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Report August 2011

"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.

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