Adaptation process in Gan Elia
Written by Sarit Levy- National Vision Guide, Elia Association The absorption of a child in kindergarten is a delicate task, which requires emotional investment and planning from both the child's parents and the kindergarten staff. The child arrives at a new kindergarten with all that implies– familiarity with the horticultural and helpful staff, the physical […]
Accessible Books Library
Sitting on the sofa and reading a book together with our children is a day-to-day experience for most of us. However, this is not the case for Eliya’s children and their families. As opposed to children with normal vision, children suffering from blindness or vision impairment hardly enjoy the experience of their parents reading books […]
Games (game)
In the afternoon, the parents go down with the children to the neighborhood garden, the children run around, get on the facilities and enjoy playing with each other. For a child who does not see it is not the safest environment. The child may be hit by the swing he does not see, fall into […]
Recommended games for toddlers with visual impairments
Elia sees great importance in encouraging children to independence and gaining confidence and a sense of competentness, which will give children in the future and adulthood a better ability to cope. Therefore, therapeutic intervention, treatment and guidance from the first year of the child's life with visual impairment or blindness is critical and of great […]
On the road to independence
By: Tova Lerner, Social Worker, Director of the Jerusalem Branch Whenever I think of the word “independence”, I think of all the children who attend Eliya. Each and every one of these brave children makes an enormous effort daily, each in his or her special way, to achieve yet another step towards independence. As an […]
Before Seder Night
A letter to parents by Ganit Shaked, Eliya’s Social Worker at the Rehovot Branch, herself a person with visual disabilities Many of us have childhood memories of the Passover Seder. There are those who remember it as a pleasant family experience, while others remember it as a tense and even very difficult evening. As parents […]
