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2 The Link Magazine • April 2006
Do you want to stake a difference Louise makes progress after Peto
to people's lives?
A six year old from Haydon Wick has returned from a month in Hungary stronger and a little more able
Do you have an NVQ Level2
to do things for herself.
in Care?
Louise Fisher appeared in the cial educational needs
Do you have your own motor
January and February Links when unit at Westlea School
transport? her parents appealed for help to and also spends one day
We are looking for very special people fund a month of conductive edu- a week at Megan Baker
to join our team of cation at the world famous Peto House in Hereford, but
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Institute in Budapest. parents Neil and Heather
to undertake care work in the Louise has athetoid cerebral decided to take her to ta
community especially evenings, t ws iSH
palsy which prevents her control- Hungary for the inten- 5 ,Fer
and weekends
ling muscle movements. The con- sive work carried out at ore h^ tee[
1 Wood Street
Swindon ductive education programme is Peto. °'-
Carers
centre Swindon based on repetitive exercise de- Heather said the four
signed to stimulate nerve path- weeks in Budapest was ;: At^...: 1900
Telephone 01793 542285 ways in the brain to implant the of great benefit to Louise. A welcome home cheque in mid-March, Heather and
for an application pack physical movements to control "She exercised con- Louise with Theresa Birch, manager of Ridgeway
muscles. Louise attends the spe- stantly from gam to
Nursery in Wrought on which donated the proceeds
3.30pm. It took some time
of their Christmas nativity collection to help Louise,
to get used to the intense
and her son Thomas to /to also attends Westlea School
approach, especially
when the conductors were using a and we're now looking at the next
mixture of Hungarian and Eng- steps in conjunction with staff at
lish. The aim was to build up mus- Westlea Primary School."
cle strength and develop her bal- As a partner with her husband
ance. Louise can now sit cross leg- in their Rugshack carpet business
ged and walk more easily using Heather said it's difficult to get
certain kinds of walking frames. away for long periods. They are
She's also a lot more confident with looking at paying for conductive
other children." educators to come to Swindon to
Heather said she had returned work with Louise or they may have
with a lot more exercises for her to return to Hungary.
daughter and had learnt new tech- But it will still involve consider-
niques to help her drink and also able cost. Donations are welcome
feed herself. And whilst Louise had at the Portman Building Society.
made progress there is still a long Account: L. Fisher.
way to go. "The trip was a benefit Ac. No. 002 460 74357.

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