About GiGi’s New Orleans
GiGi’s Playhouse New Orleans Down Syndrome Achievement Center opened as the 50th location in the GiGi's Playhouse national network in October 2020. Although we were contending with a global pandemic, we believed it was important to open the first achievement center for individuals with Down syndrome in Louisiana as soon as possible! GiGi’s Playhouse New Orleans provides free purposeful programs to individuals with Down syndrome from birth through adulthood. Our team is proud to be able to help individuals with Down syndrome and their families and to change the way the world views Down syndrome.
GiGi’s Playhouse New Orleans Down Syndrome Achievement Center is a place where parents can go to for information when they first receive a Down syndrome diagnosis; where infants and toddlers with Down syndrome attend group enrichment programs; where school-age children receive literacy and math tutoring which specifically designed to address the learning differences that often accompany the diagnosis; where teens and adults make friends while participating in fitness programs specially designed to complement their joint laxity and congenitally low muscle tone; where families meet to discuss best-practices; and where members of the community come to teach and learn from people different than themselves in order to create a more inclusive city.
Please sign up for our email list and check our calendar for upcoming program offerings and special events. For more information on getting involved or supporting our mission, please email us at neworleans@gigisplayhouse.org or call us at 504-321-6770.
GiGi’s Playhouse New Orleans Centro de Exito Del Sindrome de Down abrió su ubicación número 50 en la red nacional de GiGi Playhouse en octubre de 2020. Aunque en ese momento nos encontrábamos luchando contra una pandemia global, decidimos que era importante abrir el primer centro de logros para personas con síndrome de Down en Luisiana lo antes posible. GiGi’s Playhouse New Orleans ofrece programas con propósito gratuitos para personas con síndrome de Down, desde el nacimiento hasta la edad adulta. Nuestro equipo se enorgullece de poder ayudar a las personas con síndrome de Down y sus familias, y de cambiar la manera en que el mundo percibe el síndrome de Down. GiGi's Playhouse New Orleans ayuda familias que hablan español.
GiGi’s Playhouse New Orleans Centro de Exito Del Sindrome de Down es un sitio al que los padres pueden acudir para obtener información cuando reciben el diagnóstico de sindrome de Down por primera vez; donde los bebés y niños pequeños con síndrome de Down pueden ser llevados para favorecerse con programas de enriquecimiento en grupo; donde niños de edad escolar reciben el apoyo de tutorías que atienden de manera específica las diferencias en aprendizaje que frecuentemente acompañan al diagnóstico; donde adolescentes y adultos hacen amigos mientras participan en programas de acondicionamiento físico diseñados específicamente para complementar la laxitud de sus articulaciones y el tono muscular que es congénitamente bajo; donde las familias se reúnen para conversar sobre las mejores prácticas; y donde miembros de la comunidad vienen a enseñar y aprender de personas diferentes a ellos con el propósito de crear una ciudad más inclusiva.
Por favor regístrese para entrar en nuestro listado de correo electrónico y consulte nuestro calendario para informarse sobre próximas ofertas de programas y eventos especiales. Para obtener más información sobre cómo participar o apoyar nuestra misión, favor enviarnos un correo electrónico a neworleans@gigisplayhouse.org o llámenos al número (504) 321-6770.
Locations
59
New Playhouse Inquiries
200
Program Participation Hours
220,000
Our Mission and Purpose:
To change the way the world views Down syndrome and to send a global message of acceptance for all.
Our Vision:
To see a world where individuals with Down syndrome are accepted and embraced in their families, schools, and communities.
Our Niche:
We change lives through the consistent delivery of free educational, therapeutic-based, and career development programs for individuals with Down syndrome, their families, and the community, through a replicable playhouse model.
Our Promise:
A lifetime commitment to families.
With over 58+ brick-and-mortar locations across the United States and Mexico and 200 inquiries to start new locations all over the world, GiGi’s Playhouse is the ONLY network of Down Syndrome Achievement Centers. Every day, we provide FREE, life-changing therapeutic, educational, and career training programs for 30,000+ individuals of all ages.
Down syndrome is the largest chromosomal disability in our country and yet, it is the least funded. From a prenatal diagnosis to career skills, we make a lifetime commitment to remain by their side. Families are empowered with all the tools their child needs to succeed!
Through free programs and through our Generation G Campaign for global acceptance, we EMPOWER families by maximizing opportunities for daily achievement and lasting acceptance. To ensure lasting acceptance, we must show the world what individuals with Down syndrome are truly capable of achieving as students, co-workers, volunteers, friends, and valued members of their communities. Our program outcomes help advance this vital social impact goal.
GiGi's Playhouse is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization and is solely funded by donations.
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