DAY-CARE CENTRE

The Day Care Centre “SYZOI” has been designed and organized specifically for people with visual disorders (partial or total blindness) and additional disabilities – mental retardation, autism, cerebral palsy, neurometabolic syndromes, etc. The combination of each individual’s disabilities varies, making this group completely heterogeneous with peculiar developmental needs.

The “SYZOI” Centre operates according to European standards and is the only Centre in Northern Greece that provides specialized educational and therapeutic intervention programmes for people with visual disorders and additional disabilities, aiming through its educational and therapeutic programmes to achieve the maximum potential of each beneficiary.

Infants (from 4 to 7 years old), children and young people (from 7 years old) come daily to the KDEF and attend individual and group programmes designed according to the needs of each beneficiary, aiming through individualisation and a holistic approach to the development of their functionality in all areas.

The design of the programmes is implemented by the interdisciplinary team consisting of:

  • Child psychiatrist
  • Psychologist
  • Social Worker
  • Special Educator
  • Therapists
  • Professor of Special Physical Education

The team for the planning and implementation of the programmes is supported by the Programme Coordination Manager, a Nurse, Trainers – Caregivers, Drivers and School Bus Escorts.

The programmes include the following activities:

  • Physiotherapy
  • Occupational therapy
  • Speech therapy
  • Speech and language therapy management of feeding disorder, swallowing disorder
  • Music therapy
  • Treatment snoezelen
  • S.I. Sensory Integration Program
  • Special physical education
  • Visual education programme for people with impaired vision
  • Self-service, mobility – orientation and daily living skills programmes
  • Individual & group psychotherapy
  • Psycho-emotional support for beneficiaries and families
  • Creative employment activities
  • Educational activities in an outdoor environment – (Cultural, Recreational, Sporting, Social Activities)
  • Transportation to and from the Centre with specially adapted vehicles

In addition, they are implemented in cooperation with third parties:

  • Therapeutic riding
  • Therapeutic swimming
  • Social interaction – integration programme with typically developing peers
  • Participation in a camping program