Life-Changing Treatment and Support for Israel’s Special Needs Children
Only through the support of generous supporters like you can Petachya bring its life-changing program to the United States and expand their abilities to supporting thousands of desperate families.
Serving Israel’s Special Needs Children From Birth Onward
33902
Treatments Provided Monthly at Petachya Clinics
993
Expert Staff Members
5
Rehabilitation Daycare Centers
5
Child Development Clinics
8
Preschools for Developmentally Delayed Children
1,891
Teaching and Learning
Educational Frameworks
42,000
Children Enrolled in our Mainstream and Special-needs Education Classes
406,824
Programs and Treatments
Delivered Annually
Two decades of caring.
For over 20 years Petachya has been changing the lives of special needs children and their families, providing a comprehensive range of high quality educational and therapeutic services to those with developmental delays, Down syndrome and other disabilities.
Placing a special emphasis on mainstreaming special needs children with a focus on future independence as productive members of society, Petachya empowers clients to maximize their true potential from infancy on.
A landmark foundation, a groundbreaking concept.
Petachya’s many inclusive programs include language oriented kindergarten, preschool for the developmentally delayed, mainstreaming classes, aftercare, rehabilitative day care and a child development clinic.
While Petachya has long been privately funded, its ever increasing network of services, range of operations, new treatment programs and growing number of facilities has brought with it a need for public support so that it continue its work as the largest agency of its kind in Israel.
Crucial Support through Early Intervention.
While early intervention in Israel can begin in babies as young as six months old, Petachya’s groundbreaking Gedelim Beyachad program was created to fill an existing void, relying on philanthropic support to achieve maximum results during this critical stage of development.
Parents are encouraged to contact Gedelim Beyachad as soon as they become aware of a problem, its dedicated staff serving as an invaluable source of information, providing guidance and crucial support at a time that is typically emotional and overwhelming.
“The event you recently hosted for families of special-needs children was incredible! The parents were so moved, seeing how proud their typically developing children felt to have such a sibling. It was priceless. Thank you for enabling our whole family to feel empowered.”
— E.R.
“Parents don’t want someone to tell them that everything will be okay, because it really isn’t. What we can do is to tell them that it will take time, but they will be able to manage, and that we will be there to help them and that does give them comfort.”
— Tzippy Bertman, Founder and Director of Gedelim Beyachad
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