Final Report

This is the final report we wrote for SGCP- thought it might be an interesting summary

We have spent 3 months working with SGCP across 3 of the programs including SEP (Special Education Program), Home visit program and CP centre.

In SEP we have spent time observing the children in class and at mealtimes.
We have worked with Medha, the employed Speech therapist, with individual children. We have also created some resources together intended to be used for speech therapy in the future. We have given feeding training to the teachers and therapy staff. We asked them to give feedback of what they had learned and suggest some new feeding guidelines, but due to a number of factors this could not be completed. Unfortunately, our goals were not reached as we were unable to provide training to the helpers who play a key role at mealtimes.

We would like all helpers to receive the feeding training (ideally provided by Medha and Saruna), and for everyone who has received the training to feedback and create a new list of guidelines. We would also like the resources we have made to continue to be used regularly. In the short time we have been here we have noticed a lot of improvements amongst various children. This shows the importance of therapy so we’d like to encourage you to continue with your good work.

In the CP centre we have spent time observing individual sessions and have offered advice to the physiotherapists about how to maximize communication.

We would like therapists to continue to use this advice with future children that they treat.

On Home Visits we have provided speech therapy in combination with therapy provided by the home visitor, regarding both communication and feeding. We feel that home visits are essential as it teaches the parents how to manage the child’s condition in their own environment.

We would like the good work to continue.

Thank you for the opportunity to work with you. We have really enjoyed our time here and will be sorry to say goodbye.