Haruv Institute - Annual Report 2017

STUDY AND TRAINING PROGRAMS ׀ WELFARE AND MULTI-DISCIPLINARY FIELDS

Lecture on Sensory Processing as a Therapeutic Tool for Children with Special Needs, Victims of Abuse and Neglect Goal: Processing disorders are typical of child victims of violence, and so much more so for children with special needs, who frequently also need to cope with difficulties in sensory processing. Along with the awareness of difficulties that may result from sensory deficiencies and the manner in which these children experience the world, the sensory channel can also serve as a processing channel and therefore constitutes an important tool in the therapeutic process. The lectures provide a basis for developing sensory systems alongside guiding principles that can be utilized in the sensory channel as a processing factor in therapy. Target Population: The therapists at the SHEKEL Treatment Center.

Number of Sessions: 2

Participants: 12

Location: The Haruv Children's Campus

Budget: NIS 2,000

Study Program for School Bussing Escorts In Partnership with: The Jerusalem and Holon Municipalities

Goal: The bussing environment is one of the spaces in which children with special needs are abused. The bussing escorts, who are responsible for the children during bussing, must know how to cope with challenging situations during the ride to and from school, and give them the skills to minimize situations of abuse and violence. Target Population: Bussing escorts for children with special needs, Jerusalem and Holon.

Number of Sessions: 4 identical seminar days

Participants: 1000

Location: Jerusalem and Holon

Budget: NIS 26,000

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