About Physical & Occupational Therapy Center
Establishment
The Physical and Occupational Therapy Center began providing its services to children with disabilities in the early 1980s as part of the Institute for Intellectual Education (formerly) Al Wafa School for Capacity Development (currently).
The Early Intervention Center started in 1994 and became an independent entity in September 1999, specializing in physical and functional therapy.
It obtained a license from the Ministry of Health and Prevention in 2020.
Disabilities
- Physical and occupational therapy services are provided to beneficiaries with various disabilities.
Age group
The center accepts all age groups from newborns to 30 years old.
Curricula and assessment tools
POTC adopts several curricula and assessment tools
- Bobath Approach.
- Sensory Integration Approach.
- Task Oriented Approach.
Services
The most important basic services provided
First, Direct Services
- Physiotherapy sessions.
- Occupational therapy sessions.
- Evaluation and re-evaluation service for center affiliates.
Second, supporting services.
- Aquatic therapy service.
- Equine therapy service.
- Moist therapy (hot, cold compresses).
- Music therapy service
- Salt cave therapy service.
- Occupational gym service.
- Group therapy services.
- Family counseling and training service.
- Classroom support service.
- Nursery assessment service in collaboration with the Early Intervention Center.
Third, targeted training and community awareness services
- Developing specialized training programs for field employees and university students majoring in physical therapy.
- Raising community awareness through lectures, seminars, and specialized articles for Al Manal magazine, affiliated with the Sharjah City for Humanitarian Services.
Admission to SCHS
Registration and Admission at Sharjah City for Humanitarian Services Procedures for registering new students:
- First:
- Attend in person to register at the Social Service Department, in the administration building during official working hours.
- Register using a valid original ID.
- Provide a recent medical report from an accredited entity / Provide a psychological educational report (if available).
- The center is determined based on age group and type of disability.
- Second:
- The school or center's social worker will contact to schedule a personal interview.
- Communicate with the family and inform them of the beneficiary's file acceptance if conditions are met.
- The social worker completes registration data, including filling out the social case study.
- The social worker receives the required documents and health reports as mandatory attachments for the admission process.
- Third:
- The beneficiary pays a non-refundable seat reservation fee of AED 1000.
- The beneficiary pays a non-refundable file opening fee of AED 200 to join the services of the Physical and Occupational Therapy Center or Family Counseling services. For more details regarding school fees and transportation services, click here.
- Fourth:
- The beneficiary joins the services of the SCHS
- Fifth:
- The beneficiary completes the fee payment procedures in coordination with the school or center's accounting department. For more details regarding school fees and transportation services, click here.