45 min Documentary Film
Kfar Tikva is situated in the
Galilee, the north of Israel, at the Carmel Mountains. Kfar Tikva is a kibbutz
like community for people with special needs. The film follows the members
preparing a Chanukah Party and ends at the especially exciting party.
Kfar Tikva, for persons with
special needs, has evolved from an institution-like setting into a
kibbutz-like community and now is working to achieve full-citizenship status
for residents and non-residents alike. Common principles of services for
people with disabilities such as deinstitutionalization, normalization,
inclusion, least restrictive environment, and mainstreaming worked well in the
past, but they have become obstacles to complete decision-making authority and
self-determination. Kfar-Tikva is committed to (a) help residents make choices
regarding their personal and social life, (b) provide "tools" for effective
choice and decision-making including social, educational, and vocational
tools, and (c) become an economically and legally independent community based
on kibbutz principles or those of any freely-chosen community.
