This program is jointly organized by the Ho Chi Minh City Dance Artists Association, the Dance Heart Club and two units supporting autistic children on August 17 and 18.
Food stall with autistic child as chef
"Dancing Heart 6 - Finding Dreams" is a program for families with children with autism spectrum disorders across the country. Program activities include workshops on health and mental care for caregivers of autistic children; early intervention support for autistic children; direct therapy consultation for parents; playgrounds, small stages for children and booths for visiting and shopping to raise funds.
Bringing her son from Ba Ria - Vung Tau province to Ho Chi Minh City, Ms. Nguyen Ngoc Mi Mi confided that this was the first time the mother and son attended a program for autistic children.
Ms. Mi said that her son had psychological problems since he was 2 years old, but she only started intervention when he was 3. Over the past 4 years, the mother and son have tried their best to receive treatment at the hospital and actively intervened at home. Now, the son has been able to enter first grade and study with his peers.
"What impressed me most was the workshop with the close sharing of psychological experts. Listening to their confidences and witnessing special situations, I felt that I was not alone on this journey. I myself was also given more strength and I believe that my son will grow up to be healthy and independent in the future" - Ms. Mi confided.
Master of Psychology Nguyen Thi Dieu Anh, member of the Vietnam Psychotherapy Association, said that parents are often hesitant to bring their children with autism spectrum disorder out into the community, so they often intervene at home. In fact, effective intervention is one that involves close coordination between the family, school and experts (doctors, psychologists, speech specialists, etc.).
"According to research, the golden time for intervention for children is the first 3 years. However, not all children are detected early. In my opinion, the golden time is when the family notices abnormal signs in their child and actively intervenes," said psychologist Dieu Anh.
Dr. Tran Thi Phuong, Children's Hospital 1 (HCMC), guides parents in preparing appropriate meals for autistic children.
In addition to caring for autistic children, psychologist Dieu Anh believes that psychological care for those who care for autistic children is also very important. There are many cases where parents fall into depression and deadlock because they think too much or cannot accept their child's health condition.
In addition, within the framework of the program, there are also 2 fundraising art performances with the participation of choreographers, young dancers, dance groups, dance troupes, students of Ho Chi Minh City Dance College, singers Duyen Quynh, Tran Duy Linh, young singers and the Ho Chi Minh City Artist Volunteer Team.
A representative of the Dance Heart Club said that all the money raised in the program will be donated to 50 diagnosis scholarships at Children's Hospital 1 (2 million VND/scholarship), 10 vocational scholarships (4.2 million VND/scholarship), 10 professional scholarships (3 million VND/scholarship) and 10 scholarships for poor families with autistic children (2 million VND/scholarship).
Source: https://nld.com.vn/gay-quy-hoc-bong-va-tu-van-mien-phi-cho-tre-tu-ky-196240817225317126.htm
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