Original title: "Star" Guardian 丨 Special Love to Special You
There is such a group of children in the Zhengzhou Children's Welfare Institute, they have difficulty responding to social signals; they have certain speech barriers; their behavior is stereotyped, clapping their hands, turning in circles... The same actions are always repeated; they also have little interest in the toys and games that children in general love. Liu Dan, a volunteer at the Zhengzhou Children's Welfare Institute, told reporters: "These children, usually immersed in their own world, are called 'star babies'. ”
April 2 is the "World Autism Awareness Day", according to the "Report on the Development of Autistic Children in China", in 2021, China's autism patients may exceed 10 million, of which the 0 to 14-year-old group may exceed 2 million.
"Children with autism may be all around us and need to be cared for by all." Liu Dan told reporters that at present, among the more than 700 orphaned and abandoned children living in the Zhengzhou Children's Welfare Institute, there are 31 "star babies", from 2 years old to 18 years old in all ages. To this end, the Zhengzhou Children's Welfare Institute has set up a "Quality Accompaniment, Helping Children Grow" volunteer service team integrating maintenance, medical treatment, rehabilitation, special education and social work, which specializes in taking care of the healthy growth of these special children. "The establishment of the volunteer service team in the hospital is also to cultivate the basic life and learning ability of the 'Star Baby', explore their potential, and create the necessary conditions for them to integrate into society."
In the early days of the establishment of the volunteer service team, volunteers spent a long time carefully investigating the parenting, education, health and other conditions of these 31 "star babies", understanding their needs and interests, and preparing for activities in a targeted manner. "After a period of training, the 9-year-old child Xiaoxing (pseudonym) has changed significantly." Liu Dan told reporters that when he first met Xiaoxing, Xiaoxing liked to hide in the corner to play alone, whenever he saw something bad happened to others, Xiaoxing would laugh, at the same time, his vigilance was very strong, afraid of being attacked by other children, and he was not willing to let others get close to him. "According to his situation, the various departments of the volunteer service team combined to create an exclusive training program for him, on the basis of careful maintenance, with the game as the lead, to promote Xiaoxing's language expression ability and interpersonal skills."
When he first started playing, Xiaoxing resisted, always standing silently in the corner of the classroom, playing with the things in his hands. After volunteers Mao Mengmeng and Wang Qi found out, they adjusted the game content in time and reset the plan with the games and interest points that Xiaoxing was familiar with. Gradually, Xiaoxing went from not caring to watching other children play, and finally let down his guard and joined the activity.
"Xiaoxing likes to arrange everything neatly, has a strong ability to imitate, and has a strong ability to perceive color." Volunteer Wang Qian told reporters that in view of these characteristics of him, Wang Qian and Chen Lu began to train him in painting. At the beginning of the training, Xiaoxing can only imitate some basic paintings, after a period of training, at present, on the basis of imitation, he can already creatively play color, "Now Xiaoxing is already a painting master in our hospital!" ”
"Little Star is getting more and more fond of participating in group activities!" Volunteer Wu Ting, in order to let the "Star Baby" better understand the outside world, go out of the door and embrace spring, since this year, she has organized many "Star Babies" such as Xiaoxing to participate in the "3.12" plant, "The city is my home - Xiliu Lake Community and other garbage picking up", "I am a traffic guard - traffic volunteer duty", "Let me fly with the kite - Qingming Festival green activities" and other experience activities.
Companionship is the longest confession of affection. In order to better accompany these "star babies", carry out effective accompaniment, and improve the sense of gain, security and happiness of orphans and disabled children, the volunteer service team of Zhengzhou Children's Welfare Institute has established a family service system by integrating the resources in the hospital, Liu Dan told reporters: "The class family is to establish a simulated family in the hospital, and the child will be matched to the appropriate class family after comprehensive assessment, with its own 'father' or 'mother'. At present, every 3 "Star Babies" have 1 family parent, every 4 "Star Babies" have 1 rehabilitation teacher, every 5 "Star Babies" have 1 teacher, and every 30 "Star Babies" have 1 doctor. At the same time, the volunteer service team extensively develops external resources, recruits outstanding volunteers, and provides personalized counseling, specialty training, psychological counseling and other services for the "Star Baby". "A lot of children like stars have made a lot of progress now."
Autistic children are like distant stars, isolated from the crowd, Liu Dan said: "As a volunteer, I call on everyone on 'World Autism Awareness Day' to care for the autistic children around them and build a bridge of communication with society for them. (Great River Network)