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Two psychologists from Equilibrium, Nadejda Petrova and Ivaylo Minkov, started the programme for positive parenting with three consecutive training sessions for parents of children from 4th grade in “Stadiona” kindergarten in Byala.
The parents that took part in the interactive sessions worked hard and were involved in different practical exercises and work-groups. They discussed topics related to the improvement of their understanding of early childhood development and the reasons for children’s reactions and behavior. The parents were presented with… Continue reading
Viki was born in October 2013 in Ruse. He was born underweight – 1400grams – and a month after that he was diagnosed with the Down syndrome. According to the head of the Neonatology department in the Ruse hospital, Viki`s parents wanted to look after him at home. Viki could be released from hospital in a stable condition but he would have trouble eating. He had a bad swallowing reflex and his stomach could not process food in the right… Continue reading
On 24th April, a team from Equilibrium provided an audience from the Bulgarian capital with an insight into recent developments in the work we do with families.
We also explained why our repertoire is evolving in the direction of working with very young children, their parents, educators and childcare professionals to encourage exploration of Developmentally Appropriate Practice.
The event took place in the European Parliamentary Building (Дома на Европа) and the Bulgarian MEP Momchil Nekov was our chairman for… Continue reading
My name is Stoyana Cekova, I`m 45 year old and I live in a small town near Ruse. Since the birth of my two boys Ivaylo(26) and Miroslav(15) I have spent a great deal of time in hospitals.
Ivaylo was born at a time when there was no modern technology for monitoring the pregnancy. At the time of his birth nobody told me that he had disabilities. But my father heard from his close friends from the… Continue reading
My daughter Nadya is 16 years old. She was born a healthy child.
I have never had any serious problems with her health. There were only the common colds, tonsillitis. But two years ago she had a convulsion. The ambulance came and the doctors gave her an injection with diazepam and they said that she will be alright. But in the next two hours her condition got worse and she stopped talking. She was taken to the hospital of Ruse… Continue reading
Toni was born like a true gift between the days of Christmas and New Year. Her first two even three years went so fast for us. We didn`t notice any problems.
When she turned three years old, our little girl learned a lot of new words and she started making longer and more complex sentences. It was then that we noticed that Toni couldn`t pronounce words with the sounds „ш, ч, щ, ж“in them. She was growing up and learning,… Continue reading
The children from the centre for street children (part of the complex for social services) made handcrafted goods. By selling them at the Easter charity market they raised 349lv. Activities were divided between 2 locations – Mall Ruse and the municipal market.
The children were on-hand to sell their own crafts and their participation charmed a lot of people. They were very proud with their work throughout the month and explained to everyone that the money would help… Continue reading
“Lumos” foundation held a workshop for people working with children and young adults with challenging behavior. It took place in Sofia on the 23th and 24th of March 2017.
Leader of the workshop was Brian McDonald, a psychologist at Ability West, Northern Ireland.
Ability West is an organization that provides high quality services and help to more than 500 children and adults with intellectual problems. Equilibrium was represented by the manager and the physiotherapist of the group… Continue reading
On 10th April, Equilibrium hosted an event in the conference hall of Byala municipality.
It was an ideal venue where we could talk to a local audience about the work we do in Byala, explain the support provided from our Ruse headquarters and set everything in the context of Equilibrium’s mission to empower families and create stronger communities.
Members of the local team gave short presentations explaining the work done in the centre for social rehabilitation and teenagers from… Continue reading
A volunteer from Equilibrium, Raya Dimitrova, took part in the spring meeting of Megaphone accompanied by our psychologist, Alexander Panayotov.
Megaphone is a youth network, which is a part of the National Network for Children. It helps children understand their rights and to become young advocates.
During the event, the young participants helped prepare for the National Network’s AGM scheduled for June. The teenagers developed an understanding of their role in developing the annual publication on the performance of the… Continue reading