Since 2013, DollsVillas have been donated to approximately 1,800 [out-of-home] children in 336 Dutch family homes and foster families through the Rudolph Foundation and the Dutch Association for Foster Families.

Today the Rudolp Foundation offered a farewell lunch for the donor and the designer. Foster mother Anita Vlemmix Peeters: "Beautiful! The villa can be so helpful in processing emotions, clarifying problems and giving structure to difficult situations."

Roman Pechaczek, child and adolescent psychiatrist at the expertise center Regional Autism Center: "The DollsVilla is used for systemic intervention, ACT treatments [Acceptance and Commitment Therapy], used playfully in diagnostics and sometimes it is also just played with because it's fun!" .

The Regional Autism Center is the umbrella name of four organizations under one roof. All specialized in autism.

Mental Health Caribbean Bonaire, team Child & Youth, is looking forward to the arrival of the DollsVilla, now 2 weeks sailing in a container ship to the Caribbean Netherlands [Kralendijk]. MHC is a member of the Dutch Knowledge Center for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

MHC provides mental health care for children and adolescents on Saba and St. Eustatius as well as on Bonaire. On the 'Windward Islands', this is possible with the deployment of a child and adolescent psychiatrist, a health care psychologist and [social psychiatric] nurses.

On Bonaire, care has recently been expanded with a large team and a brand new treatment center, called 'Hi-5'. The care consists of outpatient diagnostics, treatment and supervision of children and young people with a psychiatric or psychological vulnerability or problem, and their family. The DollsVilla will contribute to this.

The Dutch ARQ National Psychotrauma Center provides care for adults and children with complex psychotrauma complaints through screening, diagnosis and treatment.

"Two therapists have decorated the DollsVilla with enthusiasm and pleasure, with the furniture, cuddly toys, toy animals, cars and a train [on the ramp]. In the course of the day our patients came and one of these therapists said: "The dollhouse is a BIG success! The children who came today really liked it (their mothers too, by the way). So nice to see them enjoying it." - Cri-cri Gouw, manager ARQ Centrum '45 Child and Family ambulatory.

“The DollsVilla not only looks great in our waiting room. Played super nicely this week, stretched out on the stomach and on the knees with a three-year-old girl and her parents. What a joy 🤸🤸🤸 Girl blooms with her parents, sister and brother from experiences like this....... playing together with parents in a relaxed setting, while experiencing so much stress for years. I wish them very much that they can continue this in the AZC when family admission is over.” - Heleen Koppelaar, GZ psychologist and remedial educationalist ARQ.

ARQ has all psychotrauma expertise under one roof and is therefore unique in the world. Other tasks include preventive support and advice, scientific research into psychotrauma and providing education and training to professionals and organisations. In addition, since the Second World War, ARQ has been advising organizations and government on the organization of care for those affected, with a focus on innovation worldwide.

In collaboration with various hospitals, Revalidation Friesland provides clinical and outpatient rehabilitation at ten locations. At the Lyndenstein location in the municipality of Opsterland, revalidating children can play from tomorrow and at the same time perform movement exercises with the DollsVilla.

Rehabilitation Friesland rehabilitates children who need medical specialist rehabilitation, because they are limited in their daily functioning and are inhibited in their development. This takes place in Friesland at two locations. In Beetsterzwaag there is a clinic for children up to ± 18 years and a large outpatient clinic. In addition, there is a Therapeutic toddler group [TPG], where children aged 1½ to 4 years come for two half-days and are treated in a playful way for an entire morning. Leeuwarden also has an outpatient department for children, where young children are treated four days a week.

In the care of children with [temporary and/or multiple] disabilities, the gender-neutral DollsVilla supports, among other things, the work of orthopedagogues, rehabilitation experts, speech therapists, physiotherapists and occupational therapists. The mobile villa at child height and the handy size of the furniture are therefore suitable for play by children with less refined motor skills.

Lyndenstein [1821] was designed by Abraham Bruinsmain. In 1905 the house was given the following objective: 'The free admission of sick, disabled or needy minor children.' From 1915 it functioned as a children's sanatorium for young tuberculosis patients. In 1958 it was decided to convert the children's hospital into a rehabilitation center for children. In 1962, the Lyndensteyn School was also opened, a tyltyl school for special and secondary special education for children aged 4-21 who are multiple disabled and a mytyl school for children with a physical disability or who are long-term ill.

"We run therapeutic camps for parents with young children and work to develop psychotherapy for children in Poland. As part of these activities, we have created a scientific and preventive project under which we will examine children using a house. When I saw your dollhouse, I thought it was perfect for this purpose. I would love to buy it and that's why I am writing to ask if shipping to Poland is possible."

Urszula Turyna - Ośrodek Psychoterapii Mały Książę  and the Association of Children's Psychotherapists Donald Winicott

Three DollsVilla's left today for the outpatient treatment centers of GGZ Westelijk Noord-Brabant in the Netherlands [Dutch centers for mental health care]. In the two play/treatment rooms in Bergen op Zoom and Roosendaal, they will support the work of psycho- and play therapists, healthcare and clinical psychologists. For young children.

A DollsVilla will also try to show its value in the intensive part-time treatment. 'Part-time' means that the children live at home, attend their own school and receive treatment at GGZ WNB two days a week [during school hours].

The children may have developmental problems and/or psychiatric problems that get stuck in several areas [home, school, free time]. Parents follow parent-child therapy and system therapy at the location of the part-time treatment.

"The house is loved! Small children even want to crawl into it, we have experienced that several times. At GGZ poli Hoorn, the DollsVilla has been given a prominent place in the middle of the waiting room. Child therapist: "Every time I pick up a client from the waiting room, they play along" #beautifulfunction.

SLINGELAND HOSPITAL PEDIATRICS

And now it is the turn of the Doetinchem hospital Slingeland to use the DollsVilla for its work in paediatrics!

The DollsVilla on wheels, with foot brakes, can be easily moved from the pediatric ward to the outpatient clinic and to the playroom and even to a child's hospital room! Thanks to the height, the child can play with the villa from bed.

DOLLSVILLA IN TREANT HOSPITALS

The medical pedagogical care providers of the Pediatrics departments of the Treant Scheper hospital Emmen and of the Treant Bethesda hospital in Hoogeveen are starting the use of the DollsVilla with verve.

The gender-neutral DollsVilla stimulates communication between child and adult[s] in healthcare and contributes to observation, diagnosis and treatment.