Disabled Child Day Care Centre

The Disabled Child Day Care Centre was built by the Salmaniya Rotary Club and officially opened on November 23, 1993. It is affiliated with the Social Rehabilitation Department of the Ministry of Labour & Social Development. It takes care of children with multiple disabilities and children with mental disabilities.

"Our Mission"
Disabled Child Day Care Centre
Address: Building no.: 1045 - Road no.: 1403 - Block no.: 814 Isa Town
Tel. no.: 17103277 - 17107246

The Objectives of the Center:

Taking care of children with multiple disabilities on a daily basis to help alleviate the burden on their families
Training the mothers to take care of their disabled children
Evaluating the abilities of the disabled children and providing beneficial activities suitable for the maximum development of their capacities.

Types of the Services Provided in the Center:

1- Rehabilitation Services

The children’s Rehabilitation program includes self-sufficiency, social growth and educational Rehabilitations. It also aims at developing the cognitive ability of children who want to learn. This program assists the disabled to understand the environment around them and to learn through experience.

2- Entertainment Programs

- Conducting entertainment and cultural trips

- Helping disabled children to integrate with other children

- Providing appropriate films, cartoons and educational programs

- Practicing different hobbies

3- Health Service and Physiotherapy

Physiotherapy is provided to disabled children by qualified physiotherapists. Mothers are trained in how to deal with the health of disabled children.

4- Psychological Services

They are concerned with studying, analyzing and solving behavioral problems came in contact with children.

5- Social Services

· They are concerned with studying the applicants’ social status and making a record of all the changes that are in contact with their status.

· They strive for keeping up the children's relationship with their families and the external community through mutual visits and joint programs.

· They seek to put forward means of transportation to transport applicants to and from the Center.

Required Documents:

1- The required form completed

2- A medical report about the disabled persons from the Ministry of Health

3- A copy of the residential card for the disabled and a copy of the guardian’s residential card.

4- Two photographs of the disabled child

5- A copy of the child’s passport

Admission Requirements:

1- Bahraini Nationality

2- Free from any infectious disease

3- Aged between 3 to 12 years

4- Free from psychological disorders

5- Suffering from multiple disabilities

6- Not classed as a clinical case

7- Ready and willing to learn and be trained