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A Glimpse into the World of Intellectual Disability Learning Orientation and Primary Encounter with the World of Intellectual Disability

Cooperation between the Holon Institute of Technology, the Shalem Foundation, and the Disabilities Administration of the Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs and Social Services produced interactive educational software whose goal is to impart orientation and basic primary information concerning intellectual disabilities to direct care caregivers and counselors of people with intellectual developmental disabilities                                  The

Lilach – Making Women’s Health Issues Content Accessible to Women with Intellectual Developmental Disabilities

 The website “Lilach,” developed jointly by the Shalem Foundation and the Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs and Social Services’ Disabilities Administration, was created to explain the role of the gynecologist and how routine visits to the office are conducted. The goal of the site is to lessen feelings of pressure and fear and increase women’s

Social Media Site Net.Chaver Was Awarded the Commission of Equal Rights for Persons with Disabilities’ Equal Rights Prize on 3 December 2017

The social media site Net.Chaver, initiated and administered by Beit Noam was awarded the Commission for Equal Rights for Persons with Disbailities’ Equal Rights Prize in a ceremony that took place on 3 December 2017 at the Avenue Convention Center, in the presence of Knesset Member Ayelet Shaked, Minister of Justice, and Knesset Member llan

Opening of Eliya Rehabilitation Day Center in Beer Sheva for Blind or Visually Impaired Children

The new Eliya Rehabilitation Day Center opened in Beer Sheva last November in an exciting event in the presence of many guests, including Mayor Ruvik Danilovich, representatives of the Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs and Social Services, representatives of the Shalem Foundation and the National Insurance Institute of Israel, and many more. In 1988, the

From Theory to Practice – An Educational Conference about Disability in Israel

Beit Noam scholarship recipients initiated a conference highlighting the central dilemmas they face in the course of their academic work: tension and possible models of communication between disabled and the academia. Disability Studies as a political position and academic area of interest has its roots in the disability-group movements in England and the United States,

Professor Nitza Davidovitch of Ariel University in the Shomron was appointed as the new Chair of The Shalem Foundation’s Research Committee

Excerpt from the interview upon accepting the new appointment   You spent many years in the field of academia and filled many positions. What is your new position I have been involved in academics for over 30 years. In my present position head the Academic Quality Assessment and Advancement section, am head of the Teacher

Seminar for Professionals in the Field of Treating Persons with Developmental Intellectual Disabilities – Southern District

 In recent years, we have witnessed great development in the field of legislation and services provided for people with developmental intellectual disabilities, emphasizing increasing familial strength. In January this year, a seminar was held in Beer-Sheva in the southern district, intended to expand the reference circle for a person with developmental intellectual disabilities in the

تحسين مهمة اطعام المعالجين المباشرين لأشخاص من ذوي اعاقة عقلية تطورية

 أجري هذا البحث بمبادرة وتمويل صندوق "شاليم", وبمشاركة قسم معالجة الفرد من ذوي الاعاقة العقلية التطورية تعتبر مهمة الاطعام من المهمات الصعبة والمعقدة في عمل المعالجين المباشرين الذين يعملون في أطر خاصة للأشخاص من ذوي الاعاقة, اضافة الى كونها تفاعلا هاما بين طاقم المعالجين وبين متلقي الخدمة في هذه الأطر. لقد هَدَفَ البحث الى فحص

صندوق “شاليم”: برامج للمجتمع العربي في إسرائيل

 في الآونة الأخيرة أتمّ صندوق “شاليم” خمسة وثلاثين عامًا من التّأثير الاجتماعي. كجزء من الجهد المطروح لأجل التّطوير والتّركيز من جديد، بدأ الصندوق بفحص أهدافه في المستقبل عن طريق عمليّة تدعى: ‘ Strategic Pivot Thinking (SPT)’ – أي التّفكير المحوريّ الاستراتيجيّ. المصطلح: ‘Pivot’- “محور” تمّت استعارته من الحقل اللغوي لعالم الأعمال من أجل عرض الفرص