About
Kamakshi Child Development Centre is a day rehabilitation and development centre that has been operating for more than 15 years. The centre provides free facilities and services of physiotherapists and occupational therapists to children of all races who enrol in the centre. Furthermore, the Kamakshi Child Development Centre is also a local community centre and a point of reference to Alor Setar Hospital, Perlis Hospital, Sungai Petani Hospital, Pulau Pinang Hospital, Seberang Jaya Hospital, Kulim Hospital and the Bukit Mertajam Hospital. To date, a total of 175 children have been registered at KCDC. KCDC is a daily development centre that meets the needs of children with special needs, especially in the northern region for recovery and special training.
In 2017, KCDC Center had also been recognized as a Local Professional Community Centre by the Director of the Alor Star Hospital, Director of the Perlis Hospital and the Pediatric Association of Perlis and Malaysia. The KCDC centre is also home of reference to the Community Rehabilitation (PDK) and schools nearby. We also share experiences and knowledge with parents of special children every week. KCDC also has a conducive environment and a healthy collaboration between parents, physiotherapists and children - children with disabilities.A Game library and resource recovery centre was sponsored by Tan Sri Datuk Haji Mustapha Kamal bin Haji Abu Bakar and has been operating since 2008. The library consists of game tools and built according to the needs of children of all sizes. The main objective of this game library is for children who suffer from stress, trauma, aggression and victims of abuse both physically and mentally to recover. Indirectly, the game helps to develop personality, talent, physical ability and mental ability of children to reach their full potential. In October 2018, a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) agreement was signed between the KCDC and the University of AIMST.
Connection and Networks
Methods used to rehabilitate to normalcy are as follows:
- Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy and Speech Therapy - for children with physical and mental disabilites.
- Special Education - For children with learning disabilities.
- Play Therapy - Using i-Pley Toy Library : For traumatised, abused children, and slow learners.
There are 160 children registered at the centre. Each therapy session will be attended by around 15-20 children per day. The various specialised therapists review and plan the rehabilitation for these children.
We are using the expertise of the Physiotherapist, Occupational Therapist, Speech Therapist from hospitals and Special Educators from Mental Health Society Penang, to rehabilitate the children with the various disabilities.
Kamakshi Child Rehabilitation Centre also serves as a community referral centre for Kulim Hospital, Seberang Jaya Hospital and Penang Hospital for continued daycare therapy. The centre also has been selected for placement of students for continued training by AIMST University, Masterskill and Mahsa University Colleges.
Majority of the children have improved physically and mentally with the on going activities in the centre. With consistent follow up visits and reassessment and implementation of developmental stimulation activities there will be further progress for these children.
The guidelines from Ministry of Health serves as a measurement for projects impact on the participants. The first comers will go through the assessment, upon which a diagnosis is made. This would be followed by establishing a goal and a care plan, to be implemented later on. An evaluation and reassessment is done upon implementing the project. At this stage any necessary change or shortcomings are realised and the implementation would be adjusted accordingly. As the child progresses in the respective developmental area, the assistance would be reduced gradually.
Toy Library & Resource Centre
Sponsored by Tan Sri Datuk Haji Mustapha Kamal B. Haji Abu Bakar, the Toy Library and Resource Centre commenced in the year 2008. The Toy Library consist of of a variety of ready- made and custom made toy furniture and fittings including child size toy playground equipment.
It’s primarily aimed at assisting the Play Therapy program to rehabilitate depressed, traumatized, aggressive and both physically and mentally abused children. The playing process helps to develop a child’s personality, talents and physical, mental abilities to their fullest potential. The library and resource center ensures accessibility of affordable childhood care, development services, and products to rural and urban poor communities.
It also encourages interactive play for children at risk, children with special needs from underprivileged communities. It facilitates multiracial interactions and aims to empower communities through training of parents, teachers, and volunteers to lead the project.
Schools children with disabilities from Lunas are also making use of the library and the center with the children being accompanied by their teachers who supervise and guide them through the playing and learning process. The special educators also utilizes the library to aid their teaching assessments, and evaluations of the special children
How does this help the children
- Ensures the accessibility of affordable childhood care and development services and products to rural and urban poor communities.
- Gives a head start to children at risk and those in difficult circumstances.
- Encourages interactive play for children at risk, with special needs and from indigenous communities.
- Encourages multicultural interactions and aims to empower communities through training of parents, teachers and volunteers to lead the project.
- Gives children an exposure to play.
- Gives a chance to children from low income families to play with educational toys.
- Facilitates play group activities with Special needs children.
- Caters for children who need specific developmental activities like Specific motor skills – Fine Motor Skill activities.
Equipment & Facilities
The Toy Library consist of of a variety of ready made and custom made toy furniture and fittings including child size toy playground equipments. It’s primarily aimed at assisting the Play Therapy programme to rehabilitate depressed, traumatized, aggressive and both physically and mentally abused children. The playing process helps to develop a child’s personality, talents and physical , mental abilities to their fullest potential.
The Toy Library consist of of a variety of ready made and custom made toy furniture and fittings including child size toy playground equipments.
It’s primarily aimed at assisting the Play Therapy programme to rehabilitate depressed, traumatized, aggressive and both physically and mentally abused children. The playing process helps to develop a child’s personality, talents and physical , mental abilities to their fullest potential.
The library and resource centre ensures accessibility of affordable childhood care, development services, and products to rural and urban poor communities. It also encourages interactive play for children at risk, children with special needs from underprivileged communities. It facilitates multiracial interactions and aims to empower communities through training of parents, teachers, and volunteers to lead the project.
Schools with children with disabilities from Lunas are also making use of the library and the centre with the children being accompanied by their teachers who supervise and guide them through the playing and learning process. The special educators also utilises the library to aid their teaching assessments, and evaluations of the special children.
