Community based rehabilitation is a way of aiding the physically or mentally disabled individuals by empowering them as well as their families to work for a better life. This is achieved by training the disabled to be a useful social entity and contribute to the society in some way. Also, their family members are trained in such a way that they can encourage the disabled member to become as independent as possible. For this purpose, community volunteers and assistants are trained to provide rehabilitative services to the unfortunate and in the process, help them to overcome their misfortune.
3. COMMUNITY BASED REHABILITION:
3.1 Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR):
CBR refers to the means of improving the lives of disabled people by providing …show more content…
Due to the lack of professionals, the non professionals are trained by sharing the skills needed for providing rehabilitation services. The workers may be segregated into nonprofessionals and paraprofessionals.
4.1.1 Paraprofessionals and Nonprofessionals
Paraprofessionals are occupational workers who do not have the license to work as professionals but are trained to assist them. They suffer from the obvious disadvantage of no further promotions. Also, they do not have a stable career and do not have idea as to who is their employer. A nonprofessional is a person who is not trained to be a part of the profession. But they are an important part of mental health programs.
4.1.2 Importance of Paraprofessionals and Nonprofessionals (FIGURE 3)
-Paraprofessionals and nonprofessionals simply increase the number of workers providing rehabilitation services. More the number of volunteers, easier it is to provide adequate mental health …show more content…
They act as facilitators of mental health provision by putting in their already acquired skills. Through training, they contribute to the effective service provision. For example, parents who have children suffering from substance abuse are trained to deal with them. They are in direct contact with their children and can, hence be effective in helping them.
-Enhancement of the worker himself in the process of training is a part and parcel of the training process. He/she learns the skills to deal with the community problems. This makes the worker grow as a person. There are groups which are run by the people who have suffered from a problem before and are helping others to deal with those problems. Riessman (1965) has called this the “helper therapy” principle.
-There may be a chance of getting employed as a professional through training and practice. For example, interns working at the hospitals are getting acquainted with the skills required for treating mentally or physically ill people. FIGURE
3. COMMUNITY BASED REHABILITION:
3.1 Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR):
CBR refers to the means of improving the lives of disabled people by providing …show more content…
Due to the lack of professionals, the non professionals are trained by sharing the skills needed for providing rehabilitation services. The workers may be segregated into nonprofessionals and paraprofessionals.
4.1.1 Paraprofessionals and Nonprofessionals
Paraprofessionals are occupational workers who do not have the license to work as professionals but are trained to assist them. They suffer from the obvious disadvantage of no further promotions. Also, they do not have a stable career and do not have idea as to who is their employer. A nonprofessional is a person who is not trained to be a part of the profession. But they are an important part of mental health programs.
4.1.2 Importance of Paraprofessionals and Nonprofessionals (FIGURE 3)
-Paraprofessionals and nonprofessionals simply increase the number of workers providing rehabilitation services. More the number of volunteers, easier it is to provide adequate mental health …show more content…
They act as facilitators of mental health provision by putting in their already acquired skills. Through training, they contribute to the effective service provision. For example, parents who have children suffering from substance abuse are trained to deal with them. They are in direct contact with their children and can, hence be effective in helping them.
-Enhancement of the worker himself in the process of training is a part and parcel of the training process. He/she learns the skills to deal with the community problems. This makes the worker grow as a person. There are groups which are run by the people who have suffered from a problem before and are helping others to deal with those problems. Riessman (1965) has called this the “helper therapy” principle.
-There may be a chance of getting employed as a professional through training and practice. For example, interns working at the hospitals are getting acquainted with the skills required for treating mentally or physically ill people. FIGURE