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P0254 - Intervention plans - design individual action plans for each child
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 April 2020
Abstract
Children bearing the same characteristics because of a particular syndrome can be more or less similar, but their individual profiles determine program of intervention. A single, clearly defined treatment model for a reduction of symptoms that children exhibit does not exist.
The most effective intervention method is based on designing individual action plan for each child, and therefore, it is necessary to promptly establish a correct assessment. Instead of lumping all children with a “same diagnosis” into one category, a multidimensional view is needed of child's individual characteristics.
Attention should also be paid to aspects of child's emotional behavior, social functioning and family relationships.
Diagnostic techniques used should help determine individual specificities of strong and weak traits in each child. To achieve this goal, studying child's profile, processing of sensory information, and analyzing motorics, verbal and cognitive skills, as well as observing social interaction is needed. Information gathered helps us understand a child's functional abilities and design a therapeutical program for each one.
An adequate treatment program should be based on a child's abilities and should also be able to detect spots where the abilities are insufficient in order to develop a compensatory strategy for overcoming difficulties. The goal of these treatments is utilizing a child's potential to the fullest.
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- Type
- Poster Session III: Miscellaneous
- Information
- European Psychiatry , Volume 23 , Issue S2: 16th AEP Congress - Abstract book - 16th AEP Congress , April 2008 , pp. S375
- Copyright
- Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2008
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