Teaching 6 children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Dear Our Donors!

We would like to introduce to you our new little student.  His name is Daniel and he is 2 years old. Daniel likes to come to PENNDCO. He tries to transit from home to classroom smoothly and nicely. He likes to get a snack at classroom, and he enjoys fun activities such as bubbles time and water beads activity. 

Daniel is a great mover, and all his rushed moments ate time when he could be learning something new. All therapists have helped Daniel to slow down or give him extra five minutes at snack time. It's time to slow down the pace and give Daniel a chance to communicate with adults and his peers.

All therapists and Family are working as a team, and one of our goal is recognizing Daniel's sensory preferences: the sights, sounds, smells, feelings and movements that Daniel enjoys or dislikes. Daniel's preferences are very important for us. We will continue to work on this goal.

We would like to say to you our special thanks! Please support our new Little One who needs a special help from you. Therapists and Family will help Daniel to build his interactions with adults and peers and to help him with social communication difficulties.

Thank you very much for your support!

Have a Healthy and Happy New Year!

I am writing to express my deepest thanks for your valuable donations to Pennsylvania Diversity Children’s Organization. Your support has played a key role in child’s success to reach the goals. Building interaction and language skills for children with autism spectrum disorder or social communication difficulties is our main step in our program.

Our children successfully finished 2015-2016 school year, and they started a new school year with their new goals to participate in our social skills program. We asked our children about their favorite games, toys, sensory activities, and books and about their preferences. We got the best answers and the best pointing to pictures, objects, and toys. Alexis answered: I like all books. Ari pointed to all letters and his favorite activity: Alphabooks. Ilya wanted to play with the trucks. Michael touched kinetic sand and used a sign “thank you”. Alina liked the feeling of pressure on her body and brush therapy. Justin enjoyed his sensory activity by playing with water beads. Alina gave her peer the best eye contact.

I am sure that you know the terms associated with “autism spectrum disorder”: pervasive developmental disorder, autism, Asperger syndrome, hyperlexia or semantic pragmatic disorder. No matter what label has been given to our child, we always remember that he or she is a unique individual with his or her own strengths, interests, preferences, and challenges.

We hope that all our donors will continue to support our program. We appreciate your cooperation.

Sincerely,

Tetyana Varenychenko, M.Ed.