Description
The project is aimed at families with disabled children to enable the parents to take a wholesome care for their children. The project’s aim is to improve skills of families with disabled children living in the Kurzeme region. In the framework of the project knowledge and know-how will be acquired to promote the children’s development in domestic environment. The project activities include organization of a seminar and a camp providing theoretical and practical training on functioning of the neural system and its impact on both a child’s development and the overall health condition. During the practical training cycle families will learn techniques to improve the child’s functional abilities and social skills as well as to improve its intellectual development, based on individual development programme specially elaborated for each child.
Summary of project results
The goal of the project was to improve the skills of the families where children with disabilities are brought up, and it has been fulfilled completely. The project outcomes were based on the implementation of activities and they are also fulfilled completely. The project gave us a possibility to motivate the target group to get involved into their problem solving, acquiring the knowledge of the development of the children’s functional abilities and social skills to be used in home conditions. In addition the target group was able to share their mutual experience which was provided by the main activities of the project – the seminar and camp. The target group stay in touch and cooperate with each other also after the project has been finished. The target group will also be offered motivation programme and activities in future, which will promote the social integration of a child and family. Specialists of the social field were also introduced with the project, separate professional associations have expressed their interest to obtain some additional information about the particular method and it can be considered as an essential outcome of the project.
Summary of bilateral results