By Lauren Fishbach | U.S. Board President
Dear Friends,
We are thankful for you and the support you have given to our special kids. With your assistance, we are able to greet 2025 full of hope for the childrens' futures. You truly have made an impact on their lives!
One of the biggest frustrations of the foster parents/ parents of our children is that their kids are now required to be in some type of school by law BUT the schools have no special education teachers and offer no supportive services. Our little Matei Z, who lives in a rural village, is forced to attend kindergarten in a village school with just a few classrooms. Matei is non-verbal and has difficulty sitting for periods of time. It is difficut for him to interact with other children. Matei's mom has needed to attend school with him and sit at his side. She says he is not included in activities and does not understand what is happening in the classroom. There is no one at the impoverished school who knows how to help him. So, Matei attends but he does not learn and becomes increasingly upset. Our little twins Giulia and Ovidiu face a difficult situation. Ovidiu was accepted into his village school but Giulia was not, despite the newer laws. Similar to Matei, this school offered no suppport and wanted Ovidiu's mom to attend - which she could not with another child at home.
The above situations don't make sense. But so many of our kids are in regular classrooms where they are unable participate and there is no paraprofessional even to assist. Instead, the children are marginalized by their peers and by teachers who say they don't know what to do with the kids and have no training. This is one of the reasons why Delia's Center for Special Needs Kids is vital to our children. We provide them with a nurturing environment to learn according to their needs in a 1:1 setting as well as in small groups. We provide the chance to socialize in their own way with other children.We provide speech therapy to help them learn to communicate and support academics. It takes time and patience but little by little we see the progress and so do parents. One of these parents is the mom our Teodora who brings her twice a week to our Center in place of going to school. They travel over an hour each way. Teodora is in second grade now and has been with us for five years! She had no language ability at all when we met her. She is now speaking in sentences and has learned to read. Teodora is so proud of herself and we love to see her feel this way! Her mom and her teacher are both so grateful that your support has brought about these changes for Teodora and changed her future! I wish you could meet Teodora but photos will have to do!
Our CEO Laura Larkin is back in Barlad in February and we both will be there in late March/early April.
We can't wait to share more updates.
By Lauren Fishbach | U.S. Board President
By LAUREN FISHBACH | U.S. Board President, Co-Founder, Delia's Center
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