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DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS UNIT

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What is Cerebral Palsy? 

Cerebral palsy is a group of conditions that affect movement and posture. It’s caused by damage that occurs to the developing brain, most often before birth.

Symptoms appear during infancy or preschool years and vary from very mild to serious. Children with cerebral palsy may have exaggerated reflexes. The arms, legs and trunk may appear floppy. Or they may have stiff muscles, known as spasticity. Symptoms also can include irregular posture, movements that can’t be controlled, a walk that’s not steady or some combination of these.

Symptoms:

1. Movement and coordination

  • Stiff muscles and exaggerated reflexes, known as spasticity. This is the most common movement condition related to cerebral palsy.
  • Variations in muscle tone, such as being either too stiff or too floppy.
  • Stiff muscles with regular reflexes, known as rigidity.
  • Lack of balance and muscle coordination, known as ataxia.
  • Jerky movements that can't be controlled, known as tremors.
  • Slow, writhing movements.
  • Favoring one side of the body, such as only reaching with one hand or dragging a leg while crawling.
  • Trouble walking.
  • Trouble with fine motor skills, such as buttoning clothes or picking up utensils.

2. Speech and eating

  • Delays in speech development.
  • Trouble speaking.
  • Trouble with sucking, chewing or eating.
  • Drooling or trouble with swallowing.

3. Development

  • Delays in reaching motor skills milestones, such as sitting up or crawling.
  • Learning disabilities.
  • Intellectual disabilities.
  • Delayed growth, resulting in smaller size than would be expected.

4. Other Symptoms

  • Seizures, which are symptoms of epilepsy. Children with cerebral palsy may be diagnosed with epilepsy.
  • Trouble hearing
  • Trouble with vision and changes in eye movements.
  • Pain or trouble feeling sensations such as touch.
  • Bladder and bowel issues, including constipation and urinary incontinence.
  • Mental health conditions, such as emotional conditions and behaviour issues.

Centre started 1st January, 2000 First of its kind in Gujarat with all facilities under one roof.

  • Congenital disorder that affects children from birth, characterized by non-progressive and permanent brain injury.
  • Challenges in movement, speech, vision, hearing, cognitive abilities, epilepsy, and behaviour.

1. CEREBRAL PALSY

JIVRAJ PARK CENTRE: 

SUPPORTED BY: SHAH CHIMANLAL CHHOTALAL LOKHANDWALA CHARITABLE TRUST

DAY CARE CENTER SUPPORTED BY: SMT. SHANTABEN JAYANTILAL CHOKSI, C/O. SHRI J. J. CHOKSI

Supported by: Inventia Healthcare Ltd – Mumbai

NIKOL UNIT

SUPPORTED BY: LATE DR. J C SHAH & AHMEDABAD MUNICIPAL CORPORATION

SPONSORED BY: AHMEDABAD MERCANTILE CO-OPERATIVE BANK LIMITED

THALTEJ UNIT

SUPPORTED BY: BINA MANOJ SHAH

SPONSORED BY: Crest Data Systems Pvt Ltd

We are currently providing different therapies to more than 185 cerebral palsy children in our Jivraj Park centre, Nikol and Thaltej Centres which includes Occupational Therapy, Physio Therapy, Sensory Integration, Speech therapy along with Activity of Daily Living in Day Care Unit and Vocational Training Unit.

 

Beneficiaries Place

Registered Children – Jivraj Park Center

128

Registered Children – Nikol Center

44

Registered Children – THALTEJ Center ( this has been started recently)

13

 

Jivraj Park

Nikol

THALTEJ

Physiotherapy

9155

3292

153

Occupational Therapy

5113

884

24

Sensory investigations

4379

375

106

Home bound program

22

NA

NA

Day care unit

6909

1359

NA

ADL

1982

804

NA

Play therapy

2729

796

NA

Speech therapy

90

NA

NA

Developmental pediatrician

27

NA

        NA

Psychological assessment

89

NA

NA

Special Education

6909

1428

38

Applied Behavior Analysis

39

37

43

Oro Motor Therapy

17

21

29

Audio visual therapy

31

27

29

2. AUTISM

  • Speech therapy
  • Sensory integration therapy
  • Special education training
  • Activities of daily living training

3. ATTENTION-DEFICIT/HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER- ADHD

It is a common neurodevelopmental disorder affecting both children and adults, characterized by symptoms of inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity. 

4. MANAGEMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS

SENSORY INTEGRATION

SPEECH THERAPY

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING

PLAY THERAPY

Available Doctors Under Development Disorder Unit

Dr Sharvin Sheth

Spine Surgery Specialist

Dr Amit Jhala

Spine Surgery Specialist

Dr Deep Kothari

Pulmonologist

Dr Shubha Desai

Physician