boarding school "Manof"

How to help the "hard" child to adapt in the society? The answer to this question is sought in every country. Especially when it is about those children, who live in boarding schools. Especially when they have already had a criminal record, and for many it's a signal that there is no way back from a slippery path.

But this is not truth. In the Israeli boarding school "Manof" they found an interesting approach to help the children. The name of the boarding school means a "crane" and it really raises youth from the bottom.

The stories of teenagers entering the orphanage are similar. Basically, their parents are repatriates, who have recently moved to the country, began to look for a job and because of the that stopped paying attention to the child. And he, left alone, tried to look for friends on the street. But most often, there he could find only troubles. In Israel there are strict laws - a serious fight on the street can lead to a criminal conviction and conditional sentence. For minors it is often replaced by learning in a specialized boarding school, at the end of which the criminal record can be lifted if the teenager behaved well. But how to make a tomboy, who has a grudge against society and adults, to look at the world differently?

It's possible. And, imagine, after training in "Manof" some of the students go to serve in the police. How did this happen?

It's simple. The boarding school introduced a separate subject - cynology. How did it appear in this school? Once there was a student, an immigrant from Argentina Ariel Bar-Maimon. He was one of the most difficult guys even for this school. He ran away several times from the orphanage but was returned. Once Ariel, who did not give a damn about all the rules, brought a puppy with him. And a miracle happened - from a tomboy the guy turned into a good owner, who loved his dog and cared about it. Ariel graduated from the orphanage, but in 2002 he died in a terrorist attack. A few years later his mother died. All the money the woman bequeathed to "Manof", to build a dog nursery there.

The curator of the cynological special project in the boarding school is the legendary cynologist Arkady Shulman. He teaches teenagers how to train four-legged fighters. And, finally, after the dog training is over, the dogs are taken to the police or army, and the former robbers often follow them. They become professional dog handlers. The worst punishment for boarding students is when they are removed from the lessons with dogs. Children sincerely wait and love them, because four-legged friends give them love, do not judge, but truly understand.

Of course, in addition to cynological lessons in this boarding school there is another heap of necessary form factors for the adaptation of adolescents. Good food, clean territory, the building itself is a former palace with fountains and pools. In addition, the children are actively working, the run real economy: take care of sheep, goats, and a garden with a garden.

So, it turned out that it was not so difficult to answer the question of how to help children, who, because of the difficult nature, were refused by everyone. All you need is just to forget about reading boring lectures or punishing them. It is worthwhile to engage teenagers in that they are interested. Director of "Manof" Zaava Atraczi says: "There is a golden rule:" There is no bad child - it happens that the child feels bad. " No one is born with complexes, they appear throughout life. " I believe, most importantly - if the child is confused, you should always put your shoulder to him.