Shepherd Center ndi gawo la gulu la anthu osankhika azipatala kuti alandire mayina kuchokera ku Administration for Community Living's (ACL) National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) ngati a Spinal Cord Injury Model System (SCIMS) ndi Traumatic Brain Injury Model System (TBIMS).

Kuyambira pachiyambi chake, mapulogalamu a Model Systems akhala akuyang'ana kwambiri pakuwongolera chisamaliro chanthawi yomweyo komanso chanthawi yayitali cha anthu omwe ali ndi msana komanso kuvulala koopsa kwaubongo. Zopereka ziwiri zofunika kwambiri zamapulogalamuwa zakhala kukula kwa pulogalamuyo National SCI Statistical Center (NSCISC) ndi Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems National Data ndi Statistical Center (TBINDSC). Zomwe zasonkhanitsidwa ndi Model Systems Centers zakhala zothandiza kwambiri pakumvetsetsa ndikuwongolera zotsatira za chisamaliro kwa anthu omwe ali ndi msana komanso kuvulala koopsa kwaubongo.

Monga gawo la machitidwe awa, Shepherd Center ikhoza kukwaniritsa ntchito yathu yopititsa patsogolo miyoyo ya anthu omwe ali ndi vuto la ubongo ndi kuvulala kwa msana pogwiritsa ntchito kafukufuku wachipatala ndi chisamaliro cha odwala. Mapulogalamu onse a SCIMS ndi TBIMS amathandizidwa ndi ndalama za federal zomwe zimapikisana kwambiri, zomwe ziyenera kuwonjezeredwa zaka zisanu zilizonse.

Machitidwe athu achitsanzo a chisamaliro

Southeastern Regional Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Model System ku Shepherd Center ndi yayikulu kwambiri mdziko muno. 18 Model Systems of Care chifukwa cha kuvulala kwa msana, ndi chiwerengero chachikulu cha ovomerezeka atsopano ndi maulendo opita kunja kwa malo onse a Model Systems.

Shepherd Center wakhala malo a SCIMS kuyambira 1982. Kwa zaka zambiri monga SCIMS yothandizidwa ndi NIDILRR, Shepherd Center yapanga ndi kuyesa njira zambiri zomwe tsopano ndi gawo la mapulogalamu operekedwa kwa odwala ku Shepherd Center ndi mabungwe ena, kuphatikizapo:

  • Ntchito zantchito
  • Magulu othandizira anzawo
  • Kufikira pagulu
  • Pulogalamu yolimbikitsa
  • Pulogalamu yoletsa kuvulala kwa msana
  • Msonkhano wa Maluso a Adventure

Masiku ano, mapulogalamuwa amathandizidwa ndi ndalama zomwe opereka athu kapena mabungwe aboma amapereka, chifukwa NIDILRR yatembenukira ku kafukufuku wazachipatala m'malo mowonetsa ma projekiti. Cholinga chatsopanochi chinapititsa patsogolo kufufuza kwa Shepherd Center, zomwe zinapangitsa kuti ntchito zofufuza zitheke mogwirizana ndi malo ena.

Kwa zaka zambiri, ma projekiti ambiri apangidwa ndikumalizidwa, ndikugogomezera maphunziro omwe amayang'ana pakuwongolera zotsatira za odwala. Maphunziro a SCIMS omwe akuchitika pa Shepherd Center komanso mogwirizana ndi zipatala zina za Model Systems akuphatikizapo:

  • Kufufuza zotsatira za dera lochita masewera olimbitsa thupi pamodzi ndi kusonkhezera kwa msana kuti muwonjezere kuyenda
  • Kumvetsetsa zinthu zomwe zimagwirizanitsidwa ndi kuvulala m'chaka choyamba pambuyo pa SCI
  • Kuwunika kwazovuta zomwe zimakhudzana ndi thanzi la mkamwa ndi ukhondo wamano pakati pa anthu omwe ali ndi SCI
  • Kuwunika kwa mitundu ya chithandizo chandalama chomwe chimagwiritsidwa ntchito kuthana ndi zovuta zachuma za SCI
  • Kuwunika kwa chilungamo ndi mwayi wopeza ukadaulo wothandizira

Mu 2022, Shepherd Center inadziwika kuti ndi Model System for Traumatic Brain Injury, yothandizidwa ndi thandizo la zaka zisanu kuchokera ku NIDILRR (yotchedwa Georgia Model Brain Injury System; GAMBIS).

Monga imodzi mwa 16 Masamba a Model Systems, Georgia Model Brain Injury System ku Shepherd Center imathandizira mapulojekiti atsopano ndi kafukufuku popereka, kusonyeza, ndi kuyesa ntchito zachipatala, kukonzanso, ntchito, ndi zina zomwe zimapangidwira kuti zikwaniritse zosowa za anthu omwe ali ndi kuvulala koopsa kwa ubongo.

Pulogalamu iliyonse ya TBIMS imathandizira Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems National Data ndi Statistical Center (TBINDSC), imachita nawo kafukufuku wodziyimira pawokha komanso wogwirizana, ndipo imapereka chidziwitso ndi zothandizira kwa anthu omwe ali ndi TBI, mabanja awo, osamalira, ndi abwenzi, akatswiri azaumoyo, komanso anthu wamba.

Ntchito yaposachedwa ya kafukufuku wapatsamba la GAMBIS ikuyang'ana kwambiri pakusintha kwantchito kwa anthu omwe ali ndi TBI powonetsa mphamvu za njira zatsopano zosinthira anthu ntchito (mwachitsanzo, upangiri wauphungu wachipatala ndi maphunziro a ntchito). Kafukufukuyu akuchitidwa mogwirizana ndi Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency (GVRA) ndipo akuphatikizapo kuunika kwapadera kwa ntchito ndi maphunziro operekedwa ndi alangizi a ntchito zantchito a Shepherd Center.

Ntchito zamakono zofufuza za GAMBIS zomwe zikuchitika ndi malo ena a NIDILRR TBIMS zimayang'ana kwambiri kuzindikiritsa chuma cha federal, chigawo, ndi chapafupi kuti athe kusintha zotsatira za anthu omwe ali ndi TBI, komanso kudziwa momwe osamalira amakhudzira zotsatira za okondedwa awo omwe ali ndi TBI.