Social Innovations in Early Childhood Intervention

ABOUT THE ORGANISATION:

Karin Dom Foundation

After the restitution of democracy in 1993, the

Stancioff family provided its summerhouse in Varna,

a city in eastern Bulgaria, for the purposes of the

Karin Dom Foundation. “Karin Dom” means “Karin’s

home” – in memory of Karin Guepin, a cousin of the

Stancioff family who had cerebral palsy.

Karin Dom Foundation is an active civil organization

with a leading role in providing professional services

for children with special needs and in building a

tolerant society in which they live.

In Bulgaria, Karin Dom is the first organization to

have initiated, developed, and applied an Early

Intervention Programme on a regional and, later, on

a national scale. Its specialists have attended many

meetings, training, conferences, and sessions led by

pioneers in early childhood intervention programmes

in Canada and the USA. Currently, there are ongoing

consultations with specialists and professionals

regarding the further development of the offered

programme.

Karin Dom Foundation

Bulgaria

Ms. Veselina Vassileva

Tel. +359 52 302 517

vvassileva@karindom.org www.karindom.org

HOW THE COOPERATION WORKS:

Karin Dom and

For Our Children Foundation

• The past cooperation between Karin

Dom Foundation and For Our Children

Foundation has been designed to share

experiences in developing an Early Inter-

vention Programme and to combine efforts

towards sustainable development and

awareness-raising regarding the new early

childhood intervention (ECI) services in

Bulgaria. To this end, the two organizations

issued a common manual on the provision

of ECI services, since both organizations

apply the same approach.

• The two organizations differ, however, in

the variety of other services that they offer

(for example, For Our Children Foundation

offers the prevention of child abandonment

in maternity wards, development of pa-

rental capacity, family support, and foster

care, among other services), and the two

operate in different locations of Bulgaria.

ABOUT ZERO PROJECT ANAYLSIS

In-depth Research of Innovative Practices

EASPD Secretary General: Luk Zelderloo

Essl Foundation Programme Manager: Michael Fembek

Author: Wilfried Kainz

Project coordinator: Sabrina Ferraina

Graphic Design: Christoph Almasy

Graphic Facilitation: Petra Plicka

Editing: John Tessitore

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