One of the Royal Resorts Foundation’s health causes is to sponsor six children with motor, bone and neuromuscular diseases so that they can attend regular physical therapy sessions at the CRIT Rehabilitation Center (Centro de Rehabilitacion e Inclusion Infantil Teleton) in Cancun. The treatment is personalized and may also include hydrotherapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy and family counseling based upon their needs.
During the year, staff at the CRIT send an update on the children’s progress detailing the treatment they have received. You can see from the smiling faces that they love their time in the pool and in the workshops. Here is their second semester progress report.
David
David had his regular checkup with the doctor who then plans the next stage of his treatment. Based on the program, he attended 26 physical therapy sessions; seven hydrotherapy sessions; seven Teleton workshops to help him learn new skills and discover his talents and had three appointments with the pediatrician and nutritionist. Finally, and he and his family also had three meetings with the psychologist.
Jacob
Based on Jacob’s regular checkup with his doctor who then plans the next stage of his treatment, he attended 19 physical therapy sessions; seven hydrotherapy sessions and one Teleton workshop to help him learn new skills and discover his talents. He had three appointments with other doctors on the team (one with the pediatrician, one with the orthopedist and one with the audiologist). He attended four speech therapy sessions to help improve his communication skills and he and his family also had seven meetings with the psychologist.
Maria Angel
After Maria Angel’s regular checkup with her doctor who plans the next stage of her treatment, she attended eight physical therapy sessions; two hydrotherapy sessions and one appointment with the neurologist. She had three speech therapy sessions and three family meetings with the psychologist.
Oliver
Oliver’s regular checkup with his doctor was followed by a program of 12 physical therapy sessions and three appointments with other doctors on the team (one with the pediatrician, one with the neurologist and one with the nutritionist). He had four speech therapy sessions to help improve his communication skills and he and his family also had seven meetings with the psychologist.
Osmar
Meet Osmar, whose medical checkup was followed by a program of 11 physical therapy sessions; 12 Teleton workshops to help him learn new skills and discover his talents and an appointment with the audiologist. He also had six occupational therapy workshops to help him improve the skills he needs for daily life. His treatment included 12 speech therapy sessions and he and his family also had two meetings with the psychologist.
Susan
After meeting with the doctor for her regular checkup, Susan had 27 physical therapy sessions, seven hydrotherapy classes and three Teleton workshops to help her learn new skills and discover her talents. Susan had an appointment with the neurologist and the audiologist and attended three speech therapy classes. She and her family also met with the psychologist 12 times for counselling to help them as they come to terms with Susan’s medical condition.
The CRIT Center is run by a Mexican charity called Fundacion Teleton, which has 24 CRIT Centers throughout the country and two hospitals offering specialist care to children with autism and cancer. Two more rehabilitation clinics are set to open in December 2023 in Guerrero and Mazatlan, Sinaloa. Since 1999, when the first Teleton Rehabilitation Center opened, it has helped 727,031 children.
