COLLIS APPROACH – NEURO REHAB TECHNIQUE FOR C.P CHILDREN
COLLIS APPROACH
BASIC ABOUT COLLIS APPROCH :
- A British pioneer, Eirene Collis postulated a number of practical and constructive tenets.
1. Early treatment was advocated, believing that this would aid a more beneficial outcome.
2. The physiotherapist should conduct a scheme of management of the child throughout the day, rather than sessional ‘ treatments ‘.
3. The treatment program should include Dressing, feeding, toileting, and washing.
> Collis also considered that the child should follow a strict developmental sequence and should not be permitted to perform motor skills beyond his or her developmental level. This would be challenged today on the following basis :
1. Although a general sequence can be helpful, children rarely develop at precisely the same rate or in the same sequence.
2. In order to achieve one level of development the child needs to have progressed to a higher level.
3. Children may become frustrated when their experiments with movement are curtailed or their participation is not sought, and lack of motivation may ensure.
- Collis established the idea of a cerebral palsy therapist. This was further developed, especially in recent work such as that of the conductor in conductive education, and the idea of amalgamating occupational therapy and physiotherapy.
