COMMUNITY BASED

REHABILITATION
PROGRAM
REHABILITATION
Rehabilitation is a treatment or
treatments designed to
facilitate the process of
recovery from injury, illness,
or disease to as normal
condition as possible.
DIFFERENT TYPES OF
REHABILITATION

• Neurological rehabilitation
• Cardiac rehabilitation
• Drug rehabilitation
• Alcohol rehabilitation
• Physical rehabilitation
• Medical rehabilitation
• Vocational rehabilitation
• Vestibular rehabilitation
• Stroke rehabilitation
COMMUNITY BASED
REHABILITATION
“A strategy within community
development for the rehabilitation,
equalization of opportunities, and
social integration of all people with
disabilities” (ILO, UNESCO, and the WHO).
CBR is implemented through the
combined efforts of disabled
people themselves, their
families and communities, and
the appropriate health,
education, vocational and social
services" (WHO, 1994).
CBR FOCUSES ON:
• Enhancing the quality of life
for people with disabilities
and their families,
• Meeting basic needs and
• Ensuring inclusion and
participation
CBR was initiated in the mid-
1980s but has evolved to become
a multi-sectoral strategy that
empowers persons with
disabilities to access and
benefit from education,
employment, health and social
services.
• Mainstreaming and inclusion is
seen as an effective way: to
include persons with
disability; to give equal
opportunity and to provide a
non discriminative environment
for their growth and
development.
BASIC PRINCIPLES OF CBR
1. Inclusion
2. Participation
3. Sustainability
4. Empowerment
5. Advocacy
ESSENTIAL COMPONENTS
• The program should cover all types of PWDs
who need rehabilitation services.
• The program should be part of mainstream
development and have a multi sectors
approach including social integration
interventions, health education and economic
programs.
• The program should have access to or
generate a good and effective referral system.
• The program should aim at full integration of
the PWD into his/her community.
• The program should have committed and well
trained community members as service
providers.
• The program should have gender and disability
focus and balance.
• The program should strike a balance between
provision of service delivery and empowering
the PWD , family and community through
regular transfer of skills.
• The program should facilitate the formation
and strengthening of the disabled peoples
movement to ensure that the rights of PWDs
are not denied through advocacy at local ,
state and national level.