The psychomotor rehabilitation of children with the Procus and Block method
Journal Title: Rehabilitacja Medyczna - Year 2009, Vol 13, Issue 4
Abstract
Psychomotor rehabilitation with the Procus and Block method is a proposal for procedures to be undertaken with children displaying mild neuropsychological disturbances such as minimal brain dysfunction (developmental disharmony). The method has been developed on the basis of a knowledge of the neurophysiological developmental processes of the brain during the prenatal period and in earlychildhood, taking into consideration both the genetic and environmental conditioning of maturity in the nerve system as well as the phenomena of integration and brain plasticity. Therapy according to Procus and Block is located within the current of integrational therapies in which, on the basis of motor exercises, the development of many functions of central nervous system is stimulated, particularly within the scope of their mutual coupling and integration. The aim and effect of the therapy is the construction and activation of neuronal networks which are responsible for brain integrational processes. In the method Procus and Block assume that through consciousness and achievement of a target movement a child will gradually obtain a control of the psychological process, control over himself, which will lead to a improvement in the cognitive processes: understanding, speech, memory. Gradually the integration of the nervous system as a whole will improve. Therapy is organised in groups and is clearly limited in time, which enables an evaluation of the effectiveness of proceedings. Repetition of this same exercise plan serves to teach structure within time and anticipation of events, a reduction in anxiety, aggressiveness and psychomotor hyperexcitability, better control of emotions and stressogenic situations. A child is only given during the therapy such tasks that are within his range of possibilities and which simultaneously help him in becoming aware of the limits of forms of behaviour. During the therapy, the child receives such tasks that are within his range of possibilities and which help him in becoming aware of his limits.
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Zofia Kułakowska, Katarzyna Szamotulska
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