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SERVICE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE ANNUAL REPORT 2 0 0 9 / 2 0 1 0 and the team presented a paper on “Factors Influencing Dental Health in Persons with Intellectual Disability” at the AFID Conference in November 2009. Case Management System Training Officers, Centre Heads and Allied Health Professionals (AHPs) meet monthly to review and evaluate the needs, intervention plans and progress of all the clients to continuously improve service delivery. guests participated in the ‘Clients Year-End Party’. Centres’ staff and clients put up performances, and dedicated volunteers were presented tokens of appreciation for their significant contributions. Eight TDC clients took part at the MINDS 23rd Sports Meet in April 2010. 17 clients from ATDC and CTDC also participated in the 7th Special Olympics National Games held in June 2009 and bagged two silver and seven bronze in athletics, bowling and bocce. For the third year running, CTDC organised an Art Fair & Exhibition with the theme ‘Nature at its Finest Moments’. The Guest-Of-Honour Dr Amy Khor, Mayor of South West District and Senior Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Environment Water and resources graced the ceremony. 115 paintings were submitted by the three TDCs. Professional judges were invited to select the winners. Proceeds for the sale of paintings amounted to about $900 on that day. Staff Development Staff attended training in areas identified as key training needs in line with the sectors’ goals for the year and their own developmental needs. Some combined training include: Programmes with Families The annual Parents’ Dialogue and Home Visits provide a channel for families and centre staff to discuss clients’ training plans and progress. During these sessions, effective methods of handling the clients were discussed so that training efforts could be devised accordingly. • ‘Unity Is Strength’ team building session • ‘Positive Behaviour Support’ Induction course by the TDC Psychologists • ‘Introductory Applied Drama’ by Ms Chang Mei Yee, from Singapore Polytechnic • ‘Epilepsy Management’ and ‘Prevention & Control of Infectious Diseases’ by MINDS’ Physiotherapist and Medicare Consultant As all three TDCs are operating at full capacity, a balloting exercise was held in January 2010 to admit clients to the limited vacancies. Students on the TDCs waiting list were referred to the Centre for Enabled Living (CEL) for placement in other VWOs’ day activity centres. Internal and Community Integration 15 clients participated in the two-day ‘TDC Independent Live-In Camp’ held in October 2009 at a Pasir Ris chalet resort. They learned to generalise their adaptive living and community living skills in an external environment together with their peers from the other TDCs. 230 clients, staff, caregivers, volunteers and invited FY 2010/2011 WORKPLAN • To assist TDC CSG chapter to recruit more caregivers and plan activities. • To survey and evaluate extending the centre’s operating hours to enable caregivers to have more opportunities for employment. 14
SERVICE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE • To conduct family life education talks to strengthen family relationships. • To broaden the spectrum of training programmes and activities for the aged, the high support need and clients with challenging behaviours • To explore team teaching and capitalise upon individual skills/interests of the staff and volunteers to assist in training. • To have a committed resource personnel to look into training resources and programmes. • To continue enhancement of staff professional expertise through relevant training related to adults with special needs. RESIDENTIAL SERVICES – MINDSVILLE@NAPIRI Clients Muster and Staff Strength as at 31 March 2010 Services Clients Staff Home 103 65 Hostel / Group Home 52 14 Children’s Wing 22 20 Total 177 99 MILESTONES AND ACHIEVEMENTS Outcome Management Results The effectiveness of the Adaptive Daily Living (ADL) Skills and Community Living Skills (CLS) programmes implemented in the Home were tracked, residents’ progress and achievements closely monitored and the results reported to NCSS half yearly. The Hostel/ Group Home tracked the effectiveness of Community Living Skills (CLS) while the Children’s Wing tracked the children’s functional independence and ability to access and use different types of community facilities. support needs, hence training programmes and individualised therapies are designed to enhance or maintain the residents’ gross and fine motor skills, hand functions, visual perception, balance, co-ordination, mobility, sensory awareness, and ADL such as feeding, grooming, dressing and oral hygiene. Three aged clients with high support need qualified to participate in the Special Olympics in June 2009 after six months of dedicated training by five volunteer coaches from Raffles Institution. The efforts paid off when they won two gold and one bronze medal. A few wheelchair-bound residents, despite their physical disabilities, also participated in MINDS 23rd Sports Meet with the assistance of the staff. Multi-sensory programmes were implemented for selected residents especially those with ASD to improve their sensory awareness and self regulation. Another intervention, Pet Assisted Therapy (PAT), benefited both the ambulant and wheelchair-bound residents. As they interacted with the trained dogs, the residents’ sensory, cognitive, communication and socialisation skills improved. Based on their needs, residents were scheduled for individual therapies for positioning, splinting and training aimed at developing the repertoire of activity skills, and increase their independence or at least minimise supervision/prompting for day to day tasks. Group therapy sessions were organised for selected residents which involved exploring different gross and fine motor activities. The residents also learnt to develop their interaction and socialisation skills in these sessions. NCSS On-site Assurance Assessment of MINDSville’s residential services final report for FY 08/09 confirmed that the outcome management submissions from April 2008 to March 2009 were verified as accurate and that we had complied with 100% of the Service Standard Requirements; had clear and organised Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) which staff were familiar with; had a team of cohesive and dedicated staff that helped each other. Residents’ family members interviewed were satisfied that staff were approachable and their needs were attended to promptly. Programme Development a) MINDSville - Home Majority of the Home residents are ageing with high 15
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