4. Mobilize resources of the family, the community and coordinate with government and non-government agencies involved in disabled persons to assist in hospitalization and other needs while client is undergoing prosthesis fitting and medical intervention services. 5. Discuss with the disabled person and his family upon recommendation for prosthetic and/or medical intervention by the doctor, the advantages and disadvantages of the intervention. 6. Motivate and counsel client to undergo the treatment 7. Refer the client to the government hospital to avail of prosthetic devices and/or surgical intervention. 8. Whenever necessary, the transportation assistance shall be provided to enable the disabled person to travel to and from the hospital. The Department of Health shall adopt a standard on technical aids produced in the country both by local and foreign manufacturers. B. Provision of auxiliary aids and services. The following services shall be provided by appropriate government and nongovernment agencies: 1. Service of qualified interpreters and readers shall be provided by the organizing agency when these services are necessary in their projects or activities. 2. Training program shall be provided for direct service workers of agencies where services of interpreters or readers would facilitate communication. 3. Program for training of specialist to facilitate the learning process of people with mental disability. 4. Acquisition or modification of equipment or devices, like voice synthesizer, to facilitate communication. C. Provision of specialized training activities designed to improve functional limitations of disabled persons related to communication skills. This service shall assist the marginalized disabled person with hearing and/or speech and visual impairment. The goal of the service is to enable the client to communicate his needs and ideas thru skills learned and improved his social interaction with people. The following procedures shall be undertaken by the city/municipal social worker: 1. Identify disabled persons with communications skills problem and if feasible, group them together. If this is not possible, individualized training shall be provided. These disabled persons shall include: a. visually impaired persons who need to learn Braille reading and writing for social and economic functions b. disabled person who has hearing and/or speech impairment and has not developed a language to communicate and relate with other persons to enable him to participate in family and community life c. other disabled persons such as cerebral palsy shall be provided these services if and when necessary. 2. Identify the pool of resource persons who will train the above-mentioned disabled persons e.g. trained DSWD workers in Community Based Project for Hearing Impaired (CBPHI) for the deaf or in Rehabilitation or Rural Blind workers for visually impaired, Special Education teachers from the DECS and NGOs involved in the development of communication skills for the disabled persons. 3. Refer to the proper venue for the training as Specified by Sec.14 of the Code e.g. Day Care Centers, Day Centers for the Elderly, Barangay Halls and others 4. Set training schedule which is convenient and shall accommodate not only disabled person but his family member/s as well. It is important for family members to attend and learn in order for the whole family to be able to communicate with disabled member. This is especially true for hearing impaired person. The length of training will depend on the ability of the disabled person to learn the skills. When necessary, in addition to Braille reading and writing or total communication skills, these clients shall undergo social academics which includes development of knowledge and understanding of weights, measures, time, signing of name, use of public facilities such as telephones, post office and public transportation. Disabled persons with speech impairment not secondary to deafness, e.g. stroke victims, trauma, harelip etc. shall be referred to speech training.