In 2019, we continue to work on the dissemination of the “Portage Model” in Russia among specialists working with children with disabilities.
Together with the charitable organization “ThePromise” (UK) on the basis of the resource center of NGO “Fortunatovskaya” Committee of public organizations in Moscow in the period from April 24 to April 26, 2019, we held a seminar on training of 31 specialists. Each of them works with children with disabilities, including severe and multiple developmental disorders.
The trainers of the seminar were:
- Nina Veddell, development manager of the Charity’s programs “ThePromise” (UK); head of Ryazan’s first team of student-volunteers carry out social patronage of families with special needs children by applying the model of “Portage”; the coach on “the Portage” and manufacturing of specialized furniture for technology “Papier-mache”;
- Ekaterina Krasnokutskaya, master of defectology, teacher-psychologist of the city psychological and pedagogical center (Moscow). More than 10 years ago, after the same seminar in Ryazan, tested the technique of “Portage” in Moscow and led the team “Portage”. One of the trainers of seminars on the technique of “Portage”, consultant of pilot projects “Portage” from Diema’s Dream Fund.
Also, representatives of the teams of Center for promotion of family education “SKOLKOVO” (Moscow) and the Center of Medical Pedagogy of the Pskov region shared their experience of pilot projects with the audience.
Participants of the seminar were employees of institutions where there were not enough people to start a pilot project or who have long been interested in the methodology, as well as employees who are already monitoring the progress of the project in the institution and have expressed a desire to join the work on the methodology. Thus, employees of the following institutions were registered: Center for promotion of family education “Trust” (Moscow), Center for promotion of family education “Our house” (Moscow), Center for promotion of family education “Southern Butovo” (Moscow), Center for promotion of family education “SKOLKOVO” (Moscow), School №2083 (Moscow), the Center of Medical Pedagogy of the Pskov region, Pervomaisky orphanage for mentally retarded children (Kostroma). Due to this, it is planned to start 6 pilot projects “Portage Model”.
We are very pleased that more and more specialists are interested in such a simple and at the same time effective method, thanks to which children develop and live more fully and efficiently.
We sincerely thank the seminar hosts for their kindness, professionalism and endless love for children and their work!
We thank our partners – Charitable organization “ThePromise”, Center for promotion of family education “SKOLKOVO”, Center of Medical Pedagogy of Pskov region – for their enthusiasm in the dissemination of methods and assistance in the seminar!
We thank the resource center of the NGO “Fortunatovskaya” of the Committee of public organizations of Moscow – for hospitably provided space for the seminar and assistance in its conduct!
And we thank all the participants of the seminar for their involvement and interest in the methodology!
Together with you, we really improve the lives of children with developmental disabilities!