the Vision
There is a lot, what the children can learn, e. g. how to give change, how to be waiters, how to wait ones turn, how to use whatever hand or part of the hand that can function and how to behave in a Coffee House.
And the children are happy about a further activity in the afternoon.
goal ideas!?
How can a handicapped child use his hands in the best possible way as a waitor?
He suggests deep spoons. This will help the child to keep the coffee and /or sugar in the spoon – we noticed a lot was being spilt out.
What can we do with N. as far as the work in the Coffee House is concerned?
This is a question that was confronted to Susu who is N. caregiver. Susu, having had lots of experience with special needs children, and also has been educated in this field, had the following suggestions for us:
We will try to involve him in the collecting of the milk in the kitchen and eventually let him go by himself with a note to Angela and come back by himself with the milk.
At the conclusion of the coffee house at 17.00 on Mondays and Thursdays, N. will assist Leah to bring the trays and plates to the office and will assist her to wash them..
So we can…
- …encourage N. to be more independent.
- …give him positive tasks to do and so keep him
out of mischeif.
- …teach him to follow instructions..
the recent News
Sunday, February 1, 2009
new ideas
We want to go into more detail concerning the particular roles of those children, who are in the "working team". L. from room 8 e.g. is learning to walk. He can work as the "steering wheel" for those children, who cannot drive their wheelchairs themselves - especially for our waitors.
We caught some of the first steps of L. - one of the new assistants of our Coffee House
Sunday, January 11, 2009
News from the first month
The Coffee House is open for more than one month on Mondays and Thursdays, during the afternoon activities. Both children, staff and volunteers enjoy the athmosphere, which consists of special lighting, soft backround music and generelly non stressfull environment. The children buy their drinks with paper coins and the adults with real Shekels - one Shekel per drink!
Choose your drink!