Early Intervention for Children in Guatemala

Since last quarter of 2020 ADISA in it’s early intervention program started to work with it’s participants in groups modality. A specific prioritized group of 40 children (22 girls and 18 boys) were attended directly according with their conditions and special needs. The main objective were strenght their social relationship, and to strenght relations between mothers and their children. 

In this new year 2021 during the fisrt quarter, two new groups of mothers and their children started working in ADISA. They are learning how to work with their children in home, they are also learning the objective of each therapy and exercises developed with their children. Therapist Johana is using a teaching and local materials and local equipment to teach all this activities. 

ADISA with it’s early intervention program started coordination with a national program from education ministry CREI (Inclusive Education Resources Center). CREI is supporting our activities within their facilities to work with mother´s groups. One teacher and two volunteers from CREI are participating and learning developed activities with children and mothers in order to implement those activities in their program. CREI will support mothers groups with workshops in different topics with the main objective to strenght early childhood. 

Children participating in our program are receiving a better services to improve their conditions. All this new strategies are aim to create sustainability in program activities. 

During this new quarter we are glad to inform that 11 children were discharged from the program (7 girls and 4 boys) whom on regards wiht their assesments reached their skills and abilities according wiht their development scale. Besides of that, we are very excited to  include a new 8 boys and 3 girls in our program. 

ADISA continue with all measures to prevent contagion of COVID 19 in it’s facilities and home visits with families. All materials are been disinfected after each therapy. ADISA’s staff is prepared to disinfect all materials to be used in therapys and the families are also prepared and supporting staff with measures of prevention. Everyone is using mask, staff, children, families during therapys and visits. 

With your support to our program ADISA have now new materials like sensory toys and other special materials to give a better service to children. During this quarter 196 therapies were delivered to 127 boys and 69 girls. 

Life Story: Anita

We would like to share with all of you the Anita life. Anita was born in April 2016, actually now that we are writing about her, she’s in her birthday party number 5. Anita’s mother was infected of chinkunguya when she was in her third month of pregnancy. 15 days after Anita’s birth, her parents realized that Anita didn’t follow objects, persons or lights with her eyes. Anita’s parents attended to a doctor and they started with different tests….. the diagnosis… congenital microphthalgya, bilateral blindness. 

Anita is now attending to ADISA participating in our early intervention and program and . Anita starts to developed her autonomy. Now, she walks alone in familiar places, she likes deep stimulations, repets all that she hear, her family is working a lot to learn on how to help and rase Anita. The family is learnign exercises and activities to implement with Anita in their home. The family is very grateful with ADISA and therapiest to support Anita. According with developed plan for Anita there are many other activities to implement with her to strength her abilities and skills so she can have a better life with autonomy. Therapiests Johana and Jenny are so excited to support and help Anita with her progress.