Our desire at Lighthouse is to give hope to orphans and their families (foster, adoptive, and/or biological), so that they can walk together on a path to healing and wholeness. Education is one of the steps along that path.
Beginning in 2018, we were honored to provide training classes to the 35+ nurses working inside the public orphanage for babies and young children in Bitola, North Macedonia. Through this training, which we translated and taught in the Macedonian language, we were able to share our experiences on topics such as Attachment and Sensory Processing Disorder, and how to connect with the children inside the institution. In the future, we will provide similar trainings for the group home parents who will be taking care of the children we take into our family-style group homes.
This future training will include topics such as: Gentle Teaching - where caregivers learn how to engage children through gentle and healthy communication, Sensory Processing Disorders - helping guardians understanding how their little ones see and experience the world around them, and Trauma Informed Care - learning about brain development in children from hard places.
Because most of the children we will be receiving will come from institutional settings, our group home parents will be trained in several different methodologies to help empower them to have the tools they need to build relationships and gain the trust of the children in their care.
In addition to the types of training listed above, we will also provide Trust Based Relational Intervention training to all group home parents who work with the children in our homes. Trust Based Relational Intervention (or TBRI) was developed by Dr. Karyn Purvis specifically for children from trauma backgrounds who would benefit from this specialized style of parenting that focuses on building a trusting relationship with a child and rewiring the previously fearful responses they have grown up with.
Last, but certainly not least, we believe that giving the children a full and lasting education will not only increase their confidence, but also give them more opportunities for their future. That is why child education is such an important part of what we do. For children below the age of six, we will spend time with them preparing them to go into the school system in North Macedonia. Within the public school system, we will act as child advocates to work together with teachers and staff to provide equal opportunities and quality education for all the children in our care, whatever their needs may be.
Our desire at Lighthouse is to give hope to orphans and their families (foster, adoptive, and/or biological), so that they can walk together on a path to healing and wholeness. Education is one of the steps along that path.
Beginning in 2018, we were honored to provide training classes to the 35+ nurses working inside the public orphanage for babies and young children in Bitola, North Macedonia. Through this training, which we translated and taught in the Macedonian language, we were able to share our experiences on topics such as Attachment and Sensory Processing Disorder, and how to connect with the children inside the institution. In the future, we will provide similar trainings for the group home parents who will be taking care of the children we take into our family-style group homes.
This future training will include topics such as: Gentle Teaching - where caregivers learn how to engage children through gentle and healthy communication, Sensory Processing Disorders - helping guardians understanding how their little ones see and experience the world around them, and Trauma Informed Care - learning about brain development in children from hard places.
Because most of the children we will be receiving will come from institutional settings, our group home parents will be trained in several different methodologies to help empower them to have the tools they need to build relationships and gain the trust of the children in their care.
In addition to the types of training listed above, we will also provide Trust Based Relational Intervention training to all group home parents who work with the children in our homes. Trust Based Relational Intervention (or TBRI) was developed by Dr. Karyn Purvis specifically for children from trauma backgrounds who would benefit from this specialized style of parenting that focuses on building a trusting relationship with a child and rewiring the previously fearful responses they have grown up with.
Last, but certainly not least, we believe that giving the children a full and lasting education will not only increase their confidence, but also give them more opportunities for their future. That is why child education is such an important part of what we do. For children below the age of six, we will spend time with them preparing them to go into the school system in North Macedonia. Within the public school system, we will act as child advocates to work together with teachers and staff to provide equal opportunities and quality education for all the children in our care, whatever their needs may be.
