A public welfare project of supplying artistic training to teenagers with Down Syndrome was carried out in the Volunteer Service Center of Reed’s Family.
On September 25, in the Reed’s Family Center in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province, a dozen disabled children were divided into two rows, singing the happy birthday song together, accompanied by piano. According to reports, the charity project was carried out under the guidance of professional teachers to help them obtain all-around development of their physical and mental skills.
In the activities on the first day of the project, together with a volunteer Miao Miao, Liu Yanrui, who majored in early childhood development and health management, contacted these special children to establish a preliminary emotional connection, leading them in singing according to the scores in the piano accompaniment.
After the learning, Liu gave the children homework and arranged the teaching activities for the next week, in which children would learn the most basic beats and performance styles, and master various content of music performance from shallow to deep.
“We have a common dream of creating the first band mainly composed of children with intellectual disabilities such as Down Syndrome in Zhenjiang, who can enter the community to serve the society, and step onto stages to show their talents,” said Cao Shengjia, the person in charge of Reed’s Family.
Down syndrome is a genetic disorder that is caused when abnormal cell division results in extra genetic material from chromosome 21. 60% of the children are aborted in the early stages of the fetus, and the survivors have obvious mental retardation, special facial features, growth and development disorders, and multiple deformities. It is one of the most common chromosomal disorders associated with intellectual disabilities, and most people have mild to moderate mental retardation. It usually affects the patient’s learning style, posture, physical signs and health.
- Translated by Abigail Wu
9月25号下午，在江苏镇江的“芦苇之家”义工服务社的多功能活动室里，十几位“唐宝”（注：“唐宝”即唐氏综合征患儿）分两排站立，在指导老师的钢琴伴奏下，正在一起唱着生日快乐歌。而这一温暖的场景也标志着，镇江“蜜唐小窝 艺起成长”公益项目正式启动。
为了更好服务“唐宝”，“芦苇之家”义工服务社开展了“蜜唐小窝 艺起成长”公益项目。据介绍，该项目计划通过由专业老师指导，针对唐氏综合征青少年开展艺术培训，帮助其获得身心技能全方位的发展。
在项目首日活动中，义工苗苗老师与刘岩瑞老师带领“唐宝”们互相熟悉，建立初步情感连接，并带领教唱，孩子们看着歌谱，跟着钢琴伴奏进行学唱。其中，义工刘岩瑞老师的专业是幼儿发展与健康管理专业
下午的歌唱学习结束后，刘老师又给孩子们布置了作业，并对下周的教学活动进行了安排。孩子们将会从最基础的节拍与演出风格学起，由浅及深的掌握音乐表演的各项内容。
“我们有一个共同的梦想，那就是打造镇江第一支以唐氏综合征等智力残疾人为主的乐队，能够让他们走向社区社会，走上大小舞台，展现才艺，服务社会。”“芦苇之家”负责人曹胜家介绍道。
唐氏综合征即21-三体综合征，又称先天愚型或Down综合征，是由染色体异常（多了一条21号染色体）而导致的疾病。60%患儿在胎内早期即流产，存活者有明显的智能落后、特殊面容、生长发育障碍和多发畸形。其是伴有智力障碍的最常见的染色体疾病之一，大多数人都有轻度到中度的智力障碍。通常可对患者的学习方式，体态、体征以及健康造成各种影响。
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江苏镇江“蜜唐小窝 艺起成长”公益项目于9月25日正式启动
A public welfare project of supplying artistic training to teenagers with Down Syndrome was carried out in the Volunteer Service Center of Reed’s Family.
On September 25, in the Reed’s Family Center in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province, a dozen disabled children were divided into two rows, singing the happy birthday song together, accompanied by piano. According to reports, the charity project was carried out under the guidance of professional teachers to help them obtain all-around development of their physical and mental skills.
In the activities on the first day of the project, together with a volunteer Miao Miao, Liu Yanrui, who majored in early childhood development and health management, contacted these special children to establish a preliminary emotional connection, leading them in singing according to the scores in the piano accompaniment.
After the learning, Liu gave the children homework and arranged the teaching activities for the next week, in which children would learn the most basic beats and performance styles, and master various content of music performance from shallow to deep.
“We have a common dream of creating the first band mainly composed of children with intellectual disabilities such as Down Syndrome in Zhenjiang, who can enter the community to serve the society, and step onto stages to show their talents,” said Cao Shengjia, the person in charge of Reed’s Family.
Down syndrome is a genetic disorder that is caused when abnormal cell division results in extra genetic material from chromosome 21. 60% of the children are aborted in the early stages of the fetus, and the survivors have obvious mental retardation, special facial features, growth and development disorders, and multiple deformities. It is one of the most common chromosomal disorders associated with intellectual disabilities, and most people have mild to moderate mental retardation. It usually affects the patient’s learning style, posture, physical signs and health.
- Translated by Abigail Wu
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