What is bibic?
bibic is a national charity with over 35 years' experience of working with children, young people and their families. Our mission is to help children with conditions affecting their social, communication, independence, sensory, motor and learning abilities to achieve their potential for a happier and more fulfilled life.
What do we do?
Children and young people visit bibic with their family, which may include parents, siblings, grandparents, carers and others including professionals working with the child. Over a period of two days the bibic therapist consults with the whole family and carries out an assessment resulting in a unique profile of the young person's strengths and areas of difficulty.
A therapy programme is devised based on the initial assessment and taught to the whole family so that it can be practised regularly at home within family life and routines. The simple exercises are designed to address gaps in the child's development and to help them achieve their potential, whatever that may be.
The family returns for re-assessment after 4 - 6 months, when the young person's progress is measured and celebrated, and new goals and exercises set. Whilst bibic cannot perform miracles, we treat each child as the unique individual they are, and by focusing on the positive, we help them to improve and develop, often in ways their parents never thought possible.
bibic works with children who have developmental problems such as:
• Autistic spectrum disorder
• Cerebral palsy
• Down's syndrome
• Other genetic disorders
• Brain Injury
• Neurological conditions
• Co-morbidity
… and Specific Learning and Behavior Difficulties such as:
• Attention Deficit Disorders (ADD/ADHD)
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
• Oppositional Defiance Disorder (ODD)
• Pathological Demand Avoidance syndrome (PDA)
• Aspergers Syndrome
• Specific Language Disorders
• Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, Dyscalculia
• Tourettes Syndrome
• Auditory Processing Disorder
Are you able to support our work with these children?
None of what we do would be possible without the support and generosity of the individuals, groups and companies who raise and donate funds to bibic.
If you are able to donate, please do so by sending a cheque to bibic, Knowle Hall, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA7 8PJ or go to www.bibic.org.uk and click 'donate now'.
If you are able to raise funds in anyway please contact us by phone on 01278 684060 or visit www.bibic.org.uk and go to the 'Play your Part' pages.
If you have time to spare, we are always very grateful for new volunteers to help us with a variety of jobs to include administration, fundraising and building maintenance.
All fundraising and volunteering enquiries should be made to the Fundraising Team on
01278 684060 or email fundraising@bibic.org.uk
We look forward to hearing from you.