Home training for children with brain injury

  In recent years, there are more neonatal brain injuries caused by some neonatal diseases and congenital disorders. Brain injury often causes mental retardation or central motor disorders in children, and some are accompanied by epilepsy, visual and auditory sensory impairment. Because brain nerve cells are not renewable, there is no specific treatment for these children. However, it has been proven that early intervention can reduce the disability left behind by brain injury.  The so-called early intervention is to provide benign sensory stimulation and rich environmental stimulation to children with brain injury in the early stage of their developmental disorders in a purposeful and planned manner, so that the function of brain tissue that has been damaged can be restored to the greatest extent. Early intervention for children with identified or suspected brain injury focuses on visual, auditory, and cutaneous sensory stimulation as well as motor, language, and cognitive awareness training. Hang brightly colored or sounding toys on the bed and bedroom walls, and change them from time to time to interest the child in seeing and hearing. Put some toys or food in front of the child and teach him to play with them or grasp food with his hands to develop his hand, mouth and eye coordination.  When feeding and caring for your child, keep talking to him and teasing him to make sounds, and say the language commonly used in daily life while doing so, such as we eat milk and drink water, so that he can link language, objects and actions. Parents can tease the child to raise his head with a loud toy, or they can put the child’s back close to their chest and make the child’s head stand up, starting from a few minutes and gradually extending. 3 months later, the child should gradually be trained to turn over from the supine to the lateral to the prone position, and also gradually train to raise his head in the prone position. The child can be trained to pull up into a sitting position in the supine position at the age of 4 months, and at the age of 5 months, the child can be trained to sit in a reclined position, and at the age of 6 months, the child can sit alone, but not for too long. 7 months later, the child should focus on training the ability to sit alone, crawl and stand.  For older children, the main focus is on language training and coordination of movements. You can teach your child to recognize objects in pictures, inspire him/her to name things that interest him/her, recognize and understand various toys and foods, etc. If the child is able to stand still, he or she can be trained to take steps. Start by holding the child’s hands, and then gradually let him walk on the fence. Parents can tease the child with toys, so that he can gradually walk farther. At the same time, pay attention to the training of independent mobility, to let the child play alone on the ground, training the child can squat alone to pick up things, training the flexibility and coordination of the child’s body movements.