Ku barera umwana uri munsi y'imyaka itatu, ndashaka kubabwira ikintu mushobora kuba mutazi: Intambwe za Mbere.
Nk’uko bivugwa ku rubuga rwabo rwa interineti, intego ya First Steps ni “gufatanya n’imiryango ya Hoosier ifite abana bato bafite ibibazo by’iterambere no kubahuza na serivisi zibafasha guteza imbere iterambere ry’abana babo.”
Intambwe za Mbere ni gahunda namenye bwa mbere igihe umwana wanjye w'imyaka 22 yari uruhinja. Yavutse arwaye torticollis, kandi nubwo twagerageje kuyivura dukoresheje uburyo bwo kugabanya ibiro byacu, ntibyari bihagije. Twagejejwe kuri Intambwe za Mbere n'umuganga w'abana (nubwo kumenya neza: niba ufite impungenge runaka wifuza ko tugutangaho igitekerezo, ushobora kuvugana na First Steps ubwawe ukajya kumufata nk'umujyanama).
Muri make bikora gutya: Iyo umuntu agusabye koherezwa, ubwirwa ko bagufata hanyuma bakagusuzuma (ibi byose bikorerwa mu rugo, cyane cyane iyo ufite abandi bana; ntukeneye gushaka umurera cyangwa ngo ubajyane muri iyo gahunda).
Niba umwana yujuje ibisabwa kugira ngo ahabwe serivisi, kandi niba umwana wawe urera ari kuri Medicaid, ntacyo uzishyura kandi ubuvuzi cyangwa uburyo bwo kuvura bizabera iwawe; ku bana batari kuri Medicaid, ndizera ko bishingiye ku bwishingizi ariko ntabwo mfite uburambe ku giti cyanjye kandi urubuga ntabwo rusobanutse neza nkuko byashobokaga.
Ku muhungu wanjye mukuru, yari yujuje ibisabwa mu buvuzi bw'umubiri (PT) rimwe mu cyumweru gusa. Rero iyo serivisi zatangiraga, twagombaga kubona umuganga w'umubiri (PT) aza iwacu rimwe mu cyumweru mu gihe cy'isaha imwe. Yamaraga umwanya amugorora, ariko ikirenze ibyo, yanyigishaga icyo gukora kugira ngo nkomeze akazi mu minsi yindi… niho iterambere nyakuri mu buzima bwe ryabereye. Birumvikana ko gahunda za buri cyumweru zari ingenzi kugira ngo nkomeze "imirimo" yanjye, ariko kuba naramenye byinshi kandi mfite ibikoresho byamfashije gukora ibyo akeneye; ikigaragara ni uko twashoboye gukorana nk'ikipe kugira ngo tumufashe ku murongo.
Kandi nk'uko ntekereza ko ari ikintu cyiza uretse: Nyuma y'imyaka 11 ubwo twakiraga umwana w'amezi atatu wari ufite intege nke mu buvuzi (wari ufite torticollis ikomeye, ndetse n'ibindi bibazo byinshi), twari twamaze guhugurwa ku buryo bwo kuvura indwara zo kugorora umubiri ku buryo twashoboye kuzitangira ako kanya, ubwo twari dutegereje ko ajyanwa mu cyiciro cya mbere cy'intambwe kugira ngo serivisi zitangire.
Kandi mvuze kuri serivisi, ngomba gusobanura ko First Steps itanga byinshi kurusha PT (mu by'ukuri, umwana wacu muto, PT, OT, Speech na DT yakoreshejwe). Rero, serivisi ziboneka binyuze muri First Steps zirimo:
- Ikoranabuhanga rifasha mu buvuzi (AT)
- Serivisi z'ubuvuzi bw'amatwi
- Ubuvuzi bw'Iterambere (DT) (burimo Uburezi bw'Umuryango, Amahugurwa, n'Ubujyanama; Serivisi z'Ubuzima; Serivisi z'Ubuvuzi; Serivisi z'Abaforomo; na Serivisi z'Imirire)
- Ubuvuzi bw'akazi (OT)
- Ubuvuzi bw'umubiri (PT)
- Serivisi zo mu mutwe
- Guhuza Serivisi (SC)
- Serivisi z'Imirimo Myiza y'Abaturage
- Ubuvuzi bw'Imivugire
- Ubwikorezi
- Iyerekwa
- Izindi serivisi zihariye
Ikintu cya nyuma navuga ni uko nubwo umwana wawe yaba yujuje ibisabwa kugira ngo ahabwe serivisi yo kuvurwa na First Steps, ashobora kuba ataratera imbere bihagije ku myaka itatu; muri icyo gihe, azavurwa hanze y'urugo. Umuto wanjye yari afite PT, OT ndetse n'indwara yo kuvuga mu rugo, ariko yari akeneye serivisi amaze kuzuza imyaka itatu, bityo twahindukiye tujya mu bavuzi bo hanze.
Kandi uko nabibonye, First Steps iragufasha cyane mu mpinduka; ntibategereza kugeza umwana agize imyaka 3 hanyuma bakamusiga. Batangira kugufasha mu mpinduka nyuma y'amezi abiri kugira ngo umwana adatakaza serivisi.
Ndabizi ko ibi bitazaba ari ngombwa nk'uko buri mubyeyi wese urera abana aba akeneye, ariko nifuzaga kukumenyesha ko mu gihe wowe cyangwa undi mubyeyi uzi wabibonamo akamaro.
Mubyukuri,
Kris