 It is dinner time in an SOS Children's Village family. The mother asks each child to describe something they like about one of their brothers and sisters. Each child is encouraged to tell the whole family about something interesting that happened today. In this way, all the children get a chance to be the "star" and everybody points out good things about them.
In this way, not only is the stomach filled, but the self-esteem of each individual child in this SOS Children's Village family is nurtured. And this is exactly what BASE is about. More... SOS Children’s Villages in Finland have achieved great success with the interactive, short-term therapy "Theraplay". Read about the specific methods used in this form of therapy and how and with what results the SOS Children’s Villages in Finland have worked with Theraplay.
More... The moment has finally arrived: The SOS mothers who during their training had been introduced to new notions in the area of the psychomotor functions of babies and children saw their children, for the first time. They were ready, optimistic, their hearts full of love and their arms wide open. But the reaction of the children was not what they had hoped for. More... Most of the children that live in the SOS Children's Village have lost trust in other people as a result of painful experiences earlier in their lives. Staff at SOS Children's Village Mersch are applying a targeted form of teaching with animals as a form of trauma management.
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