Thays Hernàndez Velasco

Orientation program for families of children with Cerebral Palsy Thays Hernàndez Velasco

Program of orientation to the family for the stimulation of children with Cerebral Palsy in early childhood graduated from the Occupational Therapy service. By need of orientation to the families in the stimulation of their children with Cerebral Palsy in the International Health Center "La Pradera". The program consists of activities to develop the milestones of the development divided in two stages by ages (0 to 3 and 3 to 6) with an accessible language to the family so that they know how to identify needs and potentialities of their children and at the same time to execute actions of stimulation as they require it. The validation was carried out through the criteria of experts with more than 10 years of experience in the management of these patients. As a result, the proposal was found to be adequate since it constitutes a support resource for the family and a working tool for the occupational therapist in the orientation of these patients.