Monthly Family Support Group sessions invite an expert to discuss various issues pertaining to the education, healthcare, development, and emotional well-being of individuals with Down syndrome. Each session brings together parents and caregivers to facilitate their understanding of Down syndrome and associated conditions. Furthermore, the sessions function as a forum where parents and caregivers can discuss new information, share ideas, navigate the challenges of raising a child with Down syndrome together and offer emotional support to each other to develop a sense of belonging.
Interactive, activity based therapeutic sessions are offered to siblings of individuals with Down syndrome to provide them an opportunity to gain peer support. Although being a sibling of a person with Down syndrome can be a wonderful experience, it may sometimes feel isolating. Through these sessions, we aim to provide a safe forum where they can express themselves and seek support from shared experiences.
Humrahi is a program that aims to connect new families of individuals with Down syndrome who enrol at KDSP to another experienced family within the KDSP Family Network in order to receive emotional and informational support. Each new family enrolled at KDSP is matched with a buddy (Humrahi) who takes the responsibility of virtually guiding the family, in addition to the guidance continually provided by KDSP.
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In an attempt to do more for the parents within our Family Network, KDSP launched weekly yoga sessions, exclusively for mothers of children with Down syndrome. Ms. Dhanak Aijaz, a certified Acrovinyasa teacher and the Co-Founder of Acroyoga Karachi, leads these sessions each week, where many mothers partake not only to relieve their worries, but to make an active effort to adopt a healthy lifestyle for themselves.
