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Tali Field Berman
Tali Field Berman was trained and certified at The Autism Treatment Center of America™ as a Son-Rise Program teacher and Son-Rise Program child facilitator. Since 1996, she has worked with hundreds of children from over fifteen different countries using The Son-Rise Program. In 2003, Tali founded Meir: Autism Treatment Center in Israel and co –authored the book Play to Grow! Over 200 games to help your special child develop fundamental social skills . Tali currently lives with her husband and three children in the Jerusalem area.
"Tali Berman is extremely knowledgeable and extensively trained in all areas of The Son-Rise Program®. She has excellent skills in helping a family create a home based program to facilitate growth for their special child, in all areas of learning, development and communication. She is loving, insightful, dynamic, focused and extremely dedicated to helping families and their special children. She comes highly recommended by the senior staff of The Autism Treatment Center of America™.”
Kate Wilde
Director of The Son-Rise Intensive Program
Abby Rappaport
Abby Rappaport was trained and certified at The Autism Treatment Center of America™ as a Son-Rise Program Child Facilitator. She has been working with children using The Son-Rise Program since 2002 and co –authored the book Play to Grow! Over 200 games to help your special child develop fundamental social skills. Having grown up with a special needs brother, she has decided to dedicate her life to helping other special children. Abby resides in Zichron Yaakov, Israel.
"Abby not only loves children, she is a powerful facilitator of their growth and development. She is playful, creative, incredibly loving , passionate and persistent. When Abby comes into the playroom to work with the children their eyes light up, with Abby children love to learn.”
Kate Wilde
Director of The Son-Rise Intensive Program
Deenah Misk
Deenah Misk joined the Meir Team as Administrative Assistant in 2011. Her expertise as a freelance translator has brought her a great deal of work in the field of child development over the years. She has translated many reports and evaluations of children with various developmental disorders. As a mother of a pre-teen and 3 younger children, she brings her love of children and her own experience in childrearing to our team.
Deenah currently resides in Beit Shemesh with her husband and four children.