Early intervention, Assessment and Medical Treatment
Prevention
The prevention of disabilities, to a large extent, is the domain of the medical profession, family counselors, psycologists and social workers and has its basis in research and training within those discipline.This would supplement information provided to the families and could improve theri knowledge and skills for prevention of disabilities.
Detection
A reliable and accessible diagnostic system is a pre-requisite for the development of preventive and intervention strategies.
Intervention
A Netwok will support such kind of activities in which state partners and district nodes will be essential for those children who have moderate or severe level of impairment. The composition of these teams will reflect a concern for children in relevant development and health areas.
Counseling
It is an area which cuts across a number of concerned discipline such as anthropology, sociology, genetics, psychology, social work, religious instructions etc.
Education and Training
Education
Starting from a scratch. Pakistan has amde significant program to all relevant areas since establishment of Directorate General of Special Education(DGSE) and National Trust for the Disabled(NTD) at the Federal level, in eighties. STEP-Pakistan will work with Government of Pakistan to help people to educate themselves.
Training
Training for Disabled Persons of Pakistan will include an element of awarness training in disabilites. To educate Disabled people with the help of conducting several kind of Training
Vocational Training, Employement and Rehabilitation
Following are the list of Program which will be conduction all over Pakistan.
- vocational Training
- Use of Information Technology
- Assistive Technology
- Outreach Program
- Employement
- Sheltered/support employement
- self-employement
- Incentives to employers
Research and Development
Research and Development will be speed up along the STEP-Pakistan network with the cooperation of NGOs, Gos, and DPOs.
Adovcacy and Mass awareness
All possible channels at community as well as media level, will be utilized to create pulbilic awareness about the nature and types of disabilities and the need for community support for their identification as well as rehabilitation. The public attitude plays an important role for persons with disabilities to function as full participating members of society. This is long process and can only be achieved through constant exposure to positive images of the persons with disabilities and by the projection of their success stories through mass medica.
Sports and Recreation
Provision of appropriate designed sports and recreational facilities for children with disabilies and adults would be undertaken in collaboration with all public and private authorities. Such facilities would, wherever possible, be encouraged within general schemes and will not be segregated as far as possible.
