"I was looking for a framework for my Noa": The exciting class center for children on the spectrum
When Noa was diagnosed on the autistic continuum her mother was looking for classes or frameworks that would allow her daughter, and her too, employment and support.
When she found out there was none - she set one up herself.
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21/12/2021
Tuesday, 21 December 2021, 12:46 Updated: 13:11
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My 5-year-old daughter Noa was diagnosed with the autistic continuum when she was two years old. That day my world fell on me, and I felt everything falling apart and shattering into thousands of shards. My girl's progress, no matter what, "Coleman, a mother of four and founder of the Noa Center in Tel Aviv, tells me.
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Coleman says that for weeks "I would go with her to the playground, and my child had no one to play with or the possibility of creating any kind of minimal communication (which is the main difficulty of autism). So I looked for classes in small, adapted groups - and did not find. "There is plenty, but not for my Noa."
"Classes for 'normal' children are plentiful, but not for my Noa."
Lee and Noa (Photo: Courtesy of the photographers, Courtesy of the photographers)
That was the moment when Coleman decided she needed to change this reality, "and in one breath I decided at that moment to set up an adapted and accessible class center, with classes and small group therapy for my Noa and other children in her situation."
Coleman adds that "from my vast experience I have known that children feel most comfortable in places familiar to them, that they reach over time, and that it would be best to create one permanent place where there will be classes in regular, small and familiar groups with a wide variety of areas."
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"Central Noa 'extracurricular activities and enrichment programs for children on the autistic spectrum opened last month at the level of the corps in Tel Aviv and
offers:
circles of social skills (transmitted by treats emotional, analyzes of behavior and art teacher)
parlor game and communicating
Dog Training therapeutic
class music
Therapeutic
Capoeira
dance and movement
in addition The center has a physiotherapy room with mattresses, a climbing wall, a swing, a trampoline, a Swedish ladder and equipment.
"All our classes are adapted for special children in small groups with special education professionals. And we also have para-medical treatments," adds Coleman. ".
Coleman emphasizes that the center caters to all ages and all functions.
Registration for classes, which as mentioned is open to everyone, is done by prior arrangement.
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