ER INTERNATIONAL: February ABA training workshops

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

February ABA training workshops

We brought Kyna, Joey's ABA therapist, here from Houston, Texas, to do three ABA training workshops last month. We started here in Roatan, we did a one day workshop for some of the public school teachers, there we had about 20 teachers in attendance, and then we traveled to the mainland, to Tegucigalpa, to do another one day workshop in Zambrano, at Faith Academy, and there we had about 14 teachers/staff in attendance, and then we did the last workshop at Honors Academy in Teguc., we had about 28 teachers in attendance there. It was very successful, and all of the teachers left with lots of helpful information to help them with their students that are struggling with either behavioral issues, or certain types of learning disabilities, or special needs. Everyone was excited about Kyna being at these workshops, and they were all anxious to hear and learn what she had to say. A good bit of these teachers/staff that attended these workshops know Joey, and one of the staff at Honors Academy was actually his first teacher, Erika, and have seen his progress over the past 2 years, and so they know that this therapy works, so that made them even more eager to learn some things from her. We have actually discussed brining Kyna back in a few months to do further training with the same teachers! There's much more that can be taught, we just do it in small doses!

Thank you to the staff and teachers in Zambrano, at Faith Academy and also to the staff and teachers at Honors Academy, it was a pleasure to be able to bring Kyna in and have her train you to help with your students!

Thank you, and God bless you all,

Robyn

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Since its founding in 2003 by Ernie and Robyn Breaux, ER International has been dedicated to helping disabled children, runaways, and young mothers find hope and support while learning of the love of Jesus Christ. Separately, both Ernie and Robyn had dedicated their lives to meeting the needs of others while located in Baton Rouge. Ernie ran a ministry helping young female runaways struggling with addiction, and Robyn filled her time by offering services to churches and working with a Christian radio station. After Robyn volunteered with Ernie’s mission, the two married and began to merge their volunteer and charity efforts together.

Motivated by their own faith and servants’ hearts, Ernie and Robyn began ER International in St. Petersburg, Florida to help homeless and runaway children living on the city’s streets. It was this initiative that led them to Free the Oppressed, a charity based out of Zambrano, Honduras. After a year of working with the charity, Ernie and Robyn took a leap of faith and moved to Zambrano themselves. Once in Honduras, they began working with Prince of Peace Children’s Home, a home for abandoned, and abused, or orphaned children. Their efforts led them to opening a Teenage Pregnancy Crisis Center and School, furthering their goal to help the world’s youth.

An eventual meeting with the First Lady of Honduras changed the direction of ER International, as well as Ernie and Robyn’s lives, forever. They were asked to take in a malnourished baby boy, and it was this precious infant that convinced the Breaux’s to stay in Honduras indefinitely. Their adopted son, Joey, was later diagnosed with PDD-NOS (a form of Autism), and the Breaux family began to dedicate their efforts to their son and other disabled children in Honduras. They moved to the island of Roatan, where they learned there were no services for Autistic children or those with other learning disabilities. Sad to see children like Joey being cast out for their imperfections, Ernie and Robyn began working with a local school to establish special needs programs for children with learning difficulties, with the eventual goal of opening a therapy center solely dedicated to children with Autism, and other learning dissibilities on the island.

ER International is also tied to the international humanitarian coalition Travel Adventure Group (TAG), as well as Honduran fundraising groups that employ former gang members in raising money for other Christian charities. ER International is able to continue their work on Roatan and throughout the world due to the generous donations and support of churches, businesses and individuals around the world. They are dedicated to continuing their efforts in Honduras and educating children with Autism, and other learning dissibilities.