A Child’s DREAM, (www.achildsdream.ph) Baguio’s 1st Pediatric Therapy Center for children with special needs, presents Bunny Joaquin (Ma. Rosario Gonzalez Joaquin), Autism Intervenionist, Behavior Therapist, Special Education Consultant, President, Shine Special Education Center, Inc. & SPED Consultant of DREAM as she facilitates a Workshop on Autism for Parents & Therapists on “ Relationship Between Communication & Behavior” to help better understand what a person with autism is like. It will include Functions of Behavior to accurately identify what behavioral manifestations to address based on a Functional Behavior Analysis (FBA) on July 11, 2011, Monday, 9am – 12 noon at A Child’s DREAM (446-6121 & 0917-8119032) Pines City Lion’s Club, Gov. Pack Rd., Baguio. Reserve a seat by texting 0917-8119032. Dr. Francis Dimalanta, Founder & Medical Director of A Child’s DREAM announced that priority will be given to DREAM parents & therapists. A Child’s DREAM is a corporate member of the Autism Society of the Philippines. In the National Summit on Family Courts last March 2010, Shine SPED Center School Director Bunny Gonzalez Joaquin, was speaker to advocate for 3 basic rights for persons with autism: The equal right for education; to use public utilities & for employment opportunities.
Category Archives: Dr. Francis Dimalanta
Workshop on Autism by A Child’s DREAM – Jul 2011
Dance Aerobics at A Child’s DREAM – May 2011
A CHILD’S DREAM, Baguio’s first pediatric therapy center for children with special needs, invites children & their parents to free dance aerobics – on May 24, 2011, Tuesday from 9 am to 10 am, at the Baguio Pines City Lion’s Club, Lion’s Club Int’l Foundation Bldg., Gov. Pack Road. Both typical & atypical children and their parents will be taught by Fitness Edge Health & Fitness Club’s Nette Visperas-Delenela, as announced by Dr. Francis Xavier Dimalanta, Founder & Medical Director and Mita Angela M. Dimalanta, Executive Director of A Child’s DREAM. Text 0917-8119032, email info@achildsdream.ph, or visit www.achildsdream.ph to reserve slots now!
Summer Fun Sports Therapy at A Child’s DREAM – May 2011
A CHILD’S DREAM, Baguio’s first pediatric therapy center for children with special needs, invites children to free summer fun – sports therapy on May 6, 2011, Friday from 9 am to 12 noon, at the Baguio Pines City Lion’s Club, Lion’s Club Int’l Foundation Bldg., Gov. Pack Road. Prof. Remus Laglagaron and his Physical Education team of teachers, will offer both typical & atypical children a day of summer sports fun, as announced by Dr. Francis Xavier Dimalanta, Founder & Medical Director and Mita Angela M. Dimalanta, Executive Director of A Child’s DREAM. Prizes will be given to participants and winners. Text 0917-8119032, email info@achildsdream.ph, or visit www.achildsdream.ph to reserve slots now.
Join Easter Night Run in Baguio for A Child’s DREAM – Apr 2011
Jonel C. Mendoza of Frontrunner Magazine and Dr. Francis Xavier Dimalanta, Founder & Medical Director of A Child’s DREAM Foundation, Inc. announce the April 23rd Night Run in Baguio for the benefit of A Child’s DREAM. It is a 5k night run to be held on April 23 at 630pm. It will start & end at the old John Hay Main Gate in front of Nevada Square. Runners are advised to bring headlamps or flashlights or any blinking lights or any reflective apparel. Php 250 registration fee include finisher’s t-shirt, the race number and some freebies. Part of the fee will go to A Child’s DREAM Foundation, Inc. Baguio’s first pediatric therapy center for special children. Starting March 21, 2011 until Saturday Apr 23, at 9 am onwards participants may register with Che Alberto @ her Laperal Bldg. office along Session Road 0917 745 0378. A beneficiary is A Child’s DREAM Foundation, Inc. at Pines City Lion’s Club, Gov. Pack Road, Baguio City 09178119032.
Parents’ Congress – Oct 2010
“Keeping First What Matters Most: Parenting Your Infant & Toddler with TLC –Touch, Love and Communication” Child and Family Service Philippines in partnership with Saint Louis University Sunflower Children’s Center and A Child’s Dream Foundation, Inc. invite you to the 2010 Parents’ Congress on October 28, 2010 at the Saint Louis University Center for Culture and Arts (SLU CCA). Pre-registration is on October 15 to 25, 2010 at SM City Baguio. There will also be registration on October 28, 2010. For more information please contact ?Bernadette P. Ymson at (074) 442 1107 or log on to cfspi.org.ph. Registration fee is P150.00. Speakers are A Child’s DREAM Founder & Medical Director Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrician Dr. Francis Xavier Dimalanta, CEFAM’s (Center for Family Ministries Foundation) Dr. Allan Dionisio & Mrs. Maribel Dionisio, Sunflower Children’ s Center Director Fr. Gerardo Costa, CICM / Child Psychologist.
A Day In A Life of A Special Child by A Child’s DREAM – Sep 2010
A CHILD’S Dream (Developmental Rehabilitative Early Assessment and Management) Foundation, Inc., Baguio’s first pediatric therapy center for special children, celebrated the 101st Baguio Charter Day with “A Day In A Life of A Special Child” on September 25, 2010 at 2 – 4 pm at SM City Baguio. Executive Director Mita Dimalanta stated “This is the culminating activity of “A Child’s DREAM…To Dance”, Cherry T. Velarde-Mactal’s dance therapy sessions, which commenced last July 16, 2010.
Dance therapy sessions are free for DREAM patients. The presentation includes both normal and special children, as it depicts the life of a special child. It has been observed that the special children model after the normal children in the sessions and rehearsals. The child, Naomi, is part of a family as she performs her activities of daily living. It is the first of its kind – pioneer presentation in the history of Baguio City & the Philippines. We aim to integrate the special children in the mainstream of society. Special children go through life like normal children with a lot of help from their parents, siblings, caregivers. The roles of the developmental and behavioral pediatrician, therapists, teachers will be shown.
Dance Therapy at A Child’s DREAM – Jul 2010
This July 16 to September 18, 2010, A Child’s DREAM Foundation, Inc. the first pediatric therapy center for special children in Baguio City, offers“A Child’s DREAM..To Dance! ”, a Dance and Movement Class. This is a great opportunity to enrich lives of special children through learning dance in a friendly and positive atmosphere. Your special child will gain confidence, social skills, balance, and strength. Classes will be engaging and creative. Classes will be held every Saturday 9AM-11AM.
Understanding Dyscalculia – Jun 2009
QUESTION: “I have a 15-year-old son who has been having difficulty in Math since grade school. Most of the time, he has been flunking the subject or his grades have always below average. What confuses me is that he excels in other subjects like English and Science. In fact, he even represents his school in these areas. Recently, I have read about dyscalculia and I thought could this be the case of my child? What are the symptoms of this condition? Are there long-term effects? If my child has this, isn’t it too late for him to undergo treatments or therapy? What are the options for people who are diagnosed late with this disability?”
Cerebral Palsy : A Story of Hope – Feb 2008
| Written by Joy Angelica Subido |
| Tuesday, 05 February 2008 18:03 |
| Forty-year-old Gerardo “Gerry” Mariano remembers when he acquired cerebral palsy. At two-and-a-half years old, he fell out the window of his family’s nipa hut home and sustained a brain injury. Since then, the condition has hindered his body movements. “I was called the drunken dancer; walking with crutches and steel braces,” he relates. Still, he remains unfazed by the physical difficulties that he has to contend with. As administrative financial officer of a non-government institution, he lives a productive life and is married to Marlene who is also afflicted with the same developmental disability. They are doting parents to a bright, normally-abled child and are living proof that with the right mindset, one can overcome the obstacles brought about by cerebral palsy. The couple’s attitude and determination to live a normal life is imbued with such an inspiring quality, in fact, that people have taken notice. Their story was once portrayed in a popular television show. |
Antonia Takes Visual Test at 1yr Old – 2006
This was the test Anya took under Dr. Francis Dimalanta, noted pediatric behavioural development physician at St. Lukes.
