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Since I had almost no experience with Spinal Cord Injuries I worked with the stroke and CP patients. I was able to provide them with more one on one time than they would normally have received and as I am NDT trained I was able to teach the theory and hands on skills which the staff needed. The challenge of my experience was coming up with compromise suggestions which were do-able in the Indian culture. Both therapists and parents were open to new ideas and wonderful to work with. I see the close family involvement that the Indian people have as a real strength when dealing with handicapped family members. The Vellore office in NYC was very helpful to me in arranging my stay."


	Report from Janet Kelsey
	Janet Kelsey, a Physical Therapist from Camden, Maine, with over 30 years experience, spent six weeks at Rehab and the hospital OPD March-April 2000. She says:" I came to CMC-Vellore with the intent of helping out with patient care and to teach therapists how to use the balls and rolls which I had donated and which was a new concept in therapeutics for them. I found the staff and students to be enthusiastic, eager to learn new skills, lots of fun and very helpful with translation and learning my way around.	Patient and Therapist with balls donated by Janet Kelsey
	Janet Kelsey with patient	I was able to communicate fairly well with patients through touch cues, gestures and demonstrations but for more complex ideas I needed a therapist to interpret. Since I had almost no experience with Spinal Cord Injuries I worked with the stroke and CP patients. I was able to provide them with more one on one time than they would normally have received and as I am NDT trained I was able to teach the theory and hands on skills which the staff needed. The challenge of my experience was coming up with compromise suggestions which were do-able in the Indian culture. Both therapists and parents were open to new ideas and wonderful to work with. I see the close family involvement that the Indian people have as a real strength when dealing with handicapped family members. The Vellore office in NYC was very helpful to me in arranging my stay."
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Report from Janet Kelsey