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First Lekotek location (web or snail mail)
Category: Family and Home Asked by: crokinole-ga List Price: $2.00 |
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17 Oct 2002 19:10 PDT
Expires: 16 Nov 2002 18:10 PST Question ID: 78046 |
Lekotek, Swedish for "play library" is an international program to lend Assistive Technology, toys and expertise to disabled children. The first lekotek opened in 1963 in Stockholm, Sweden. Need the address web or snail mail or email or all three. From there the concept spread to other Scandinavian countries, Europe and the rest of the world. For example, there are over 50 lekoteks in the US. The first American lekotek opened in Evanston, Illinois in 1980. The first US lekoteks were founded by Sally DeVencentis and Sharon Draznin. The underlying concept is that early intervention through play with adapted toys and technology can teach disabled children to deal with the "normal" world. Some of theoretical basis for the lekotek movement comes from work done by a British pyschologist, Elizabeth Newson. Her book "Toys and Playthings, " (ISBN 0394428307) discusses the effect of play on child development. External Links * http://www.lekotek.org National (US) Lekotek Center * http://www.hi.se/omhjalpmedel/svensk_hj/LEKOT.SHTM |
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Re: First Lekotek location (web or snail mail)
Answered By: blazius-ga on 18 Oct 2002 03:13 PDT Rated: |
According to a Swedish web page, the first lekotek was established in 1963 by Evy Blid and Karin Stensland Junker. Its location was Blockhusudden in Stockholm: "Historik om lekotek Det första lekoteket startades 1963 på Blockhusudden i Stockholm av Evy Blid och Karin Stensland Junker." [http://tinyurl.com/2252] One of the links you provided in your question is http://www.hi.se/omhjalpmedel/svensk_hj/LEKOT.SHTM . This is an authorative list of lekoteks in Sweden. None of the lekoteks that appear in the Stockholm section of this list are located near Blockhusudden, so it is most likely that the first lekotek of the world has closed or moved to a new location. It is probable that one of the lekoteks listed under the Stockholm section (Järfälla lekotek, Lekoteket KS/S:t Görans barnklinik, Lekoteket Karolinska sjukhuset, Lekoteket Huddinge sjukhus, Omsorgsnämndens lekotek) is a continuation of the original lekotek at Blockhusudden. However, I do not see any other ways of finding out this than contacting the individual lekoteks by phone or e-mail. I do beleive that this research is outside the reasonable range of a $2 question, as described in https://answers.google.com/answers/pricing.html . Search terms used on Google: "första lekotek" OR "första lekoteket" [Swedish for "[the] first lekotek"] |
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