need our therapeutic intervention include:

Prematurely born infants.
Neonates with poor motor repertoire.
Lightweight, sluggish and/or hypotonic newborns.
Neonates and children with Cerebral Palsy.
Syndromes.
Neonates with congenital malformations.
Rheumatoid arthritis
Neonates with feeding problems.
Meningocele

Children Physiotherapy

The vast majority of cases observed in our unit can be included in this particular category. The therapy schedules are individually created and aim to increase the functional level of every child and the embetterment of the qualitative and quantitative kinetic function.

The children following rehabilitation programs in the children department can be identified in the categories bellow:

Children with smaller movement dysfunctions (walking on the tip of the toes, inconsistent steps, frequent falls etc.)
Children with cerebral palsy (hemiplegia, diplegia, quadriplegia, ataxia, athetosis, Chorea etc.)
Craniocerebral trauma
Syndromes.
Children with respiratory problems
Children with swallowing and eating dysfunctions
Structural asymmetries- musculoskeletal asymmetries
Children with neoplastic diseases needing kinetic support
Children with multiple trauma ( bone fractures, burns, car accidents)
Children with spinal cord injuries
Children with peripheral nerve damage
Children with hemophilia

Adult Physiotherapy

The adult section works with adults with either neurological or musculoskeletal disorders. Adult neuro-motor disorders include:

Stroke (hemiplegia).
Craniocerebral trauma
Diseases of the central nervous system (Parkinson's, etc.).
Diseases of the peripheral nervous system.
Autoimmune diseases (multiple sclerosis, etc.).
Spinal cord injuries.

Musculoskeletal disorders

In musculoskeletal disorders, our therapists try to intervene structurally instead of dealing with the symptoms alone.

Pain is, for example, a serious symptom of a disc dysfunction in the lumbar spine due to the hyperactivity of the particular plane due to precipitation of the collagen fibers of the disc. As you deal with the conditions, (e.g. pain) you need to stabilize the level that is dysfunctional in order to have a permanent effect and alleviate the symptoms.

The techniques used, in addition to the classic physiotherapy equipment, include orthopedics with manual therapy.

It should also be emphasized that treatment is personalized because every patient is different in structural elements and symptoms.

Construction of orthotics

The chronic engagement with the biomechanics of the human body, as well as the knowledge of the pathology that occurs in a different way each time, has led us to intervene in a number of ways to ensure proper alignment of the bones and joints. So the construction of orthotic devices (splints, soles) is another arrow in our quiver.