During 23.01.208AO National Center for Training, Assistance, Counseling and Education from Moldova (“CNFACEM”)with the support ofUNICEF Moldovawithin the project“Reducing the negative impact of violence and abuse towards children and improving access to psycho-social services and legal”the children placed in the Crisis Center were involved by the institution’s specialists in occupational therapy activities by making decorative objects, toys, as well as useful objects. These activities involve thinking, planning, assumption and choice, so that at the end of the activity, the child is proud of his own creation, finally generating a refreshing feeling, a sense of achievement and self-confidence.
The objectives pursued as a result of these activities are: the development of manual skills; developing respect for the results of one’s own work; strengthening technical skills (e.g. cutting, gluing, bending, screwing and the formation of new skills – braiding, joining); strengthening the skills to complete the work started and the discipline of keeping materials in order; teaching patience, respect for rules, cooperation with other people in order to carry out group work; familiarizing disabled people with different materials, which they begin to analyze while using them: shape, size, color, consistency.
In addition, during the reference period, the children learned the rules of operating the sewing machine, being trained to use it for everyday needs.
