Therapy and wellness at children's museum: the first experimental hub will be in Verona

Verona ’s Children ’s Museum could become the first experimental center of developmental age and family wellness: the museum with International Inner Wheel Club Verona Bee Lab and Studio Incipit - Family Care is promoting the fundraiser Children’s Museum! Mind the Gap! which intends to start a project so that the museum can be a place of therapy for children and adolescents and a center for family well-being in connection with the whole territory, especially with schools. In fact, the museum can be a point of reference and support for families who in the pandemic situation find themselves in economic and psychological difficulties.

The project is divided into four stages: to create a transversal pedagogical committee, involving professionals from the museum, social-health and educational-preventive sectors, public administration and local health authorities, with the aim of developing the protocol to make the museum visit more inclusive and suitable for the conduct of therapy for children and adolescents; to experiment with therapy at the museum through cycles of meetings held by therapists for a year, individually or in small groups, aimed at families: a psychological course aimed at mothers of children with special needs for sharing thoughts, doubts and fears about their thinking about themselves in the world of work, psychomotor and sensory integration experiences, music therapy, speech therapy, mindfulness; creation of the first guide to play therapy at the museum for parents who will visit the museum venue with their children; promotion and awareness-raising towards the population and the world of Italian museums of the crucial issue of inclusion and the importance of prevention and rehabilitation of children through play.

The project is aimed at children from 0 to 12 years old, adolescents, families with children and adolescents, and schools.

In order to get the project off the ground, the museum has started a crowdfunding campaign to which everyone can contribute: the minimum contribution is 20 thousand euros. So far 605.00 euros have been reached. To participate in the crowdfunding is simple: just make a donation starting from 15 euros and each donation corresponds to a gift from the museum, from the activity book containing many creative game cards to free admission tickets to a 15% discount on the museum shop and subscriptions.

For more info: http://www.cmverona.it/mindthegap

Ph.Credit Children’s Museum Verona

Therapy and wellness at children's museum: the first experimental hub will be in Verona

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