"Kangaroo" program
The program "Kangaroo”
provides early pedagogical intervention for children with the following
nosologies: cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, autism, mental retardation, ADHD
(hyperactivity).
Group of 16 people attended
the program. In August, the children came to the group after summer vacation,
so during two weeks they had an adaptation period. Afterwards the tests were
conducted to evaluate the level of development of children in the following
areas: self-service, gross motor skills, fine motor skills, perception,
thinking process and speech. Sessions of adaptive physical education were
conducted using game approach, which included: breathing exercises, motor
orientation, sensory-motor development, studying topic "I am a
child."
The individual program for
each child was developed, the priorities of development were set up. Individual
sessions are conducted with every child attending the group on the development
of perception, cognitive processes and speech. Also children have
individual trainings in physical education and gymnastics.
On Tuesdays and Thursdays
children diagnosed with autism attend the center (7 children). The main goal of
activities is to develop communicative skills, self-care, and development of
cognitive processes.
Also the meeting with parents
was held where specialists and parents had discussed organizational issues
of the program and its future perspectives. Thus the necessity of
expanding the provided services in accordance with the request of families of
children with special needs has been raised. So far the initiative group of
parents was formed to implement the proposals of expanding the program. Also,
the registration of NGO of of parents of children with special needs
is on the agenda.
The program "We
are just like you!" (Detention center)
This month, the tourism
orientation was organized and hold for the students of Kamyshevahskaya school
of rehabilitation. Children learned camping skills, how to put up tents, to
make a fire place and to cook a real Ukrainian borsch! Together with
the principal of school and university techers was a discussion about the
possibility of providing an experiment of forming the healthy way of
life among teens in the school of social rehabilitation. Study
will be carried out by scientists of the Institute of Management and Law of
Zaporizhzhya National Technical University. The planning of the future
collaboration for the next academic year was done. The school principal said,
"You can come every day, you are always welcome!"
Development
of educational materials. Grants.
August was a period of active
planning process for the 2011-2012 working year. Thus, plans were made for all
programs of the Florence Center, the date of the social actions and events were
scheduled:
- The
meeting was hold with representatives of FOMCU about grant support of the
project "Drive" aimed at work with young offenders.
- There
preliminary planning was done on conducting the Forum on integration
of people with special needs (September 2011).
- The
project "Joy" was drafted in the framework of expanding the
"Kangaroo" program. The goal of the project is the integration of
children with special needs in the educational environment - creating a group
for children aged 6-7 years.
Florence Center provides ongoing support of the
initiatives of parents. |