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ACTIVITIES
& SERVICES
Home
Visiting Programme:
This programme, which includes early stimulation, at present serves
some 800 families. Community Rehabilitation Workers (CRWs) visit
disabled children in their homes and train family members (often
mothers) to teach the children life skills. The CRW monitors the
home programme and counsels the family when necessary.
Stroke
Rehabilitation Programme:
Launched in association with the Dr. Ivan Parboosingh Trust, this
programme is dedicated to the memory of a well respected obstetrician
whose recovery from a stroke was aided by physiotherapy at home.
It offers similar much needed home care to stroke patients. Our
CRWs are trained and supervised by professional physiotherapists,
and clients are referred by local doctors and hospitals. The average
rehabilitation period is from six months to one year.
Training:
We offer a continuous programme of local and regional courses and
seminars for parents, 3D staff, adolescents and adults with disabilities,
teachers and professionals. These feature orientation to disabilities,
community based rehabilitation, programme supervision, and teaching
techniques. This has become such an important aspect that we have
bought some land adjacent to our head office, to house a training
centre. In 1995, we documented our training programmes in a series
of 12 video and manual packages which are currently available from
the Documentation Unit at 42 Trafalgar Road, Kingston 10 (phone:
1-876-960-2329).
Training
Manuals and Videos available from 3D Projects:
- Parent
Training- facilitating
the training of parents of children with disabilities
- The
Work Experience Project-
pre-vocational training and exposure for young adults with disabilities
- Income
Generating Projects-
self-help for parents of children with disabilities
- Stroke
Rehabilitation for Community Workers-
facilitating the training of community workers in the basic skills
for rehabilitating stroke patients at home
- Teacher
Orientation to Early Childhood Disability-
facilitatiing the training of preschool teachers in handling the
child with a disability
- Conducting
Disability Surveys-
a guide for community leaders in implementing surveys
- Early
Detection and Intervention in Childhood Disability-
training for primary health care workers
- Assessment
of Children with Disabilities-
facilitating the training of the professional heath care worker
- Orientation
on Disability-
introducing disability issues to the public
- Child
Rearing Skills-
facilitating training in principles of childhood learning and
behavior
- Parent-to-Parent
Counseling- a
guide for parents of children with disabilities to help other
parents
- Drama
in Community Education-
addressing disability issues through drama
Clinics:
These are held every week in different parishes. The current
schedule can be obtained from our central office in Spanish Town,
St. Catherine.
Inclusive
Pre-School Education:
We operate an advocacy programme for placing children with disabilities
in regular schools where they are supervised by the psychological
assessment clinic and school visiting programme. The latter combines
the identification of children with disabilities in regular schools
with the exposure of teachers to the needs of youngsters with disabilities
through training courses. Over 200 children have beem placed in
pre-schools in Manchester alone and more and more teachers are interested
in this programme.
Adaptive
Aids:
To assist children with physical disabilities to function more independently,
3D has a small adaptive aid workshop at the office in Spanish Town
where community rehabilitation workers make simple functional aids.
Adolescent
/ Adult Programme: 
A variety of programmes have been developed to serve disabled adolescents
and young adults, geared to fostering independence and self-sufficiency.
These include self advocacy groups with activities in vocational
habilitation and skills training. Programmes of job placement, cottage
industry, independent living, sports and social skills also help
to facillitate the development of persons with disabilities in their
community. Teams of adults with disabilities are now working in
several enterprises in St. Catherine. More recently, we have established
paper recycling projects in Spanish Town and Morant Bay.
Pre-School
Unit:
We operate an inclusive nursery for children with and without disabilities
in Mandeville where the children receive much needed stimiulation.
Parent
Activities:
Equal emphasis is given
to the development of parent associations as is placed on the services
of 3D Projects. In addition to the training programmes listed above,
members participate in an ongoing programme of leadership development,
income generation, and social activities.
Conferences:
The Parent Association for Persons with Disabilities, our 'parent
bodies', combine thier annual general meetings with parish conferences,
focusing on relevant aspects of the lives of persons with disabilities
and keeping parents up to date on plans and activities.
The
3D Projects Training Centre:
Our greatest dream is
the establishment of a Training Centre which would allow 3D Projects
to increase it's ability to train professionals, parents, and persons
with disabilities. The demand for training both locally and throughout
the Caribbean has increased as we have expanded our expertise in
the field of disability services. Currently, most of our training
activities are carried out in rented church halls and community
centres which are not suitable for our needs. With the assisstance
of an architect, we have designed the building and written a proposal
for funding. We are now seeking assisstance for the project.
OTHER
PROGRAMMES
Income
Generation:
Three new parent income generating projects are the day nursery
in Mandeville, the fast food outlet in Highgate, St. Mary, and the
resource centre in Linstead.
Research:
3D Projects has been involved in continuing research, findings of
which are now receiving worldwide interest. One study featured "Low
Cost Methods for the Identification and Assessment of Childhood
Disability in Jamaica". It was conducted in Clarendon between 1987
and 1989. The results have significant implications for getting
help to children with disabilities, especially in developing countries,
as quickly, cheaply and effectively as possible through the validation
of some of the screening and assessment techniques used by 3D Projects.
Many other research projects have been implemented, details of which
are available upon request.
Consultancy
Services:
3D offers a range of
consultancy services in the areas of programme development, training,
and research in the field of disability for private, public, and
volunteer organisations. Our approach is to identify needs, develop
aims and objectives, and assist in implementing them in an efficient
and cost effective manner.
Consultancy
Services Available from 3D Projects:
- Parent
Training
- Teacher
Training
- Stroke
Rehabilitation
- Assessment
of Children with Disability
- Training
in the Use of Denver II
- Training
in Portage Guide to Early Intervention
- Training
in Child Rearing Skills
- 8.
Parent Counseling
- Research
- Programme
Development
- Proposal
Writing
- Finance
& Accounting
- Secretarial
Services
- Conferences
on Disability
- Community
Orientation
- CBR
Planning & Training
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