Yu de wɔri bɔt aw yu smɔl pikin de gro? Lɛ wi tɔk bɔt ‘Early Intervention’!

Sɔntɛnde yu kin fil lɛk se yu smɔl pikin kin let smɔl fɔ smayl, rɔl, ɔ tɔk wɔd dɛn lɛk ɔda bebi dɛn? Anti dem we de nia yu, yu own mama dem kin se somtaims tins laik, "Oh, wi smol wan de jomp roun fo dis ej." I rili nɔmal fɔ mek mama ɔ papa fil smɔl fred ɛn wɔri we dɛn yɛri tin lɛk dis. Bɔt di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl na fɔ nɔ panik di tɛm dɛn lɛk dis, bɔt fɔ no dis gud gud wan. Na dat mek wi bin tink fɔ tɔk bɔt dis rili impɔtant tɔpik tide, we na "Early Intervention."

Wetin rili na "Early Intervention"?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, Ɛli Intɛrvɛnshɔn de tɔk bɔt spɛshal savis dɛn we dɛn kin gi yɔŋ pikin dɛn, dat na, bebi ɛn smɔl pikin dɛn, we gɛt sɔm divɛlɔpmɛnt dilɛy ɔ divɛlɔpmɛnt disabiliti, as ali as i pɔsibul fɔ ɛp dɛn fɔ divɛlɔp dɛn abiliti.

Naw lɛ wi si wetin dɛn tu wɔd ya min.

• Divεlכpmεnt Delay: Dis na we yu pikin de let sכmtεm fכ rich sכm divεlכpmεnt maylston dεm we yu kכmpεr am wit כda pikin dεm we dεn ej. fכ egzampl, we כda pikin dεm kin bigin fכ rכl ova we dεn rich 6 mכnt, yu pikin kin tek lεk 8 mכnt. Ɔ we ɔda pipul dɛn de tɔk wan ɔ tu wɔd insay di ia, i stil tan lɛk se yu pikin nɔ de tɔk natin. Dis na wetin dɛn kɔl "delay." Bɔt di gud nyus na dat if dɛn sɔpɔt ɛn tren dɛn pikin ya di rayt we, bɔku tɛm dɛn kin ebul fɔ kech ɔda pipul dɛn .

• Divɛlɔpmɛnt Disabiliti: Dis difrɛn smɔl. Dis na wan sik wae kin teik yu layf. Dis kin afɛkt di we aw pikin de muv, aw i de lan, aw i de tɔk to am, ɔ aw i de biev. De bεst εgzampl fכ dis na kכndyushכn lεk (Autism) εn (ADHD) .

So, di men gol fɔ di Early Intervention services na fɔ ɛp pikin dɛn we gɛt dis kayn delay ɔ disabiliti fɔ gɛt di bɛsis skil dɛm we dɛn nid fɔ layf.

Lɛ wi si wetin na dɛn skil ya:

• Rol ova na bed
• We pɔsin de kray
• De waka
• Rich fɔ tin dɛn (reach fɔ tin dɛn) .
• Fɔ lan ɛn sɔlv prɔblɛm dɛn
• Fɔ tɔk ɛn lisin
• Fɔ ɔndastand ɔda pipul dɛn
• Fɔ ple ɛn fɔ spɛn tɛm wit ɔda pipul dɛn
• Fɔ kia fɔ dɛnsɛf, lɛk fɔ it ɛn drɛs

Wetin na di minimum ej fɔ stat dɛn savis ya?

Dɛn mek di Early Intervention services fɔ pikin dɛn frɔm we dɛn bɔn dɛn te dɛn ol 3 ia . Insay sɔm kɔntri dɛn, dɛn kin du dis te i ol 5 ia. Insay Sri Lanka bak, i rili impɔtant fɔ pe atɛnshɔn pan dɛn tin ya kwik kwik wan, dat na bifo yu ol 3 ia.

Sɔntɛnde, dɛn kin nid dɛn savis ya jɔs afta dɛn bɔn pikin. Aw dat kin pɔsibul? Imajin, we dɛn bɔn pikin, dɔktɔ dɛn kin no se i gɛt prɔblɛm wit in jɛnɛtiks. Insay dɛn kayn tin ya, bikɔs da kɔndishɔn de kin afɛkt di pikin in divɛlɔpmɛnt, di dɔktɔ dɛnsɛf kin rifer yu to dɛn Early Intervention program ya.

Bɔt nɔto ɔltɛm dɛn kin si dɛn tin ya we dɛn bɔn am. Sɔntɛnde we yu kin kɛr yu pikin go na di klinik we dɛn kin gɛt ɛvri mɔnt, na di dɔktɔ ɔ midwayf kin notis se smɔl delay de we di pikin de gro. Dɔn dɛn kin rifer yu to di spɛshal pipul dɛn ɛn di wan dɛn we de mɛn yu we yu nid.

Bɔt mɛmba dis: If yu gɛt smɔl saspek se "sɔntin difrɛn wit mi pikin," nɔ wet te di nɛks klinik. Lisin to yu mama in instinkt. If na dat yu de fil, go to yu dɔktɔ kwik kwik wan ɛn ɛksplen klia wan wetin yu de si ɛn wetin yu de fil. Frɔm de, i go sho yu di we fɔ go bifo.

Aw a go gɛt savis dɛn lɛk dis na Sri Lanka?

Wae kɔntri dɛm lɛk di US gɛt sɛpret gɔvmɛnt program fɔ dis, na Sri Lanka dis prɔses kin apin tru wi wɛlbɔdi sistɛm. Di fɔs ɛn impɔtant tin we yu fɔ du na fɔ go to yu dɔktɔ we de mɛn pikin dɛn . Ɔ yu kin tɔk bak to yu lokal Pɔblik Ɛlth Midwayf (PHM) .

Dis na wetin kin apin:

1. Fɔs visit to di dɔktɔ: Tɔk to di dɔktɔ bɔt di tin dɛn we de mɔna yu. Ɛksplen wetin yu de si bɔt aw yu pikin de gro.

2. Mɛdikal ɛgzamin: Di dɔktɔ kin tek tɛm chɛk di pikin ɛn chɛk if dɛn de mit di divɛlɔpmɛnt maylston dɛn di rayt tɛm.

3. Rifer yu to spɛshal pipul dɛn: If di dɔktɔ tink se delay de, i go rifer yu to di spɛshal pipul dɛn we yu nid. Na dɛn de gi dɛn Early Intervention savis ya.

Dɛn savis ya de tru Child Development Units na gɔvmɛnt ɔspitul dɛm, mɔ di big ɔspitul dɛm (e.g. Lady Ridgeway Children’s Hospital). Spɛshal sɛnta dɛn de bak na di prayvet sɛktɔ fɔ dis. Yu dɔktɔ go gi yu mɔ infɔmeshɔn bɔt dis.

Aw pikin go kwalifay fɔ dɛn savis ya?

If spɛshal pipul dɛn disayd se di pikin gɛt divɛlɔpmɛnt we de te ɔ disabiliti, da pikin de kwalifay fɔ dɛn savis ya. Dis na ditarmin afta wan multi-step evalueshɔn prɔses.

1. Fɔs Evalueshɔn: Na ya, di wan dɛn we sabi bɔt di pikin in divɛlɔpmɛnt (lɛk di wan dɛn we de mɛn di pikin fɔ tɔk, di wan dɛn we de mɛn di bɔdi) kin tɔk ɛn ple wit di pikin fɔ no wetin di pikin ebul fɔ du ɛn di prɔblɛm dɛn we i gɛt.

2. Notis bɔt di rizɔlt: Afta dis asɛsmɛnt, di spɛshal tim go tɔk to yu ɛn ɛksplen di rizɔlt. Na ya yu kin no if yu pikin nid Early Intervention savis ɔ nɔ nid am.

3. Dip Asɛsmɛnt:We dɛn dɔn no se di pikin nid savis, di nɛks tin we dɛn fɔ du na fɔ no klia wan wetin di pikin nid ɛn us kayn tritmɛnt dɛn we go fayn fɔ am.

4. Fɔ mek wan Plan fɔ Wan Wan: Dɔn, di tim fɔ spɛshal pipul dɛn go wok wit yu fɔ mek wan plan we go spɛshal fɔ yu pikin. Dis plan de sho klia wan wetin di pikin nid, di savis dɛm we dɛn de gi am, ɛn di gol dɛm we wi de op fɔ.

We dɛn dɔn mek dis plan, di pikin go bigin fɔ gɛt di tritmɛnt savis dɛn we i nid. Tru dis prɔses, yu kin aks ɛni kwɛstyɔn ɛn mek ɛni dawt klia. Dɛn kin rivyu dis plan ɛvri 6 mɔnt ɛn dɛn kin mek chenj dɛn we nid fɔ apin bay aw di pikin de go bifo.

Wetin na sɔm tin dɛn we yu kin du as mama ɔ papa na os?

Bɔku tin dɛn de we yu kin du na os fɔ ɛp yu pikin fɔ gro. Yu terapist go gi yu patikyula advays fɔ yu pikin. Bɔt, imajin se yu fɔ wet fɔ sɔm wiks mɔ fɔ go to spɛshal pɔsin. Bifo yu spɛn da tɛm de fɔ wɔri, sɔm simpul tin dɛn de we yu kin du fɔ yu pikin.

Tɔk to yu dɔktɔ bɔt dis bak. in jεnarכl, tin dεm lεk dεn kin mek pikin in bren bכku bכku wan:

• Rid buk to yu pikin: Pik buk dɛn we gɛt big pikchɔ dɛn we gɛt bɔku bɔku kɔlɔ. Nɔ tink se yu pikin nɔ go ɔndastand wetin yu de rid. Yu vɔys ɛn di ritm we yu de tɔk na di fawndeshɔn fɔ mek yu pikin sabi langwej.
• Siŋ siŋ: Simpul, pikin dɛn siŋ lɛk fɔ siŋ ɛn klap de mek pikin gladi bad bad wan.
• Gi yu pikin difrɛn tɔys dɛn: Mek yu pikin tɔch tɔys dɛn we gɛt difrɛn shep, kɔlɔ, ɛn tɛkstɔr. Dis go mek dɛn gɛt sɛns fɔ tɔch.
• Point to tin dɛm we de rawnd yu ɛn tɔk: Point to di pusi na os ɔ di bɔd na di skay ɛn se, "Luk, pusi de," ɔ "Na bɔd dat."
• Nem ɔltin: We yu de fid yu pikin, se "dis na di milk bɔtul," we yu de was, "dis na di sop," ɛn gi nem to ɔl wetin yu de du ɛn pik.
• Tɔk bɔt wetin yu de du: Mek yu pikin yɛri wetin yu de du da tɛm de, lɛk "Mama de it rays naw," ɔ "Lɛ wi go was naw."

Wi de liv na wɔl we pipul dɛn de du tin kwik kwik wan. Wan biliv de na sosayti se ɔltin fɔ du fɔs, ɛn di bɛst. So, we yu kam fɔ no se yu pikin de biɛn di ɔda wan dɛn smɔl, na nɔmal tin fɔ mek yu wɔri bɔt in tumara bambay. Kwɛshɔn dɛn lɛk, "I go ebul fɔ du wɛl na skul? Us kayn wok i go gɛt we i big?" kin kam na yu maynd.

Bɔt di tru tin na dat, nɔbɔdi nɔ go ebul fɔ tɔk wetin go apin to ɛni pikin tumara bambay. I impɔtant bak fɔ mɛmba se ɔl pikin de divɛlɔp bay in yon spid . Dɔn bak, yu go rili ɛnkɔrej fɔ no se di wan dɛn we sabi bɔt di Ɛli Intɛrvɛnshɔn gɛt di no ɛn di tul dɛn fɔ kam na yu pikin in ples ɛn ɛp am. Dɛn go ɛp am fɔ gɛt skil dɛn di kayn we we go fayn fɔ am, ɛn dɛn go tich yu ɛn sɔpɔt yu di sem we. Bikɔs nɔ fɔgɛt, yu na di fɔs ɛn impɔtant ticha we pikin go ɛva mit na layf.

If yu gɛt ɛni kwɛstyɔn ɔ wɔri bɔt aw yu pikin de gro, tɔk to yu dɔktɔ bɔt am. Dɔn bak, nɔ ɛva shem fɔ fɛn ɛn rifer to dɛn savis ya. Di mɔ yu de du risach ɛn lan bɔt dis, na di mɔ yu go gɛt kɔnfidɛns fɔ disayd fɔ yu pikin in tumara bambay.