Moreover, The Family Support Programme helps families of disabled children by encouraging them to keep children at home rather than putting them into care of the state system in the first place. It gives parents the opportunity to work and study, to deal with everyday issues and take care of their own health. Therefore, we decided to create a comprehensive programme that helps families raising disabled children to develop and feel like full-fledged members of our society.
State social rehabilitation centers often are unable to accept unaccompanied children and adults with disabilities, and if they do, it is often for a short period of time-from several months to six months. Special schools started to accept children with special needs only in 2011 however, most children still receive only home-based training and have no access to school spaces specially designed for their development. There are very few nursery schools designed for special children. Parents of children with special needs in Russia have to be with their child around the clock almost deprived of the opportunity to work and relax. The Family Support Programme includes the following projects: “Day care center for children”, “Day care and employment center”, “Guest house” and “School for everyone”. All of our efforts are aimed at helping these children realise their potential and feel like the unique and valued people that they are. We believe that every child has their own unique potential, and the realisation of this potential is key to a child’s ability to find meaning and a sense of belonging in life. We try to diversify children’s experiences so that their lives are not drowned in monotony and provide them with meaningful and structured relationships that help to educate them and foster emotional growth. In this programme we try to create a life structure for children with physical and mental disabilities living in the orphanage that is as similar as possible to the life of children living in a family.
State orphanages are often understaffed and workers have to comply with rigid procedures that do little to encourage growth of their wards. Most of these children are without families, and their existence is confined to a rather bleak environment of a state orphanage. However, unfortunately, children with disabilities are not given adequate attention or care in the Russian State system. If a child is developmentally disabled, an even more individualised approach needs to be found. As all parents know, raising a child requires an individualised approach. We work with children suffering from various developmental disorders living in this orphanage. 4 in Pavlovsk, a town just outside Saint Petersburg. “Children Outside the Family”: Since 1996 we have been working at the State orphanage No. Two main projects supported by the organisation are “Children Outside the Family” and “The Family Support Programme”. Since 1996 “PERSPEKTIVY” charity organisation has been working with children and young people with multiple disabilities, trying to make their life the one that a human being deserves.
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