ESSENTIAL STEPS IN A PROGRAM OF
CRIPPLED CHILDREN WORK

The following steps apply only to a
community where there is no existing
agency for crippled children work.
Where there is such an agency, the
steps should be modified in accordance
with local circumstances.

1. The Survey
The first step is a local survey to de-

termine the number of crippled chil-

dren in the community. Information
on the necessity for a survey, how to
organize it, and how to get proper
publicity is given in Pamphlet No. 40.

2. The Clinic

The second step is the organization
of a clinic or a series of them to deter-
mine what needs to be done in indi-
vidual cases. Information on this phase
of the program is contained in Pam-

phlet No. 40.

3. Follow-up Work

The third step is that of following
up on the conditions revealed by the
clinic, which includes consideration of
the following phases:

1. Classification of cases.

2. Treatment of those curable or
improvable.

3. Providing of orthopedic appli-

ances.

4. Convalescent or after-care.

5. Placement of cases in boarding
homes, local institutions, etc.

6. Education (general)
(a) In convalescent schools

(b) In special classes in public
schools
(c) Bedside instruction for “shut-

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ins
7. Vocational training
8. Vocational placement

9. Transportation

4. Formation of Local, State or Pro-
vincial Societies

When a good start has been made in
crippled children work locally, the need
for and the efficacy of the work having
been proved, an effort should be made
to enlist general community coopera-
tion in the formation of a local society
for crippled children work, this ulti-
mately combining with other similar
societies to form a state or provincial
society to work for government legisla-
tion in the interests of crippled chil-
dren. The work of prevention, difficult
for a Rotary club to handle, can very
readily be taken up by such a society.
(This phase of the work is treated in
Pamphlet No. 40.)

 

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NOTE: In the strain and stress of war activity there may be a tendency
in some communities to forget, or at least to neglect, the important work
of rehabilitating the crippled child. The war will present the problem of
caring for those who are maimed for life. To this burden should not be
added those who can be saved for a life of usefulness if corrective measures
are applied in time. This year, more than ever, it is important that each
community seek out its crippled children and try to develop a plan for