• First Assessment
• Interval Conductive Education
• Special services: School for Parents
• Occupation with parents
• Special Services: Residential conductive education – Life modelling programme
• Special services: ’Home visit’
• Special Services: Post-operative rehabilitation programme

First Assessment

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Who should apply?

Our first assessment is recommended to non-Hungarian motor disabled children between 2 and 17 years of age who are diagnosed to have athetosis, spastic diplegia, infantile spastic hemiplegia, spastic tetraparesis or cerebellar ataxia as a consequence of damage to the central nervous system.

How to apply?

You are requested to make your application for the first assessment in writing, in Hungarian, English, German or Russian language, by post, fax or e-mail.

Address: International Pető Institute, 1125 Budapest, Kútvölgyi út 6.

Homepage: www.peto.hu

Telephone: ++36 1 224-1522, 224-1524 224-1525 (International Department)

Fax: ++36 1 355-6649

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What documents are required?

Name(s) and details of parent(s)/guardian:

• Name(s):
• Address:
• Telephone:
• Fax:
• E-mail:

Child’s name and details:

• Year of birth
• Diagnosis
• Therapies applied so far
• Medical records: birth history, orthopaedist’s, neurologist’s, (if the child’s vision is also impaired, ophthalmologist’s) recent reports in Hungarian, English, German or Russian language
• Photos, if possible short video recordings showing the child’s current condition

What happens when we receive your documents?

A senior conductor will study the documents and, if necessary, consult a paediatrician, neurologist or psychologist. If the documents suggest that the child would benefit from conductive education, the family will get an appointment for the initial assessment.

What are the goals of the conductive assessment?

The assessor will

1. Decide whether our method can help your child.

2. Set the goals conductive education could probably achieve.

Recommend the optimal form and frequency of conductive education.

Assessment procedure

• Brief information on the goals and procedure of the assessment
• Short video film on conductive education
• Collection of data with the help of a questionnaire
• Observation of the child’s motor condition, readiness to cooperate, responses, level of social development, cognitive abilities
• Information of parents about the findings
• Subject to the outcome of the assessment selection of the optimal form of conductive education
• Discussion of the goals and possible date of the first conductive education period

Duration: 2 – 2,5 hours approximately

Assessments may be carried out

• Individually or
• In a group

Essential conditions of group assessments:

• At least 4-5 children applying at the same time
• Similar age
• Same language

The Institute’s official languages are Hungarian, English, German and Russian. If the parents do not speak any of these languages, they have to provide for an interpreter.

Assessment fee:

• We do not charge anything for examining the documents if, on the basis of the medical records sent, the expert conductor does not think the child would benefit from conductive education.

Important notice:

If more than two years have passed since the child’s last conductive education period, a re-assessment must precede his/her admission to the optimal group for the optimal period of time. This re-assessment is free of charge.

How to effect payment?

· Following the assessment you are kindly requested to pay the assessment fee at our Institute’s cash desk in Hungarian cash or by credit card. The following credit cards are accepted: edc Maestro, Eurocard/Mastercard, JCB Cards, Visa, Visa Electron. The Forint equivalent of the assessment fee is always calculated according to the current rate of exchange of the Hungarian Foreign Trade Bank.

 

Interval Conductive Education

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Due to the development of our international relations and the growing number of international patients and student conductors creating an independent unit for international children seemed necessary. In 1991 the International Section, under its present name the International Conductive Education Unit was set up.

Since then the Unit has provided interval conductive education for cerebral palsied children coming from abroad and at the same time served as a practising base for our international students.

What is interval conductive education?

Intensive conductive education periods of some weeks repeated regularly. As a result of an active learning process, the pupils become able to apply independently, or, according to their current condition, more independently, what they have previously learned. Between two occupation periods at the Pető Institute they are expected to adopt at home without conductors’ guidance what they have attained here.

The characteristics of interval conductive education

• Short, generally 4-8-week periods are used for assessing and developing the child’s condition.
• Concrete goals are set and parents are informed at admission.
• The achieved results are recorded in writing and documented with photos.
• In order to maintain the results, professionals working with the child and the parents are informed of the tasks for home occupation.
• This form of conductive education is favourable in so far as the child has to leave his/her home and school environment for relatively short time only.
• Intensive occupation.

Rules of admission and occupation

• During the child’s first admission to the Institute one of the parents has to participate in the programme in order to get the necessary instruction in conductive education.
• The initial admission starts with a two week trial period.
• Should the child’s participation in group sessions turn out to be unbeneficial during the two week trial period, he/she will be offered individual development instead.
• Our groups operate in 4-week periods. The exact starting and closing dates are set in advance for the next school year.
• Admissions out of turn are only possible with previous written permission of the Head of the International Unit.
• The possible duration of admission varies between one and ten months.
• The Institute has exclusive right to decide about group placement.

What to do on the day of admission?

• Registration: On the first day parents are requested to report at the Admission Office.
• Changes: You are requested to communicate any change in parents’ names, address, telephone number etc. to the same Office.
• Admission to the group: Following registration the child and the parents are requested to present themselves in the group.
• Bill: According to our financial regulation bills must be settled on the first day of conductive education. Bills are to be collected at the Admission Office.
• Settling the bill: Payment can be effected at our Institute’s cash desk in Hungarian cash or by credit card. You can find an ATM machine in the entrance hall of our Institute.

What age groups do we work with?

Kindergarten age

• An age appropriate, playful conductive education programme is provided for 3-7 year olds all over the year.
• Children whose parents have long term employment in Hungary, attend our Institute on a permanent basis. Their progress is promoted according to a development plan.
• Children attending on a permanent basis may come twice or three times per week only.
• Every four weeks new children arrive to have interval conductive education.
• Separation from parents is carried out gradually, under a senior conductor’s guidance.
• Sessions are run in English or German.
• The group lays special emphasis on the promotion of grapho-motor skills.

School age

• Conductive education is provided for 8-18 year olds all over the year.
• Some members of the group are staying in Hungary permanently. Their progress is promoted according to a development plan.
• For pupils attending on a permanent basis, guest teachers provide tuition and computers are made available in order to use distant learning materials.
• Children arrive every four weeks to have interval conductive education.
• Some families can only come during school holidays for their disabled child does not get leave of absence from school. In such cases the child may be admitted out of turn upon parents’ previous request.
• Sessions are run in English or German.

Adults

• In accordance with the needs, conductive education is provided during the school year for adults with hemiplegia, diplegia, tetraparesis, athetosis and ataxia.

 

Special services: School for Parents

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Goals:

Children who are for some reason unsuitable for working in a group are offered individual conductive education sessions with parents. Goals:

• Assessment of condition
• Setting of tasks
• Instruction of parents
• Counselling
• Control

Appointments

• Are agreed with parents according to the waiting list

Duration of sessions:

• 5 x 2 hours

 

Occupation with parents

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Goals:

• Our primary goal is to teach parents how to treat their child appropriately
• Preparation of children for occupation without parents
• Direct and indirect instruction of parents during the implementation of the education programme
• Counselling for parents regarding orthopaedic surgery, arrangement of orthopaedic consultation upon parents’ request

Who should participate in this form of occupation?

• Children who are to participate in conductive education for the first time.
• Children with relatively severe condition whose occupation without parents is not or not yet possible.
• Children whose condition has regressed as a consequence of their conductive education being suspended for several years
• Children who have had major surgical intervention

 

Special Services: Residential conductive education – Life modelling programme

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In September 1998 our Unit started to offer residential conductive education to non-Hungarian pupils too. By launching this type of occupation, the International CE Unit has met a long standing demand. Considering the experiences and feedback from parents, the service was revised and improved in September 2000. There is more emphasis on teaching various life situations and preparing for real life than in the previous version.

Goals of the programme:

• Learn to lead an independent life
• Independent change of place and position in premises with traditional furniture
• Independent planning and implementation in complex situations e.g. cooking, washing, cleaning, bathing, leisure activities
• Learn to contact the outside world (writing letters, using the phone, e-mail)
• Using money, making a financial plan during shopping
• Organisation of and active participation in appropriate leisure activities considering age and motor condition

Additional services:

• A tutor can be provided for those participating in residential conductive education longer than one month
• Swimming
• Therapeutic horse riding

Admission criteria:

• Age limit: 10 years and up. The child must be able to tolerate separation from parents
• Normal intelligence. Given that our pupils use household appliances, they must be able to understand all instructions and co-operate accordingly
• Command of the English or German language
• Repeated, successful participation in conductive education programmes (Pupils participate in the residential programme without parents)
• Independent change of place and position indoors without support or with stick or walker under supervision
• The child must be clean and dry
• Pupils must be able to tolerate sleeping on their own, the whole unit being supervised by one staff only.

Those meeting the above detailed criteria but in need of permanent help for locomotion indoors are admitted with an escort only.

Accommodation:

• In the apartments at our hotel at Villányi út, each apartment accommodating 2-3 persons.

Daily routine:

• Practise self help activities in the apartment
• Go to the bus or taxi
• At 10.00 a.m. leave for Kútvölgyi út
• From Monday to Thursday pupils participate in the programme of the international school age group
• On Fridays pupils stay at the hotel to practise self help skills, changing place and position indoors and household activities
• At 16.00 leave for the hotel
• After 16.00 individual learning or leisure activities
• Make supper
• Grooming
• Leisure activities
• Pupils and conductors plan the weekend programme together, e.g. they prepare food

 

Special services: ’Home visit’

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Goals:

• Support and counselling so that parents can adapt to home circumstances what has been learnt in conductive education
• Consultation with professionals (teachers, physiotherapists) working with the child
• Demonstration of the achieved progress and thereby personal marketing to propagate the success of conductive education
• Proposal and planning of leisure activities

Working hours: Maximum 6 hours per day, if necessary divided

Planned duration of visit: 5 workdays + 2x 1 day for travel

Accommodation: Preferably hotel or guest house.

Conductor’s duties:

• Assess the child’s condition
• Adapt the child’s tasks to home circumstances
• Consult professionals working with the child, organise transport and self help activities, recommend possible ways of implementation at school

Daily activities:

• Visit at least 2 schools or centres
• Advise on awakening and morning activities
• Organise feeding, arrange necessary support, teach parents and helpers
• Advise on self help activities in the evening
• Observe play activity, advise on appropriate toys and posture
• Organise leisure activities
• Advise on aids

How to order the service?

• Please do it in writing by post, fax, or e-mail.

Necessary data:

• Name of disabled child/adult
• Diagnosis
• Date of last conductive education (at the Pető Institute)
• Ciurcumstances of present occupation (kindergarten, school etc.)
• Photo/digital photo/video reflecting present condition
• Name of parent/guardian
• Address
• Phone number
• Fax number
• E-mail address
• Proposed date for home visit

 

Special Services: Post-operative rehabilitation programme

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Goals:

• Professional preparation for necessary orthopaedic interventions
• Composition and implementation of a personal post-operative rehabilitation and development programme

Characteristics of the programme:

• Holistic approach, both physical and mental aspects are taken into consideration
• Short term and long term goals are set
• The programme is intensive, up-to-date, adjusted to the child’s actual condition, differentiated
• Orthopaedic consultation is arranged upon request
• The operation is scheduled in accordance with the expert opinions of the orthopaedic surgeon and the conductor responsible for post-operative rehabilitation.
• Prior to surgery the following plans are conceived:

• Preparation programme before the operation
• Tasks for the weeks succeeding the operation
• Rehabilitation programme providing gradual loading after the removal of plaster

Preparation and post-operative rehabilitation take place in the particular group which is optimal for the child’s age and condition.

Supplementary services:

• At the beginning of each term a meeting is organised where parents are given general information about the operation of the group.
• Every family has the opportunity of individual consultation with the senior conductor at the beginning and end of each term. Upon request additional meetings are organised.
• At the end of each term the Unit has an open day for parents to observe the programme.
• Personal tasks which are relevant for the child’s progress at home are discussed at the end of term.
• On top of the above, parents have the opportunity of individual consultation with the Head of the International Unit.
• Once a month a party is organised for parents where children are supervised and parents can talk to each other informally.
• Once a month a formal discussion is held where parents and conductors can talk about current problems.

The International Department may be of assistance to you

• With issuing certificates about your child attending the Institute
• With writing and posting Notices of Admission
• With interpreting from and to German and Russian language during discussions with the conductors
• With translating documents received by post, fax or e-mail

Medical provision available for our pupils and their relatives

• Paediatrician’s consulting hours are every Monday from 8.00 am to 4.00 pm for our pupils. In case of emergency the service is free of charge.
• If a child is febrile or loses consciousness, the necessary medical examination is carried out free of charge.
• If at the paediatrician’s discretion the child needs further examination by a specialist, he/she will refer the child to the competent clinic.
• Parents have to pay for any medical service they may employ outside the Pető Institute, unless medical provision is regulated by a bilateral agreement between their country and Hungary or the parents hold a valid health and accident insurance or a Hungarian health insurance card. Parents are requested to inquire about insurance possibilities before starting off to Hungary.
• Orthopaedic consultation may be organised in Hungary upon parents’ request. A consultation fee must be paid at the clinic.
• In complicated cases child neurologists may be consulted at the Pető Institute too.

Why to choose us?

• Because the Pető Institute is the centre of excellence among the institutions providing conductive education all over the world.
• Because our Institute takes all age groups of motor disordered people from infants to adults
• Because our staff consists of highly qualified conductors whose postgradute training is provided on university level
• Because the latest results of scientific research are applied in harmony with long-standing traditions of the profession
• Because we have competent medical staff to support conductors’ work
• Because conductive education is provided in individual sessions, at intervals or permanently
• Because the necessary aids are manufactured at short date and with flexibility