by Team BRIGHT | Jul 31, 2019 | 2019 - Bosnia
Well, the end has come. What a whirlwind of a trip. Today was our final day with the kids and we’ve parted ways with our host and new friends at the therapy center. The morning started off with each therapist modeling improvements in therapy stations for the...
by Team BRIGHT | Jul 30, 2019 | 2019 - Bosnia
Whew! We are in the home stretch. Amy currently has 4 therapists in her hotel room, two on her bed, brainstorming on what information needs to be printed, translated, and left for the staff at the therapy center. It will be a late evening, and a crunch day tomorrow,...
by Team BRIGHT | Jul 29, 2019 | 2019 - Bosnia
Today was a long day. The team spent the morning observing children in the adjoining preschool that has a handful of “inclusion kids” that we are working with directly and some kids who have disabilities but are not receiving therapy from the center. Katie...
by Team BRIGHT | Jul 28, 2019 | 2019 - Bosnia
Today was our day off, so we were able to see much of Sarajevo. Katie, Amy, and Jenny went to mass at the Serbian Orthodox Church in Old Sarajevo, and once service ended Ronit, Gali, and Ediba met up with them and began shopping. Purchases ranged from Turkish tea sets...
by Team BRIGHT | Jul 27, 2019 | 2019 - Bosnia
Today was quite the day. The team was picked up from the hotel by Dzevida (the lady who runs the therapy center) and taken to the school. We spent about an hour talking with the preschool teachers who have students with special needs fully included in their program...
