The Harmony School Complex
On the first morning of the program, participants gathered at "Soobshestvo" ("Community"), the program's host organization, for an informational session on the Russian educational system ... [more]
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"Ogonyok" (Tiny Light) Pre-school/Kindergarten
Faculty and staff at Ogonyok took full advantage of the brief visit by four of the Project Harmony participants. The school serves children diagnosed with correctable visual impairments... [more] |
Staff at Kindergarten #19, a pre-school for children with speech difficulties, demonstrates to participant Katherene Range (National City, MI) how puppets are used to encourage communication among children. |
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Special education at Novgorod orphanages
Many special needs children in Russia end up in orphanages, often due to the recommendations given to parents by medical professionals and/or economic factors affecting families...
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Rodnichok
"Rodnichok" ("Little Stream") center for children with severe developmental disabilities serves a truly unique function. The center admits severely disabled children for short periods of time in order to give some respite to the parents ...
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Randy Weger of Grand Rapids, MI, poses with fellow speech therapist Tatiana, from the Harmony School Complex, and her daughter. |
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