History

The Center was established in February 1992 on the initiative of the Romanian Society « Speranta », which is a non-governmental organization of the parents with mentally handicapped children, in collaboration with the similar F.U.B. organization from Sweden. The Center is unique in Romania by its structure and by the variety of services provided. We are a private-public partnership between a non-governmental organization – the Rehabilitation Foundation « Speranta » and the Ministry of Education and Research from Romania. We provide a service of rehabilitation and recovery for the children with special needs.

Goals and objectives

The key word is INCLUSION.
With SPERANTA (HOPE) I feel better !

The goal of our work is enhancing the quality of life of the children with special needs and their families.
a. Inclusion in schools and kindergartens of the children with special needs
b. Changing the mentality and society’s attitude towards the children with special needs
c. Supporting the schools which integrate children with special educational needs
d. A resource center for mainstream schools e. Services of recuperation-rehabilitation

The team

It consists of 30 specialists : psychologists, speech therapists, ergotherapists, kinetotherapists, support teachers, parental counselor, paediatrician neuropsychiatrist, recuperatory physiotherapist, social assistant, nurses.

Target groups

300 groups with disabilities between 0-18 years old and their families - children with mental handicap, epilepsy, cerebral palsy, Langdon Down syndrome, autistic syndrome and Asperger syndrome, instrumental impairments, behaviour disorders Services offered

In the Center

a) Outpatient services Outpatient services fall into 3 categories : psychopedagogical, medical and social, both for the children and their families
- psychological, pedagogical, medical and social evaluation
- intervention, stimulation and rehabilitation programs, for individuals and groups
- information, counseling and support programs for the parents
- individual family counseling (parental and for couples)
- Parents’ Club - Club for Health Education - Individual therapeutic procedures (lasting about 25 min, 1-2 children) :
- speech therapy, ergotherapy, curriculum learning, kinetotherapy, cognitive-behavioural therapy, relaxation and polisensory stimulation, individual psychotherapy,
- group therapeutic procedures (lasting about 25 min, 1-3 children): art therapy club, music therapy, marionettes club, computer club, group therapeutic procedures (lasting 45 min, 2-6 children): cognitive-behavioural therapy club, fairy tales club, psychodrama club, play therapy club, psychomotor club, health education club, preteenagers and teenagers club, club for the children with ADHD syndrome

b. Services offered at home
c. In schools
d. For children abandoned in orphanages
e. Editing and elaborating of informative materials and guides for parents and professionals in the series "Children with special needs"