Working occupation is performed in four workshops: Ceramics, Carpeting , Tailoring and Shoemaking. Twelve members of Association were included in program of working occupation (youth with special needs from 16 to 35 years). Program realize every day from 8h to 14h.

Daily providing is organized for children with difficult psychophysical disturbances, age from 6 to 18 years, every working day from 10h to 14h.

Six children are included in daily providing program.

Program of prevention, identification and early stimulation is realized in collaboration with authorized health departments and social security department. The main aim of prevention, identification and early stimulation is to find out any kind of damages during pregnancy, birth or early childhood  and to take simulative measures in accordance to identified damages to mitigate the consequences as possible.

Six month old children where included in program of early stimulation.

Experts team of Center for social work and Association of parents of children and youth with special needs (psychologist, pediatrician, speech therapist, social worker, pedagogue, physiotherapist) realize psychosocial treatment of children and youth with special needs. Psychosocial treatment performs in Center for children and youth with special needs every working day from 8 to 14 h and Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 17 to 20 h.

This kind of services includes 45 children and youth with special needs, primary children younger then 6 years.

Center for rehabilitation as a part Medical center performs program of rehabilitation in community for children and youth with special needs. Partners in realization of this program where: Association of Parents of Children and Youth with special needs and Medical center.

Rehabilitation treatment includes 20 children and youth, members of Association of Parents of Children and Youth with special needs.

Continued daily providing includes children from 1 to 18 years. Work in continued daily providing is based on druzenju djece children with special needs, their brothers and sisters, parents and other members of families of children with special needs. Working hours of continued daily providing is from Monday to Thursday from 17h to 20h.  

Parents of children and youth with special needs and experts working with them are included in education program. Process of education is permanent and realized in: seminar, workshop, conferences, forums, experts visits and reading professional literature. Parents and amateurs learn new skills about institutional development of organization and applying of new methods in work with children and youth with special needs.

Twelve parents and experts went through different education programs.

Integration of children and youth with special needs into community is permanent process through life time of children, youth and persons with special needs. In age from 1 to 2 years starts applying of first integration steps in Center for children and youth with special needs, with spontaneous or organized visits  without special needs. Integration continues in pre-school institutions. Civil kindergarten accepts from 1 to 2 children with special needs  and 3 private kindergarten from 1 to 2 children. In primary and high school integration is done in legally regulated program of inclusion so children with physical and mild psychical difficulties can be included in regular teaching process. Six children with special needs attempts three primary school in Trebinje and three children attempts two high school. Employment of persons with special needs is good way integration, but non of our members is employed.  Programs integration realized through permanent association with: Center for social work, kindergartens, primary schools, high schools, Ministry of education and culture, OSCE BiH, Fond for childrens protection and Bureau for employment RS.

The most of activities of Association is realized with partners in community. The whole concept of care for children and youth with special needs is founded on partnership between professionals and parents, through planning, realization and monitoring. The main partner of Association is Center for social work. Association develop Certain kinds of partnership with: Municipality of Trebinje, education and health sector, state and private economy sector, religious subjects, sports association, other NGO and international organizations. Association is member of "Hercegovina" referent group and Alliance of associations for help to mentally retarded persons RS.

Material help to families of children and youth with special needs is realized in:

- the poorest families
- providing the helping devices, medicines and hygiene materials
- help in departure for healing
- financial help for summer vacation and sports events for members of association
- various gifts (New Years and birthdays, cloth, sports equipment)

Recreation activities realized in:

- summer vacation on sea
- sports competitions on special Olympics of BiH
- excursions

Volunteers included in all activities of Associations are parents and other members of families of children and youth with special needs, professionals from Center for Social Work, high school students, Fine Arts Academy students, youth of Red Cross Trebinje, members of NGO, members of cultural, sports associations and representatives of religious institutions.

Average of thirty to fifty volunteers are included in activities of Associations.   

Children from 6 to 18 years with difficult  psycho-physical disturbances are included in program of music therapy. Program is organized by Music Center Pavaroti Mostar, one day a week. Program includes eight children.

Getting information is continuous process following other activities of Association. Techniques of informative working are various (public reports, immediate communication, bulletin boards, press conference, broadcasts, etc) and their use is to inform children and youth with special needs about all activities of Association. Radio and Television of Republic of Srpska, PBS BiH, Television Mostar, Nezavisne novine, Blic, Glas Srpski, Glas Trebinja, SRNA, ONASA and Hercegovacke novine.

Association and its members are included in making of law decisions related to children and youth with special needs, indirectly by Association for Help to Mentally Retarded Persons in RS and Coordination  Body of Organizations of Invalids of Republic of Srpska.

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