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Spafford Children's Center Association        
  Services Description

Across the generations, Spafford Children’s Center has responded to the changing needs of Jerusalem’s poorest youth. Today, our services include:

 
bullet Infant Welfare Center
bullet Outpatient Clinic
bullet Social Welfare Department
bullet Psychology Dept. & Special Ed. Program
bullet Pharmacy
bullet Cultural Center


Infant Welfare Center
Vaccinations, weighing and general assessment of child's health.  Problems are immediately referred to the outpatient clinic.

Outpatient Clinic
Dr. Dajani sees up to 40 children every day.  Most of these visits are for colds, flu, back to school check-ups and problems mothers may be having with eating habits, etc.

Any serious problems are assessed and the appropriate lab work is ordered.  Then, if needed, a specialist is contacted to further investigate.

Social Welfare Department

Shoushan Franji heads this department, guiding counselors as they visit patients in their homes, other institutions and arranging counseling sessions with parents.  

Psychology Department and Special Education Program

In this department, coordinated by psychologist Galina Barghout, children are assessed for psychological, language and speech problems.  Testing for academic performance (mainly math) is offered and there are a number of children following remedial courses in groups of 2-3 children.  This year there have been 21 children following drama courses as part of their therapy.  22 children have participated in Play Therapy.

 

Nidal works with patients in a play therapy group


Remedial reading sessions
 

Chess session for mothers and children

Young patients working with our
speech therapist

Pharmacy
This small dispensary has filled 1,466 prescriptions this year.  This service is made available for the benefit of those patients who find the cost of prescription medications impossible to afford.

Cultural Center

Eager young readers fill the library

This new department allows opportunities for children to participate in theatre and dancing classes.  There are also 76 children registered in the Library program.

Courses - This year, 53 mothers have been in counseling courses and have attended special lectures given by our psychologist and appropriate teachers.


42 mothers are enrolled in general education courses.

28 adolescent girls are participating in a special course discussing wise life choices, educational options, difficult questions teens ask, etc.