As of: May 14th, 2021 8:11 pm
Numerous therapies for children were also canceled during the corona pandemic. In the social pediatric center in Billstedt, doctors fear that these children will be left behind.
Eätoo has had a learning disability since early childhood. Susanne Epplée in the social pediatric center Billstedt tests his coordination. After more than a year of a pandemic, the 14-year-old noticed that a lot of things just stopped working – especially when it came to schoolwork: “Sometimes you don’t have any discipline or desire. My parents kick my ass, so to speak, because I can’t get any further. “
Setbacks from homeschooling
Doctor Susanne Epplée notices in everyday life: Your patients are being left behind. Eätto has been her patient since he was little and would have rarely come for a check-up. But now he is feeling the regression – in homeschooling the school can no longer compensate for his reading and spelling weaknesses: “If you’ve only sat in front of the computer for two weeks then you have to think about what the letter was. That has happened to me a lot lately” says Eätto.
Listless in the pandemic
His brother Emmreä also came for an examination today – because his mother is worried. It is difficult for her to motivate her boys, especially the younger one has become listless since the pandemic and reacts loudly and stressedly to admonitions. This is exactly what she wants to avoid: “We are at the end and don’t know what to do next. We need someone who can tell us how to help Emmreä. Corona is difficult for everyone, it is particularly difficult for him because he does not attend his school can, “says mother Kaluy Morales-Garza.
Therapies have failed
The eleven-year-old sees it exactly like this: “I notice that I had a lot of exercise there, I really lost weight. But now that there is no more sport, it is so that I have become heavier. I hardly moved. I don’t like being overweight , I actually hate that “. Occupational therapy and learning therapy have largely been canceled due to Corona since spring 2020. But the brothers want to change something about their situation – now.
Intermediate goals agreed
Eätto says: “I want to get better and stronger in reading and writing. But I can’t do it alone. That’s why I have to rely on outside help.” Emmreä has already agreed on his first milestone today: He wants to move more – a first step against the pounds and for more motivation.
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Hamburg Journal | 05/14/2021 | 19:30 o’clock
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