Eliya

Established in 1982, ELIYA is the only organization in Israel specializing in early intervention programs for infants, toddlers and preschoolers with blindness or visual impairment. In addition, approximately a third of ELIYA's beneficiaries also cope with multiple developmental challenges. This requires a unique approach and the use of specific treatment methods in order to provide suitable care . ELIYA's professional staff specializes in treating these complexities and go through routine training sessions to ensure they are updated with the most recent treatment methods and clinical information. Our mission is to assist these children in optimizing functioning capacity and independence skills, and to prepare them for future participation in mainstream education and society. Additionally, ELIYA assists parents of children with visual impairments and developmental challenges to cope with their child's disability and build resources and strengths that will support their child's progress and healthy emotional development. Our unique professional strength lies in improving vision function and providing vision stimulation to help children use their residual vision more effectively, and enhance functioning capacity. Teaching children life skills is an essential element of our rehabilitation programs, and is successfully achieved through various therapies and advancement plans. Today, ELIYA serves over 150 children from the age of 6 months to 6 years, in five centers in Petach Tikva, Jerusalem, Beer Sheva, Rehovot and Kfar Hamaccabi.