About Us
The Philip Hayden Foundation Therapy Program was started in July 2007. Our program is guided by the Chinese Proverb, "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime." China has limited training or educational programs for rehabilitation. In the past, we have relied on foreign therapists or basic training of our nannies to provide therapy for our children. However, we have found this offers only a limited and short-term solution.
With ther start of our new therapy program, we have hired local college graduates that are bilingual and invited foreign therapists to train them. These trained therapists now provide therapy to the over 80% of children in our care that are in need of it to develop to their full potential. In addition to the therapists' regular therapy sessions, they also provide early intervention training to our nannies, team with our teachers in the classroom, and help our older orphans develop life and job skills.
It is our hope that, as we continue to develop, we can share our knowledge and resources with other orphanages and organizations helping special needs children in China. In the future, we also hope to extend this service to local families with special needs children in the community.
Meeting our Neighbors- Visit to JHF
Jian Hua Foundation was founded in1981 in Hong Kong. Last week we visited their site in Tianjin where they have established special education classrooms, parent support groups and trainings for children that have autism, cerebral palsy, hearing impairment, and mental delay. The cerebral palsy classroom we visited has four teachers, a therapist and 10 children. Each day, the kids learn drawing, singing songs, doing crafts, reading and math, and work with therapy to help them improve their skills. We were inspired by the excellent teachers that work hard to help these children learn and grow. We are thankful to make so many new friends and have the chance to learn from each other so that we can help our kids better.
