11.April
2013 in Sofia
Association
„Child and Space” – Small group care home
In
the second day we visited the Child and Space non profit association. This
building was made with Unicef help and it is working from 2010 and give home
for 8 the children who needs special
educations. There are children in age 3 for 18 and they live there like a
family. Here live orfans who have mantal and phisical disability. The
association try to find the way to connect with the parents, but unfortunetly
there are just 2 children who are visited by parents regulary.. The educators
and therapists work 8 hour/day
and they got individual relationship with the children.
The
children who live here need everduring care and they can liv just with the help
of the assiciation. They need cares laki: change the diaper, feeding etc.
Because
in Bulgaria the children who needs special educations did not got early
developing, the children who live int he association got there the development.
There are specialist, teachers who are coming from a school,they did not teach
the children to write or read, they teach the children to how can they use
theyre body, how can they move , how can they speak or communicate with each
others. The teachers work there just to Monday to Friday and they use
developments what they discover. Because of the grade of the disability the
teachers must work with one child at the proper time, unfortunetly there are’nt sufficient worker so there are volunteers who are
helping. A young medical specialist go there and
make rehabilitaion trainings.
The
programs are easy but very time-consuming. They woke up ath 10 o’clock at the morning , had breakfast
, after that they go to the living room and start the developing
programs.Sometime a teacher work with 2 children but a volunter is helping. The
time of a training is maximum a half hour. The teachers work just 2 hour int he
association. In 12 are the lunch, after than if the weather let it they go for
ashort walk int he garden of the building what is little and uncared. After the
walk the team are together and come a little rest
Int
he afternoon the medical student make short personal developments, what is
depend about the age and the demand of the child.
At
7 at evening is starting the evening programs: the bath, feeding and the
sleeping.
The integration is minimaly, they go
out just sometime and they are’nt out
long time.There are some children who can not stay on the hand-cart.
Unfortunetly the association did not have to much worker who can take care of
these children
The workshop is mostly imppssible
because of the grade of the disability.
The
image of the future, the way for the integration are very darksome and deep,
they don’t know what will happen after they will be 18, where they will live, unfortunetly there
aren’t little place for adult people who has disability just
big places. Now there are conversation about these problems.In this place the
grade of the disibility is very high so it is impossible to find job for them.
In Bulgaria the chance for the integration is higher int he towns like in
Sofia.
In
the hospitals, after the birth the doctor approve for the parents witch
associations can they choose for the children who needs special educations get
state nursing, and unfortunetly they can not get the early developing. Those
who have the chance to get a familiar association the workers chek up all the
things of the children and and give him/her
development programs.
Now they work in a programlike the
children who needs special educations can live with and raise with theyre
parents, but go every day to the association for developing programs.
The
approach of the doctors slowly changing, after the birth the mothers get 2
years liberty and every month they get a salary too.
The
institutions who give special cares are parts of the Health Care Ministry. Now
they try to make a new order with the help of Child Law Protection and with the
Education Ministry. They try to make little familiar places and get over of the
big institutions.
Int
he association „Child and Space” unfortunatly they have financial problems too.
The government advocacy is very low and for this they try to find sponsors in Bulgaria
and outside of Bulgaria too.Unfortunatly the numbers who are helping is very
low too.
Bulgaria
is working hard to can get a new strategy for the problem of the children and
adults who need special cares, try to find a solution for this, raise specialists
and give trainings for the people who want to work in these association. Try to
find solution for the integration and inclusion with the collective work of the
people.
Demeter Eva
AS.Casa Laura –
Laura Ház
Baraolt
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