Down Syndrome Rehabilitation Center
Date
2022
Authors
SAWAFTAH, HALA
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Abstract
Down Syndrome Center is a rehabilitation and vocational
training center for children with Down Syndrome, to
provide them with the appropriate environment to help
them integrate into society and to create effectiveness for
them in society while providing the appropriate
environment for them to entertain, educate and provide
the treatments they need
The center serves the area of Nablus. The center also
includes several main spaces: the reception area, patient
diagnosis and registration, the family guidance area, the
health department space, the educational department
space, the rehabilitation department space, and the
library.
Occupational therapy:
occupational therapy is one of the most important
psychological treatments, so a vocational rehabilitation
department has been allocated in the center, where this
space includes two crafts that were chosen according to
the abilities of people with Down syndrome. In it, he
points out that there are many studies that prove that
people with Down syndrome enjoy gardening and
gardening, which reflects on them, their personality, their
self-confidence, their independence and their self-reliance.
Educational department:
Two areas have been allocated in the space, a special area
for ages from 6 to 10 years and accommodates 30 people
(the number of this category in Nablus) and a special area
for a stage from 11 to 18 years and accommodates 48
people (the number of this category is Nablus), where
classrooms have been allocated with a capacity of class 8
students
A shop area was also provided to display handicrafts made
by students