Vardit Kindler
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Vardit Kindler
Malchei Yehuda 30 apt 1.
Herzelia 4634832
Israel
Tel: +972522386476
Email: varditkin@gmail.com
Vardit Kindler – Bobath related Curriculum Vitae
January 2025
Vardit Kindler is a pediatric Occupational Therapist since 1975. She has
focused her clinical work with children with developmental delays mainly
Cerebral Palsy since 1991 when she took the position of directing
Occupational Therapy team in the Dvorah Agmon Preschool development
center in Jerusalem. The center caters to 100 children ages 3-7 with various
brain-based disorders and from different cultural backgrounds. Since
October 2019, Vardit has retired from directing the OT team and continues
consulting in various centers in Israel and has a private practice.
Vardit has an extensive educational background that is relevant to her
clinical work. She is considered a “Knowledge Broker” where by presenting
her work in various national and international conferences, courses and
workshops with a special emphasis on the value and importance of
collaborative and multidisciplinary team (including families) work.
Since 1995 is a member of European Bobath Tutors Association and as a
senior tutor teaches the Occupational Therapy contexts as they manifest in
the occupation of children with Cerebral Palsy and their therapists. As a
senior OT tutor, Vardit teaches On Basic Bobath, Baby and advanced
courses in Israel, Brazil and European countries. To date, Vardit has trained
five Bobath occupational therapists (two of them European) to become
Bobath tutors and at present training two more occupational therapists
(one from Europe and the other from Israel) to become Bobath tutors. As a
member of EBTA, Vardit participated in all (one of them via Zoom) general meetings since 1995, participated in five tutor’s workshops and twice led two tutors’ workshops.
Vardit is part of a team that by translating recent cerebral palsy
classifications from English into Hebrew and Arabic, made this valuable
knowledge accessible to all Israeli professional clinicians.
In 2002 Vardit contributed a section on adaptive play in the Encyclopedia
of Play. By Rodney Carlisle. In 2008 she contributed to the book The
Intentional Relationship. Occupational Therapy and Use of Self. by R.,
Taylor, F.A. Davis Co. 2008. In 2017 she contributed to the book Play
Development in Children with Disabilities by Besio&Bulgarelli, De Gruyter
2017, Evaluation of childrens’ play by Besio&Bulgarelli, De Gruyter 2018,
Guidelines for supporting children with disabilities’ play, Encarnacao, RayKaeser
&
Bianquin,
2018
Vardit is an expert on combining the use of Assistive Technology for children with severe motor delay, visual limitations and/or with complex communication needs.
Vardit lives in Herzelia Israel.
