Child Rehabilitation Unit

At the child rehabilitation unit, assessment, prognosis and treatment of motor disorders, clinical disorders, speech therapy and neuropsychological and psychopathological disorders in children and adolescents are carried out, using the wide range of psychotherapeutic techniques and procedures available in both inpatient and outpatient.

PARTICIPATING SERVICES IN CHILD REHABILITATION

• Neuropediatric
• Traumatology
• Rehabilitation
• Family medicine
• Neurophysiology and ultrasound services
• Neuropsychology
• Clinical psychology
• Child physiotherapy: Vojta method
• Occupational Therapy
• Speech Therapy
• Nursing

GENERAL OBJECTIVES

• Evaluation, assessment and diagnosis of neuropsychological and psychopathological disorders in adolescents and children.
• Development, implementation and evaluation of intervention and rehabilitation treatment plans after stroke or traumatic injury.
• Detection, identification and localization of brain and orthopaedic injuries.
• Study and detection of simulation.
• Monitoring of cognitive behavioural progress during the therapeutic process.
• Speech therapy and psychological expert opinions.
• Evaluation of the reintegration into education.
• Evaluation of mental retardation.
• Assessment of special educational needs.
• Medico-legal assessments for accident compensation

REHABILITATION PROGRAMMES

Intensive rehabilitation programmes in:

• Disorders of cognitive function.
• Learning problems.
• Mental deficiency.
• Language disorder.
• Swallowing disorder
• Disorders of communication and social interaction.
• Motor conduct disorder
• Laterality problems.
• Psychomotor instability.
• Behavioural disorders.
• Oppositional, defiant, hostile and aggressive behaviour.
• Phobias and fears.
• Obsessive behaviours and rituals.
• Hysterical behaviour.
• Affective disorders.
• Anguish and anxiety.
• Bladder/bowel control problems.
• Movement disorders, hemiplegia and tetraparesis.
• Rehabilitation of multiple injuries from falls, car accidents or sports

SCALES USED IN ASSESSING NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL DEFICITS SPECIFIC TO THE CHILD POPULATION

• Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Preschool and Primary School (WPPSI): set of tests that explore certain cognitive functions and provides verbal, manipulative and total IQs, from 4 years to 6 ½ years of age.
• Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children – Revised: set of tests that explore certain cognitive functions and provides verbal, manipulative and total IQs, in children from 6 years to 16 years of age.
• Neuropsychological Diagnosis for Children (Luria-DNI) studies the different neuropsychological processes in the child patient, being very sensitive to the slightest impairment.
• Family Drawing Test: projective test for the diagnosis of childhood emotion which explores the conflicting experiences of the child.
• Raven’s Progressive Matrices Test.
• Rey complex figure.
• Benton Visual Retention Test.
• BOSTON aphasia assessment and other related disorders.
• Harris handedness test.
• Symbol digit modalities test (SDMT).
• Porteus Maze Test.
• Stroop Colour and Word Test
• TALE literacy analysis test.
• Thematic Apperception Test (adult and child, TAT, CAR-A and CAT-H).
• Machover draw-a-person test.
• DÜSS fables.
• Test ABC by Filho.
• Token test.
• Picq and Vayer psychomotor examination.