Brasil-Canada Experience in the social care and children's health with special needs: approaches and distances

This experience report describes the visit program developed at the Canadian rehabilitation and healthcare facilities, held in August 2006. It was funded by the Faculty Enrichment Program through the Scholarship of the International Council of Canadian Studies (ICCS) offered by the Canadian Embassy in Brazil. The Visit Program provided an opportunity to know the social and healthcare services available and addressed to children with special needs and their families. The result from rehabilitation care and health intervention, as well as the research team showed a constant concern to understand the real needs of these children and their families. The healthcare professionais are developing tools, strategies and partnership aiming to improve a continuous better quality of assistance.