CENTER
MISSION
Progetto Amico was born from the desire of a couple of parents of a disabled child, during the year 2000, to provide the Pontine area with a rehabilitation center for developmental age in a historical period in which
The lack of rehabilitation services, resulting from the freeze on staff turnover in the Public Health Authorities, prevented the competent Local Health Authority from carrying out its rehabilitation functions.
The aim was to provide the child and his family with a multidisciplinary approach characterised by:
Highly specialized medical area providing services to patients in developmental age, implementing ongoing training on existing pathologies through agreements with scientific research institutes, universities, and specialized training centers;
Functional rehabilitation for pathologies that addresses the patient's needs by carefully monitoring the family's needs, in close collaboration with local social services and schools, in order to implement a comprehensive intervention far superior to simple functional intervention;
Integration processes of the interacting functions on the child , in order to strengthen the family and school functions, and thus make the rehabilitation intervention continuous throughout the child's daily life;
Implement processes of interaction with the working world , in order to allow, where possible, the insertion of the patient into the provincial working environment.
The funds for the establishment of the Progetto Amico structure were acquired by the Company through the funds referred to in Law 215/92 for female entrepreneurship.
OPERATION AUTHORIZATIONS AND REGIONAL ACCREDITATIONS
The Progetto Amico rehabilitation center by Meletti Ornella & c. snc is a rehabilitation facility pursuant to art. 26 of Law 833/78.
REGIONAL OPERATION AUTHORIZATIONS
The authorization process for the rehabilitation facility began in 2000 and was defined by Decree of the President of the Regional Council of Lazio n. 682/2001 of 20/11/2001 , for a total of 62 rehabilitation treatments.
daily, of which 50 are outpatient and 12 are home-based;
With Decree of the Commissioner ad acta n. U000499 of 19/12/2013 , the Lazio Region granted Progetto Amico confirmation of the health authorization for a total of 62 daily rehabilitation treatments, of which 50 were outpatient and 12 were home-based;
On 28 March 2018, with Decree of the Commissioner ad acta n. U00098/2018 , the Region granted an extension of the health authorization, for a total of 216 daily rehabilitation treatments of which 108 were of a non-medical nature.
outpatient and 108 of a home nature;
REGIONAL ACCREDITATIONS
Following the granting of accreditation by Decree of the President of the Lazio Regional Council no. 682/2001, mentioned above, the rehabilitation center began the accreditation process with the Lazio Regional Health Service.
By decree of the Lazio Regional Council n. 753 of 7/6/2002 , the Lazio Region granted Progetto Amico experimental accreditation for a total of 62 daily rehabilitation treatments, 50 of which were outpatient and 12 home-based;
With Decree of the Commissioner ad acta n. U000499 of 19/12/2013 , the Lazio Region granted Progetto Amico the transformation of its accreditation from experimental to definitive, confirming the number of services that can be performed as 62 daily rehabilitation treatments, of which 50 are outpatient and 12 are home-based;
With Resolution of the Lazio Regional Council no. 107 of March 2, 2021 , the Lazio Region proceeded to grant Progetto Amico the expansion of its regional accreditation, bringing the accredited daily services to 216 treatments, of which 108 are outpatient and 108 are home-based.
THEY SAY ABOUT US
THE MESSENGER
"The story of two parents from Latina who in 2001 founded a rehabilitation center for disabled children, adopted by the Lazio region in partnership with the local health authority." This is how we gave our daughter a future. It's the Progetto Amico adventure, born from a family tragedy and transformed into a unique experience. Storace: "We'll ask Ciampi to visit it, so that it inspires other initiatives, and so that everyone can see how beautiful this story is."
LATINA TODAY
The President of the Region visited the "Progetto Amico" center: it was worth having this role for initiatives like this. Disabled people are a resource. Storace "from compassion to solidarity, with the achievements. The will and dream of his parents. Latina - Storace visits the center for the disabled and issues a warning: Progetto Amico, solidarity instead of compassion."
THE REGION NEWS
"It was an intense day, spent with the Governor of Lazio, Francesco Storace, on a trip to two towns on the Pontine side: Latina and Aprilia. The first stop was a visit to a rehabilitation center called "Progetto Amico," founded in 1997 by two parents: Omelia and Fabio, the parents of a child with a disability, whose care they faced was limited to centers far from their hometown and extremely expensive."
RESPONSIBLE
Administrative area:
Administrator: Ornella Meletti - direzione.generale@progetto-amico.org
Administrative Director: Fabio Menna - direzione.amministrativa@progetto-amico.org
Health area:
Medical Director: Dr. Angelo Bellini (Neurologist and Psychiatrist) - direzione.sanitaria@progetto-amico.org
Head of Child Neuropsychiatry: Dr. Carlo Greco
Head of Neuromotor Area: Dr. Giuseppe Di Rosa
Health Guard: Dr. Luigi Subiaco
Head of Rehabilitation Services: Dr. Manuela Ciccolella
PROFESSIONAL FIGURES
Medical Specialists:
Dr. Giuseppe Di Rosa ( Physiatrist )
Dr. Carlo Greco ( Child Neuropsychiatrist )
Dr. Gaetano Sabetta ( Pediatrician - Specialist in rare diseases )
Fontenova Dr. Carlo ( Competent Physician for Occupational Medicine )
Giuseppe Diamonds ( RSPP )
Luigi dr. Subiaco ( Otorhinolaryngologist )
PROFESSIONAL EDUCATOR
The professional educator:
a) Plans, manages, and verifies educational interventions aimed at recovering and developing the potential of individuals in difficulty to achieve increasingly advanced levels of autonomy;
b) Contributes to promoting and organizing social and health structures and resources, in order to implement the integrated educational project;
c) Plans, organizes, manages, and monitors professional activities within social health services and rehabilitation and socio-educational health and social care facilities, in a coordinated and integrated manner with other professionals present in the facilities, with the direct involvement of the interested parties and/or their families, groups, and the community;
d) It works on the families and the social context of the patients, with the aim of promoting their reintegration into the
community;
e) Participates in study, research and documentation activities aimed at the purposes listed above
PHYSIOTHERAPIST
In reference to the doctor's diagnosis and prescriptions, within the scope of his/her competence, the physiotherapist:
a) Develops, also in a multidisciplinary team, the definition of the rehabilitation program aimed at identifying and overcoming the disabled person's health needs;
b) Independently practices therapeutic activities for the functional re-education of motor, psychomotor and cognitive disabilities using physical, manual, massage and occupational therapies;
c) Proposes the adoption of prostheses and aids, trains in their use and verifies their effectiveness;
d) Verify the compliance of the rehabilitation methodology implemented with the functional recovery objectives.
Additionally, the physiotherapist conducts research, teaching, and professional consulting activities in healthcare settings and other areas where his or her professional skills are required. Through complementary training, the physiotherapist complements basic training with specialized courses in psychomotor skills and occupational therapy:
a) Specialization in psychomotor skills allows the physiotherapist to also provide both psychological and physical rehabilitation assistance to developmental subjects with neurosensory or mental deficits;
b) Specialization in occupational therapy allows the physiotherapist to also work on the functional translation of residual motor skills, for the purpose of developing functional compensation for the disability, with particular attention to training to achieve autonomy in daily life, relationships (study-work-free time), also for the purpose of using various types of aids provided to the person or the environment.
The training program is defined by decree of the Ministry of Health and concludes with the issuance of a specialized training certificate, which constitutes preferential qualification for performing specific functions in the various areas, following successful completion of specific assessment tests. The preferential nature of the qualification is strictly tied to the existence of objective service needs and ceases in the event of changed circumstances.
SPEECH THERAPIST
1. The speech therapist is the healthcare professional who, in possession of a qualifying university diploma, carries out his or her activity in the prevention and rehabilitative treatment of language and communication disorders in developmental, adult, and geriatric age.
2. The speech therapist's work is aimed at the education and rehabilitation of all pathologies that cause disorders of the voice, speech, oral and written language, and communication disabilities.
3. In reference to the doctor's diagnosis and prescription, within the scope of his/her competence, the speech therapist:
a) develops, even in a multidisciplinary team, the speech therapy assessment aimed at identifying and overcoming the disabled person's health needs;
b) independently practices therapeutic activities for the functional re-education of communication and cognitive disabilities, using speech therapy to enable and rehabilitate verbal and non-verbal communication and language;
c) proposes the adoption of aids, trains in their use and verifies their effectiveness;
d) carries out study, teaching and professional consultancy activities in health services and in those where his professional skills are required;
e) verifies the compliance of the rehabilitation methodology implemented with the functional recovery objectives.
4. The speech therapist carries out his professional activity in public or private health facilities, as an employee or freelancer.
PSYCHOLOGIST
Art.1 Definition of the profession of psychologist:
1. The profession of psychologist includes the use of cognitive and intervention tools for prevention, diagnosis, rehabilitation, and psychological support activities for individuals, groups, social organizations, and communities. It also includes experimental, research, and teaching activities in this field.
Art. 2 Requirements for practicing as a psychologist:
1. To practice as a psychologist, it is necessary to have obtained the qualification in psychology through the state exam and be registered in the appropriate professional register.
2. The state exam is regulated by a decree of the President of the Republic, to be issued within six months of the date of entry into force of this law.
3. Graduates in psychology who possess adequate documentation certifying that they have completed a practical internship according to the procedures established by a decree of the Minister of Education, to be issued within one year of the date of entry into force of this law, are admitted to the state exam.
NEURO- AND PSYCHOMOTRIC THERAPIST FOR CHILDREN
The developmental neuro- and psychomotor therapist, with reference to diagnoses and medical prescriptions, within the scope of specific skills:
a) Adapts therapeutic interventions to the specific characteristics of developmental patients with multifaceted clinical pictures that change over time in relation to emerging functions;
b) Identify and develop, within the multi-professional team, the prevention, therapy and rehabilitation program aimed at overcoming the health needs of children with developmental disabilities;
c) Implements therapeutic and rehabilitative interventions in perceptual-motor, neuro-cognitive, and symbolization and interaction disorders in children from birth;
d) Implements procedures aimed at integrating individuals with disabilities and neuro-psychomotor and cognitive impairments; collaborates within the multi-professional team with school staff to implement prevention, functional diagnosis, and the dynamic-functional profile of the individualized education plan;
e) Carries out therapeutic activities for neuro-psychomotor, psychomotor and neuropsychological disabilities in developmental age using specific techniques for each age group and individual developmental stages;
f) Implements procedures for evaluating the interrelationship between affective functions, cognitive functions, and motor functions for each individual neurological, neuropsychological, and psychopathological disorder of developmental age;
g) Identifies the need and creates a diagnostic and therapeutic balance between somatic representation and bodily experience and between general functional potential and object relationship;
h) Develops and implements the therapeutic program that uses neuromotor schemes and projects as mental acts and as cognitive and metacognitive tools; it also uses body dynamics to integrate mental functions and interpersonal relationships;