Read: 9238

Iliana MALINOVA, Sonja VLADIMIROVA

ORGANIZATION AND STRUCTURE OF ACTIVITIES IN THE GROUP OF CHILDREN WITH MODERATE MENTAL UNDERDEVELOPMENT FROM 3 TO 6 YEARS OF AGE AND IN THE EARLY DIAGNOSIS CONSULTING-ROOM OF THE DAMAGED CHILDREN’S DAY NURSERY OF PAZARDJIK-BUGARIJA

            The damaged children’s day nursery of Pazardjik-Bugarija is the result of an initiative taken on, in order to be ensured the necessary conditions  for care of damaged children from the region’s area, from 3 to 18 years of age.  In the nursery, a consulting room was established for early diagnosis children under risk , from o  to  3  years of age.

            The children at the nursery are divided in four comparatively independent groups, according to their age and degree of damage. Without having the ambition to replace the families, the groups form a kind of  “home” with permanent order : a dinning room, a comfortable bathroom, a small kitchen, a living room and a resting room.

            The adults which are working in teams with the groups, have set themselves the task of education, re-education,  or training-according to the abilities of every child-with maximum safety.

            The organization  of assuming  responsibility for the children from 3 to 7 years of age begins with making individual plans for every child, which plans are being updated monthly by the whole team that is working with the child concerned ( psychologist, defectologist, supervisor, speech therapist and rehabilitation therapist.

            The individual plans conforms with the general plan of the group.

            The education, therapy and training are given to the children trough:

A. Education

·         general education;

·         specific education;

·         socialization;

·         physical activities and leisure time;

B. Re-education and Therapy

·         on psychotherapeutic level;

·         psychomotor re-education;

·         re-education of speech;

·         kinesitherapy;

·         medical supervision;

C. Specialized pedagogical activities used at the nursery, in the group of   children with moderate mental underdevelopment, from 3 to 7 years of age