What is Lekotek?

The world of Lekotek is one filled with laughter and joy coupled with hard work and personal challenges. 

Children with disabilities face challenges interacting with family members and participating in school and community activities.  That's why we're here.  Lekotek facilitates successful inclusion in all aspects of life.

The word "Lekotek" comes from the Swedish work "lek," meaning play, and the Greek suffix "tek" meaning library.  Loosely translated, Lekotek means play library, but to the hundreds of families we help, it is much more.  Using adapted toys and computer equipment, Lekotek provides opportunities for children to have fun and learn along the way.  It is a safe haven from medical appointments and therapies.  It is a place where there are no expectations to perform, a place where parents find resources and support.

Lekotek helps families by:

• Encouraging development through exploration and discovery

• Providing failure-free learning

• Teaching new and creative ways to make play successful and interactive for children with special needs

• Loaning adapted and traditional toys for families to use at home

• Providing individualized support and resources to build on existing family strengths

Since 1984, Lekotek of Georgia has provided program services to more than 4,200 families traveling from thirty-one Georgia counties and three states.  Currently 400 families receive services.  Lekotek serves children with a wide range of disabilities including, but not limited to, attention deficit disorders, speech delays, cognitive delays, autism, cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, hearing and/or vision loss, mitochondrial disorder, other neuromuscular disorders, and spina bifida.  We primarily serve children from birth to 8 years of age, with computer services also available to adolescents and young adults.  Minimal fees are charged for some activities, but full and partial scholarships are always available and no family is ever denied services due to inability to pay.  [Read about some Lekotek families]

Lekotek is staffed by certified Lekotek leaders.  Our dedicated, talented staff, combined with specially adapted teaching tools, form a powerful team to help children with disabilities accomplish skills often thought unattainable.  Staff members have backgrounds in therapeutic fields, special education, and child development.  They also complete training in assistive technology and Lekotek play techniques. [Read more about our staff and Board of Directors]

Lekotek is proud of the support we receive from the Atlanta community as well as from corporations and foundations throughout the United States.  [View our sponsor list]

Enter the world of Lekotek and see what we're all about!  Please call 404-633-3430 to get your child started in Lekotek programs.  No referrals are needed.  We welcome your call.

[Read the Lekotek brochure (117 KB pdf file)  |  Read our 2007-2008 annual report (2 MB pdf file)]

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For More Information:

Lekotek of GA, Inc.
1955 Cliff Valley Way
Suite 102
Atlanta, GA 30329
(Click here for map and driving directions)

Phone: (404) 633-3430
FAX: (404) 633-1242
E-Mail: lekotekga@mindspring.com

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Lekotek of Georgia, Inc.
Phone: (404) 633-3430  FAX: (404) 633-1242