1. Holistic Therapeutic Educational Center Casa Angelman
The working methodology of our Therapeutic Educational Center is based on Art Therapy and uses
other psychotherapeutic devices to conform an holistic educational system. Art therapy is based
on the creative process and uses all artistic forms in order to recover and rehabilitate individuals
with physical, mental, behavioral and emotional disorders. Art Therapy uses art as the first and
most important way of communication.
These expressive artistic forms can be repeated as much as necessary until the child becomes
aware of what he can and cannot do, so that the team can subsequently help them develop
motor, emotional and cognitive abilities that will generate a feeling of self-satisfaction, sureness
and independence, and consequently attain a more productive and positive activity.
The principal goal of art therapy is to revalue the subjective aspect of the person, giving him the
chance to exercise his personal capacities attending at the same time his health. In this way, art
therapy sees the disease as a peculiar characteristic of the person.
The educational process and the therapies included will be designed considering the needs of each
child.
The therapies recommended for this first group are:
 Music therapy
 Swimming
 Physical education
 Active meditation with Tibetan singing bowls and on screen images.
 Yoga
 Equinotherapy
 Reflexology
 Corporal Expression
 Organic Orchard
 Osteopathy
Objetives:
 Behavioral, sensorial and attitudinal self organization.
 Motor abilities to increase self esteem and sureness.
 Pragmatic creative thinking (problem solution).
 Non verbal expression.

2.  Sensitivity. Feeling, observing and reacting to objects and circumstances that surround
them.
 Emotional regulation in relation to the environmental variables.
 Recognition of the other self.
 Acceptance of frustration, as a way of opening to new creative processes and learning.
 Improve social skills.
 Group work.
METHODOLOGY
Specific concepts that will be attained:
 Hyperactivity: we can see an overflow of energy and anxiety children behavior. We will
help them channel this energy, working with their sense of balance and organizing their
day to day activities so that they can feel and think their actions. Children will have to walk
through a circuit every day. This circuit is design so that they can work their balance, their
observation of actions and their ability to focus on something.
 Attention spam: we will create activities that help them extend their attention spam,
aware of their actual level of development. We will do it using day to day actions, such as
washing dishes, watering plants, eating slowly, etc.
 Communication: we believe anxiety is partly a consequence of their inability to
communicate their desires and emotions. We will help them firstly by giving them a sense
of what yes and no mean, and as from here empowering them by understanding their
natural needs. We will also work their facial muscles, so that they can transmit desires and
emotions with whatever sound they can create.
 Physical development: children with the syndrome have a difficult relation with their
bodies. They have limited control of it, and are not encouraged to stimulate it in most
cases. But our view is that contact with the body will give them sureness, trust, and
independence. This is why we are intensely focused in physical work.
 Cognitive-emotional work: due to their condition, these children are usually
overprotected and indulged. They naturally develop a behavior that has no limits. This
makes therapeutic work hard and slow. We believe a way of loving our children is by
treating them with discipline, showing them the limits our society has, and putting them in
a same level of individual. This includes having a strong link with parents, so that
educational work is integrated with home work. We will have weekly meetings with
parents to share information about their children and their evolution.

3.  Spiritual growth: we believe our children condition has something to say in this world. We
will use art to show community what they can create and express, at the same time giving
our children the chance to develop spiritually.
We are willing to share this educational experience with every single person or institution that is
working with Angelman Syndrome or similar conditions with love and enthusiasm. We are focused
on creating the best system for the development of our special children. We believe this is done by
uniting the scientific and therapeutic community.