Shira is a bookish 5th grader who had long used reading as her shield against social challenges. During our weekly group sessions, Shira...

Social Cues: Unwritten Social Rules Ever since she was tiny, Sarit had been the sort of girl that other people found it hard to relate...

Aliyah from the Ukraine Ilya came to Israel from the Ukraine with his family when he was nine. The family had only discovered that they...

Creating a Safe Space The Kav L’Noar group had been meeting every week for months. By now, the 9th graders were comfortable with each...

ASD: Difficult to build a connection and interact with others Autism Spectrum Disorders are a group of developmental disabilities that...

When Odette moved in to her new apartment she worried that her young baby might bother the neighbors late at night. But in fact, it was...

Chronic Anxiety Disorder Adina’s parents had a very difficult relationship. They had already separated twice. Each time, her father had...

Start Up Mentoring Tzvi was one of Israel’s up and coming hi-tech stars. He spent his days developing successful apps, and being courted...

Asher discovers Fortnite on the computer. Asher and Levi were twins who both had learning difficulties. As a result, they struggled to...

Chaim’s Journal is based on Chaim’s responses in his sessions with Moshe, his Kav L’Noar school group mentor. October 19th 2018 Hi, Good...

Self-Conscious and uncommunicative Binyamin is one of nine brothers and sisters. One day, his father walked into the Kav L’Noar...

A mentor would improve Nachson’s self-esteem It was his school principal who first contacted Kav L’Noar and told us about Nachshon’s...

What’s the point in even trying to deal..? It was my last meeting with Huvi. As her mentor, I knew that I had helped. We had been meeting...

Healthy Relationships require commitment, loyalty and respect Neshama was a popular student who was looking forward to finishing school...

Rafael was born with a life-threatening neurological disorder. He had multiple seizures through his early life. His parents constantly...

Socially Awkward: lacking accepted social skills, inability to judge interactions with others  in an acceptable manner. Hillel was a...

Living for the moment, without consequences Yossi and his friends spent most of their time roaming around the streets of Jerusalem,...

Starting Over Against her wishes, Dina had made aliyah from Los Angeles with her family about three years ago. She hadn’t wanted to leave...

He was his own harshest critic and judgemental toward others Yitzchak was a talented adolescent. He was very smart, had an interest in...

Being a mentor impacts being a parent Nadav is a hands-on parent. He never wanted to be the sort of dad who locks himself away in an...