Ilanit Weigenfeld-Lahav, director of the Hydrotherapy Center, Beit Issie Shapiro
A true therapeutic partnership between parents and professionals significantly contributes to advancing the therapeutic process and achieving treatment goals.Â
The professionals bring professional and technological knowledge to the partnership, while the parents bring their hands-on experience and knowledge about their child’s unique skills.Â
The article describes the implementation of the concept of the therapeutic partnership between parents and professionals at the Hydrotherapy Center at Beit Issie Shapiro.
Ronen Cohen – Community Social Worker,
Dr. Dana Roth – Head of the Research and Evaluation Dept., Beit Issie Shapiro
Dr. Aron York – The Bob Shapell School of Social Work, Tel-Aviv University
Dr. Shimshon Neikrug – Research Consultant, Beit Issie Shapiro
The article presents the main findings of a study examining the impact of an intervention program among young people, aimed to change their attitudes towards people with disabilities. The program was planned and carried out by Beit Issie Shapiro, a non-profit organization in the field of disabilities that operates at the community level, and sees changing attitudes as part of the process of social change.
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Shosh Kaminsky, Head of the Community and Knowledge Resource Development Division, Beit Issie Shapiro
Dana Sharir – social worker, Volunteer Coordinator, Beit Issie Shapiro
Michal Giladi – community social worker, Coordinator of Volunteers with Disabilities Project, Beit Issie Shapiro
The idea of social integration is one of  Beit Issie Shapiro’s fundamental values as the integration of people with disabilities in various social circles and activities within the community in which they live, including volunteering circuit.
This article presents a models of inclusion of  volunteers with special needs and describes the existing system work model  in Beit Issie Shapiro.
Yitzhak Hirshberg – Director of the Lubner Family Therapy Center, Beit Issie Shapiro
Brotherhood has great significance in the personal and interpersonal emotional development of children. Brotherly relationships also have an impact on adult life, on relationships and parenthood. The article explains the situation of siblings of children and adults with disabilities.