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This project has been carried out with the support of the European Community in theframe of the Socrates Program – Grundtvig 2 component.Project duration: 2 years (1.08.2001 – 1.08.2003). SUMMARY The project “Learning to hope together”, based on the concept of Permanent education the parents of children with physical deficiency and/or associated with an easy mental deficiency through counseling, information and specific courses, aims to increase knowledge and abilities among professionals and increase cooperation among organizatioins and professionals throughout Europe. These objectives will be achieved through information exchange regarding types of education programs, legislation, work methods, materials used, through exchange assesment methodologies and develop an common frame for target groups assesment of needs and characteristics, through project meetings consisting of: meetings between visiting staff and host organization members (get aquainted, prezent organiztion specific expertise and experience), meetings of members team (professionals who work with parents of children with disabilities), meetings with parents, visits at the beneficiaries and an 3 days workshop for conclusions presentation, discuss impressions and demonstrations from each participants of an possible educational approach for the situations encountered The results of the project will be an comparative study regarding educational needs of the parents, an action plan for developing an common curricula on counselling and possible individual approach for each organization and create (based on the special internet page developed at the beginning of the project) of an informational support network and a base for establish future opportunities for virtual educatiion through Europe. The results will be diseminated trough articles published in magazines and posted on the internet. The comparative study regarding educational needs of the target groups and the action plan for developing an common curricula on counselling and possible individual approach for each organization, together with summaries of the project meetings will form an material that will be published and diseminated to government officials and other organizations from Europe interested on this subject. We hope that the experience and information exchange will improve the curricula for parents education for each organization to a more efficient training program and increasing quality and availability of information will finally improve the quality of education for children with disabilities and their chances of integration in society. AIMS - increase knowledge and abilities among professionals counseling parents of disabled children - a better education of parents to face specific needs of their disabled children - increase cooperation among organizatioins and professionals throughout Europe ACTIVITIES Preparing activities: August 2001 – December 2001 - Create an special internet page as a support for continuous information and materials exchange ( initially Yahoo hosted, finally in the coordinating organization’s web site) - Exchange information regarding types of education programs, legislation, work methods, materials used - Exchange assesment methodologies Meeting in Romania (Bucharest): January 2002 , 6 days Develop a common
frame for the tools to asses the information and educational needs of
the parents of disabled children Meeting in Italy (Ancona): March 2002, 6 days Develop a common tool to asses the information and educational needs of the parents of disabled children Conduct field studies and gather specific information about parents needs using the common tool. Data processing: March – June 2002 Meeting in Portugal : June 2002, 6 days Questionnaires results discussion Develop a national study, by each partner, regarding needs of the parents: June – July 2002 Develop a draft for the comparative study, by coordinating organization Annual report: July 2002 Develop a comparative study regarding educational needs of the parents in different countries. The material wil be completed with other information gathered from the specialits who work in the field of counselling: August – October 2002 Meeting in France -October 2002, 6 days Develop an action plan for developing an common curricula on counselling Develop a draft of curricula by each partner: October 2002 – March 2003 Meeting in UK –March 2003, 6 days Develop the draft form of the common curricula and the dissemination plan for the project results Develop a common
curricula on counseling and possible individual approach for each organization:
March – July 2003 The internet page and discussion group developed at the beginning of the project will be improved and transformed in an resource page (will include the curricula, the comparative study and different discussion groups on counselling and educational themes) for specialists working in the field of counselling for parents with children’s with disabilities. Meeting in Spain –July 2003, 3 days Final project meeting. Evaluation of the project |