Javier Bergón and Juan Tomás Díaz They present the arrival of the country of an international network that has already accompanied more than 12,000 families in their childhood and adolescent therapeutic development.
From a personal experience to a global network
Go with me He was born in Spain more than a decade from a very personal experience of its founder, Javier Bergón. His son was born with 24 weeks, extreme premature, and was diagnosed with cerebral palsy.
“I was lucky to access public services, but they were very limited. I wanted to create a center where all the necessary therapies for my son were gathered, and that families could devote themselves to the most important thing: being parents,” he recalls.
What began as a personal need became a model of comprehensive and replicable care. “If it was valid for my family, it also had to be for others. And that was how a single center became the seed of an international network,” explains Bergón.
In 2019, he promoted the so -called intensive treatments, an innovative approach that combines the coordinated work of several therapists with each child. “I was inspired by the logic of sport: if an adult trains several hours a day, it achieves significant changes, why not try something similar with children?
At first it seemed crazy, but soon we received families from all over Spain and from countries such as Venezuela, Argentina or Ireland. That was the step that definitely opened us with internationalization. ”
A heart franchise model. The growth of Go with me It was based on an intelligent franchise model, based on three axes: standardization, audit and continuous training.
“It allowed me to define the clinical and management very well, ensuring quality with constant audits.
All centers are certified under ISO 9001, which guarantees uniformity and excellence, ”says Bergón.
But he insists that the technical is not enough: “The technique is learned, but the human is what makes the difference. We need people with vocation and heart, because from there you can build everything else.”
This model includes an audit system that measures, for example, how the relationship between therapists and families is managed, as well as a permanent research area that updates clinical practices every year, incorporating from new technologies to digital tools.
“The technique is learned, but the human is what makes the difference. We need people with vocation and heart, because from there you can build everything else”Founder of Anda with me
RD as regional hub
The arrival in the country was possible thanks to the Spanish businessman Cipri Quintas, who presented Bergón to Juan Tomás Díaz: “I immediately saw that the Dominican Republic could become the nerve point to grow in the Caribbean, Central America and South America,” says Bergon.
Díaz, entrepreneur and president of Save The Children RD, highlights the double impact of the project: “On the one hand, thousands of children who need therapies can receive them; on the other, hundreds of health professionals will have the opportunity to work and train in an innovative and sustainable model.” The objective is for the Dominican Republic to work as a regional training and expansion center, centralizing knowledge and accompanying the opening of new centers in the region.
Public-private collaboration
One of the objectives of the expansion of Go with me It is also generating alliances, synergies and forms of collaboration with public services that are offered from CAID, share the experience accumulated by Go with me You can add solutions and multiply the social impact.
“We also want to contribute to the construction of a training and reference platform, not only for Dominican professionals, but also for therapists from other countries in the region,” explains Díaz.
Inclusion and sustainability
Go with me Adapt its rates to the socioeconomic level of each area, with the commitment that no child stays without therapy. “A father with more resources can, indirectly, help another with less. And when still a family cannot access, we turn to the foundations that complement that economic support,” Bergón details.
“On the one hand, thousands of children who need therapies can receive them; on the other, hundreds of health professionals will have the opportunity to work and train in an innovative and sustainable model”President Save The Children Dominicana
Evolution towards adolescence
Initially focused on early childhood, the model has also evolved to serve adolescents and young people up to 22 years. “When I started my son I was seven; today he is 17, and I needed to expand services towards adolescence and mental health.
The demand for support in anxiety, digital addictions, eating disorders and emotional problems has shot after the pandemic, ”explains Bergón.
Technological innovation and artificial intelligence
Go with me It also bets on innovation. With data from more than 12,000 families, it has developed tools based on artificial intelligence that allow to detect patterns, anticipate needs and adapt protocols to each local reality. “The AI does not replace the therapists, but multiply their response capacity,” Bergón emphasizes.
Philosophy and future
“Go with me It has never grown by economic eagerness. Our goal is to help. The economic benefit is fair to sustain the network, but the real gain is to see happy families and children progress, ”summarizes Bergón.
For Juan Tomás Díazthe great challenge is to consolidate the Dominican chapter as a regional reference platform: “This country has the location, human talent and the ability to lead a movement that transforms child and youth therapeutic attention throughout Latin America.”
