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!
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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.
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.
The program will utilize the body as a form of expression, will teach skills on self-control, enhance learning and provide strategies for relaxation. Children will develop motor and kinesthetic skills, progress artistic and emotional skills, follow rhythm and patterns of movement, improve control and inhibition and build self-discipline in movement. A Child’s DREAM Founder & Medical Director Dr. Francis Xavier Dimalanta, Executive Director Mita Dimalanta and Mrs. Cherry T. Velarde-Mactal invite special children, their siblings,and friends to ”A Child’s DREAM…To Dance !”
A Child’s DREAM Presents Balikbayans Care : Workshops for Children with Special Needs – Nov 2009
A Child’s DREAM Foundation, Inc., Baguio City’s first pediatric therapy center for special children, presents Balikbayans Care. This is in line with Baguio Centennial’s theme : Fostering A Culture of Caring. A Child’s DREAM Founder & Medical Director Dr. Francis Xavier Dimalanta & Exec. Director Mita Angela Dimalanta announced that Canadian Balikbayans will facilitate Clinical Workshops for children with special needs. Triple P (Positive Parenting Program), Occupational Therapy, Adapted Physical Activity, Behavioral Management Workshops will be held in Baguio City at the Lions International Clubhouse at Gov. Pack Rd. from November 17 to November 19. Family training as well as multi-disciplinary presentations will be conducted.
A Child’s DREAM launches Links of Love : A Caring Community – Sep 2009
In celebrating Baguio City’s Centennial, A Child’s DREAM (Developmental Rehabilitative Early Assessment and Management) Foundation, Inc. , Baguio’s first pediatric therapy center for special children presents Links of Love: A Caring Community, a week long event series regarding children with special needs, Sep. 3-5, 2009 at the Lions Club International Foundation Clubhouse, Gov. Pack Road, and Sep. 7-8 at SM City Baguio. All seminars and workshops will be held at LCIF. Affiliates of the event include Stanford University and the Down Syndrome Association of the Philippines.
