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The City of Lorca has covered the entire demand in the waiting list for the Municipal Early Childhood Center, thanks to an agreement signed by the Consistory to Apandis along with another between this association and the Autonomous Region, said this morning the Mayor Lorca, Francisco Jodar, after discovering the plate which gives the name of Fina López Navarro to this facility.

Jodar, who was accompanied at the ceremony by the Director General of People with Disabilities Autonomous Region, Marisol Morente, and the councilman of Social Policy, Lali Ibarra, said that "children who are treated in early intervention should treated as soon as possible to facilitate better development, and therefore, both the local and regional administration, have made an effort to Lorca that no child in need, have to keep waiting for treatment and stimulation. "

In particular, since early June, the Early Warning Centre Lorca is also opening in the evenings, for which staff has been strengthened through an agreement with Apandis, with rehabilitation, a stimulator and a speech pathologist.

Thus, it has eliminated the waiting list of 26 families in need of this service.

Ibarra said that "the facilities of this center were underused because the evenings were closed, well now we have ensured that children of 5 years, which have to be in school, do not have to miss class to keep going to downtown."

Discovery plate

These statements were made by the mayor in the act that became effective the unanimous approval of Full Council to refer to these facilities Early Childhood Centre de Lorca "Fina Navarro Lopez", in memory of the officer who died in the service traffic accident while traveling to work at the center.

Fina López Navarro was one of the professionals promoting the creation of this municipal service in 1985, initially called Early Stimulation Centre.

From January to June 2008, the Early Warning Centre Lorca has treated 112 children and has been monitoring 158, while the host has been made of 91 new families.

This service, under the Municipal Council of Social Services, is free, being individualized attention, fifty-minute sessions, attending most an average of three sessions, except those of hydrotherapy and massage which are carried out in group.

Parents are always present and active in the assessment sessions, physiotherapy and hydrotherapy, massage but not always in all other sessions of treatment, this will depend on the child, family and business.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca