This service is aimed at families who are are looking for targeted and personalised support.
We provide access to resources and expertise for a path towards development that is harmonious and balanced.
Our commitment is long-term: we support children and their families over time, ensuring continuity and flexibility in response to the changing needs that may arise along the way.
1 – scheduling of meetings: We organise meetings on a regular basis, every 2–3 months, tailored to the needs of each child. Initially an interview is conducted medical history with the family and subsequently the child is observed from the perspective of the stages of motor development, of cognitive, linguistic and communicative-relational skills. During the observation, the essential data are recorded in an observation form, so that they can subsequently be used to write a report.
2 – Sharing information: During the observation, we answer the family’s questions and provide guidance on how to improve the child’s motor, cognitive and communicative-linguistic development. We also liaise with local professionals (schools, therapists, doctors, etc.) to share our recommendations and identify common educational strategies. Where necessary, we provide referrals for specialist consultations, thereby creating a collaborative network.
3 – Active monitoring: The counselling does not end with the initial consultation, but continues over time with follow-up sessions tailored to the family’s needs. The child’s progress is monitored over the following months, involving therapists, the school and family members through active and transparent collaboration. We monitor the therapeutic programmes and, if necessary, identify any additions or adjustments to adapt them to emerging needs and optimise the child’s overall development.
Psychiatric counselling is aimed at all young adults and adults who experience distress, emotional difficulties or behavioural issues dysfunctional in various contexts of life.
Consultation with a psychiatrist, in continuity with the role of the Child Neuropsychiatrist, aimed at reaching the older age, aims to ensure a state of well-being necessary for the realisation of the project for life.
The aim of the intervention is to distinguish between psychopathological symptoms that require intervention – sometimes pharmacological – and situations where distress is, instead, a response to dysfunctional life circumstances, in which case it is necessary to try to bring about change.
Psychiatric counselling is part of a team work in which, through individual consultations, direct observation in situations and meetings within the network both with the family as well as with other key figures, it is possible to assesses situations of distress that arisen in one or more contexts of life.
At the end of the assessment processa targeted intervention is proposed either on the individual or on the environment to restore a state of well-being perceived and a satisfactory inclusion in society.
In recent years, there has been a growing demand for support and assistance for adults with Down’s syndrome who were not previously supported by the association.
Some are families who have been members for some time, whilst others contact us seeking answers to specific issues that have arisen recently.
The pathways and their respective objectives differ significantly depending on the particular stage of life of the person.
If, for a young adult it is a case of developing a plan aimed at ensuring the best possible quality of life through pathways that are inclusive, for those of advanced age the project aims to maintain the level of functioning and participation previously achieved, when changes come due to specific personal issues or context of life (often the request for help actually comes from siblings who support parents who are old or have passed away).
The care of adult individuals requires a careful assessment which includes the personal history and the family history, the drafting of a profile of current cognitive functioning compared with the past (as described by family members in the absence of previous assessments), of adaptive skills and of activities involving participation.
For those people who are over the age of 35 years, a medical and psychiatric assessment must be added, in order to carry out an assessment of health and for the early detection of deterioration. Whether structural and/or organisational changes within the family and social systems, whether factors of a personal nature may, in fact, determine a distress which is manifested often in a manner that is not clearly defined, with symptoms that lend themselves to various interpretations.
At the end of the programme, work-related and rehabilitative activities are offered aimed at meeting the needs emerging needs and improve the quality of life and the well-being perceived.
From the very first introductory meeting the association offers to the family a support so that the person who is taken into care can realise their own potential for development.
In each stage of the life every family finds itself having to face daily challenges, moments of difficulty and the fear of not being able to achieve those goals and that peace of mind to which he has devoted so much effort.
To provide a space for listening and for sharing. Providing support through practical and actionable guidance is a crucial step in ensuring that everyone is involved and that their life plans come to fruition.
Through regular meetings, using the tool of the clinical interview, we offer to families a space for co-construction to support the project of life of the person.
