| Thanks for your interest in starting a Lekotek to bring the magic of play to children with special needs. The National Lekotek Center (NLC) is dedicated to providing quality services to children and families with special needs. All Lekoteks are resource centers for families with children with disabilities, providing core programs of family play sessions and the home loan of toys.
Any group or individual wishing to become a Lekotek must first apply to NLC to develop a Lekotek. To use the name, Lekotek, a site must be certified by the NLC and all staff working with families must be trained and certified by NLC. When the application has been approved an agreement is signed. This legal contract standardizes the philosophy and high quality of service among all Lekoteks.
Each Lekotek site operates independently, providing its own financial, space and staff support with NLC providing program administrative support listed below. A Lekotek may be established as an independent entity or, as is more commonly the case, as a new program within an existing service organization. A Lekotek site can be either center-based and/or provide an itinerant program to meet its client family needs. The design of the delivery method of core Lekotek family services is determined after evaluating the results of the Needs Assessment. The optimal method of service delivery needs to respond to the unique local community needs. Therefore, the types of services offered will differ from Lekotek to Lekotek however the core services at each Lekotek are the same. Lekotek programs can be found in a wide range of communities, urban, suburban, rural, hospital settings etc. serving a diverse range of families and needs.
|
To view & print the start-up packet .pdf files you will need a copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer. If you do not have it:
