Community Disability Management and Rehabilitation Programme(CDMRP), is a major extension center of Department of Psychology, University of Calicut with financial support of Social Justice Department, Government of Kerala. CDMRP aims to provides comprehensive, evidence based disability management and rehabilitation services to children with developmental disabilities (including Prevention, Early Intervention, Treatment and Psychosocial Rehabilitation) through community approach. CDMRP also act as an authentic platform to conduct need based training and awareness programme areas of disability and rehabilitation.
ACTIVITIES OF CDMRP
Activity-1 : Community based Disability Management services
As part of CDMRP, a total of 11 Community Based Disability Management Clinics have been established in three rural villages of Kozhikode, Malappuram and Kannur districts. An "Advanced Disability Management Center" has been established in the university campus with state of the art facilities for early identification and disability management services.
These Disability management centers has well equipped with advanced diagnostic and therapeutic facilities such as
- EARLY INTERVENTION UNIT,
- NEURO-COGNITIVE REHABILITATION UNIT,
- AUDIOLOGY TESTING UNIT,
- ELECTROTHERAPY,
- HYDROTHERAPY,
- PLAY THERAPY UNIT,
- MULTISENSORY UNIT
- COMPUTERIZED ADAPTIVE SKILL TRAINING UNIT ETC.
Average 120 to 140 children attending the various clinics of CDMRP in each day. Majority of them are from financial back sector of community. As per the case registration report till May 2019 total 6125 children with developmental disabilities have registered and taking free services from these clinics.
Activity-2 : Training Programme
Apart from clinical activities, CDMRP regularly conducts advanced training in all areas of disability management for various categories of Rehabilitation Professionals, community workers, care givers and public. Around 135 training programme has conducted till the date.
Activity-3 : Research programme
CDMRP also undertakes more than 11 need based research projects in the area of developmental disabilities. Also, to improve and enhance the quality of Clinical services and ensure evidence based services, CDMRP has developed various intervention modules, books and public information materials, last year CDMRP has published five therapeutic modules and one text book in the area of developmental disability.
Activity-4:Disability and Rehabilitation studies
To meet potential requirements human resources in the areas of Rehabilitation Psychology under CDMRP, Department conducting an advanced professional courses in the area of Rehabilitation Psychology, i.e., Post Graduate Diploma rehabilitation Psychology recognized by the Rehabilitation Council of India). Also, to improve and enhance the quality of Clinical services and ensure evidence based services, CDMRP has developed various intervention modules, books and public information materials, last year CDMRP has published five therapeutic modules and one text book in the area of developmental disability.