BOP
Birds of Paradise
Vision
We want to create a contemporary Care Facility for ‘Special Needs Children’. We will offer an integrated residential facility and a guesthouse accommodated in a farm. In our BOP community every child is seen as a unique person, someone to get to know and be discovered by our care takers.
Mission
The program of the daytime activities is determined by the needs and interests of the children. We do not easily say "no" but we always try to bend the situation and look at the possibilities. We believe that also for children with special needs, or maybe even especially for them, personal responsibility and making choices are important skills to develop. The development goals, educational and recreational needs of every child are determined through an extensive intake. Starting point of the discovery tour of getting to know each child is his or her personality and the place of the child in the dynamics of the group. We encourage own initiative and are focused on development and talents. The group has a form of self-direction. The care takers are coaches who help the group to learn. The coaches withdraw to the background when group dynamic develops. We will work according to the Planetree concept "Better care".
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Program Components
The program consists of different parts:
Care facility
Competence-led Apprenticeships
BOP will be a training organisation. It will offer internships and apprenticeships for vocational education students.
Guest House
There will be a guest house on the BOP farm site. To relieve the parents of a child with special needs, once a month we offer guest shelter. Small groups of maximum 4 children can stay for a
weekend, of course, always under the guidance of our specialized care takers.
In addition, the guesthouse is offered to the families of our guests at a cost effective rate. It is often difficult for these families to go out for a weekend because their child with special needs,
needs specific facilities or support.
Partners
BOP Care Facility will be established in Istanbul, Turkey, in cooperation with and based on a proven concept developed by our Dutch partner De Parel van Riel (the Pearl).
De Parel van Riel (The Pearl)
The Pearl is a Dutch Care Facility for children and adults with mild to moderate intellectual disabilities. It is officially certified for Youth Work through the Dutch Quality Register for Youth! This register is recognized by Dutch professional associations NIP, NVO and NVMW and recognized by the Ministry of Health, Wellbeing and Sports and the Ministry of Justice and Security.
