The Israel Association of Community Centers

39 Our advice for a successful project Our advice for a successful project 38 מרכז קהילתי גולן Haifa and the Valleys District Magical Moments Ramot Haifa Community Center Association - Ramat Alon Community Center About the project: Enhancing connections between parents and children, cultivating emotional resilience and social and emotional skills, through mutual cooperative activities and discussions. The children practice listening skills, cooperation, delaying gratification, public speaking etc. and the parents get to discover their children’s hidden abilities. Target population: Parents and children Number of participants: 30 pairs of parents and children Partners: Shirley Agami Turjeman - parent guidance counselor Responses to the project: A mother’s experience: ”A good and healing experience after a difficult and exhausting period”. A father’s experience: ‘I got reacquainted with my child”. An open discourse in the community helps identify real needs. מרכז קהילתי גולן Haifa and the Valleys District Young People Forum for Peoplewith Physical and Sensory Disabilities Ramat Yishai Community Center About the project: Ramat Yishai is home to 60 families of people aged 18-40 with physical or sensory disabilities. This project was designed to integrate this isolated population into the community as individuals and as a group and become community leaders. The project consists of team building activities and social interactions focusing on social and community activities. Target population: Young people aged 18-40 with physical and/or sensory disabilities Number of participants: 60 participants Partners: The Department for Social Services Responses to the project: After the initial meeting some of the participants made social connections and met in an informal way. Working closely with the Department for Social Services and the Community Center’s team leaders

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