“Collaboration to Have Abilities as New Goals of Education: C.H.A.N.G.E “, unites a group of six European schools educating special needs students. In these schools staff are interested in learning new educational methods for fostering students' inclusion: this cooperation will be a great opportunity for us. In fact, our SEN students do not have equal access to adequate educational outcomes. By working on this project, we want to reach the following objectives: Promote inclusion and equity; Exchange good practices; Compare curricola and methods to generate new teaching ideas; Foster self-esteem and self-achievement in SEN students, helping them to enter the world of work; Learn how to solve students’ behavioural and emotional problems; Learn and teach new ICT skills; Internationalization. The project will organize 7 meetings providing lessons in classes; trainings; workshops for teachers and students; production of outcomes; cultural visits. Concerning mobilities, more than 100 people will be involved. In “Specjalny Osrodek Szkolno-Wychowawczy im. sw. J.Pawla II” w Lezajsku, Poland, one meeting will be devoted to methodological knowledge, in order to drive the project effectively during the collaboration. Training will be about e-Twinning tools, Google tools, evaluation. The second meeting will provide a theoretical training entitled “Early intervention classes”, Psychologist’s and pedagogies’ educational programs and the so-called "Emotional first aid kit". There will also be practical workshops focussing on sensory swimming, EEG Biofeedback , and "Mówiki" way of communication. During the training in “Kazim Beyaz Ozel Egitim Mesleki Egitim Merkezi Okulu, Turkey” teachers will explore both methods of approach to students with behavioral problems and special education practices, experience practical professional skills and ICT, develop language skills. In Italy, in ITS “E. Mattei”, Italy, 3 seminars will be held about Inclusion, Integration, Inclusive methodology, and some case studies of successful teaching work with SENs will be presented. At the same time, students will be involved in inclusive activities in mixed-ability groups. At the end, E-Folio of inclusive activities will be produced. “1st HIGH SCHOOL OF KALAMPAKA”, Greece, will introduce to its partners: the notion of co-teaching; teaching models followed by Special and mainstream teachers; A new teaching model promoted by the EU; Emotional Intelligence with SENs; Enhancing students’ social skills; Preventing behavioral problems; Specific Learning Difficulties. “Kedainiu specialioji mokykla”, Lithuania, will present materials about the system of Lithuanian Special Education. Also, presentations of teachers’ good work experience will be shown. Finally, PECS method (Picture Exchange Communication System) activities for Autistic pupils and documents about Students' self-expression will be shown to partner schools. “CENTRUL SCOLAR DE EDUCATIE INCLUZIVA SUCEAVA, Romania, will also host students. During the exchange, teachers and students will observe several types of therapy activities and work simultaneously on them (i.g. individual and group counseling, kinetotherapy sessions;). The participating teachers will enrich their experience with new methods and strategies, while students will increase their self-confidence, have patterns of work and activity for the future, develop socialization. The project will involve and have an impact on all schools’ communities: students (SEN students above all, aged 12-20), staff and parents. The number of those taking part in the programme will be about 500. Also, local authorities, the local community, small enterprises and educational institutions will be involved: about 4000 people are expected to benefit from the project. Communication among partners will be mainly carried out via e-mail and WhatsApp and tasks will be assigned to each school according to their specific area of expertise. As regards the project evaluation, partners will assess if objectives have been met: during our 2 years’ work; at the end of each meeting; when the project is finished - in order to know about the impact that the project has had on each school’s educational process. We believe that the project will have a long-lasting positive effect on the professional development of teachers (who will be able to introduce specific teaching methods and new digital tools) and on the success of students. The cooperation will also continue after the end of the project: the project website will be regularly updated with new ideas, while our teachers will become models for other professionals. All six schools involved will promote dissemination activities for the school staff, pupils and parents. The results will be disseminated by: discussions; information meetings and school events; workshops, audio-visual material, websites, ERASMUS+ link; newspaper articles, social networks, E-twinning; Live presentation of innovative teaching practices.
“Collaboration to Have Abilities as New Goals of Education: C.H.A.N.G.E “, united a group of six European schools educating special needs students. The teaching staff was interested in learning new educational methods for fostering students' inclusion: this European cooperation was a great opportunity for us. In fact, our SEN students do not have equal access to adequate educational outcomes. By working on this project, we wanted to reach the following objectives: Promote inclusion and equity; Exchange good practices; Compare curricula and methods to generate new teaching ideas; Foster self-esteem and self-achievement in SEN students, helping them to enter the world of work; Learn how to solve students’ behavioural and emotional problems; Learn and teach new ICT skills; Internationalization. The project organized seven LTTA because of Covid-19 four physical, one virtual and two blended. We provided lessons in classes; trainings; workshops for teachers and students; produced outcomes and realised cultural visits. In “Specjalny Osrodek Szkolno-Wychowawczy im. sw. J.Pawla II” w Lezajsku, Poland, one training was devoted to methodological knowledge, in order to drive the project effectively during the collaboration. The training provided concerned - e-Twinning tools, Google tools, evaluation and Psychologist’s and pedagogies’ educational programs and the so-called "Emotional first aid kit". The second meeting was a theoretical training entitled “Early intervention classes”. There were also practical workshops focussing on sensoplasty, Hand therapy, EEG Biofeedback, and horsetherapy carried out. In “Kazim Beyaz Ozel Egitim Mesleki Egitim Merkezi Okulu, Turkey” teachers explored both methods of approach to students with behavioural problems and special education practices, experienced practical professional skills e.g. horticular therapy and ICT, developed language skills. In ITS “E. Mattei”, Italy, 3 seminars were held about Inclusion, Integration, Inclusive methodology, and some case studies of successful teaching work with SENs were presented. At the same time, students and teachers were involved in inclusive activities in mixed-ability groups. A presentation of inclusive activities was produced. “1st HIGH SCHOOL OF KALAMPAKA”, Greece introduced to its partners: the notion of co-teaching; teaching models followed by Special and mainstream teachers; A new teaching model promoted by the EU; Emotional Intelligence with SENs; Enhancing students’ social skills; Preventing behavioural problems; Specific Learning Difficulties. “Kedainiu specialioji mokykla”, Lithuania, presented materials about the Body sack therapy, and presentations of teachers’ speech therapist, vocational training teacher and other good work experiences were shown. Finally, PECS method activities for Autistic pupils and documents about Students' self-expression were shown to partner schools. “CENTRUL SCOLAR DE EDUCATIE INCLUZIVA SUCEAVA, Romania, because of Covid-19 Pandemic hosted students virtually. Teachers and students observed several types of therapy activities and worked simultaneously on them (individual and group counselling, kinetotherapy sessions). Teachers enriched their experience with new methods and strategies, while students increased their self-confidence, had patterns of work and activity for the future, development of socialization. Project involved and had an impact on all schools’ communities: students (SEN students above all, aged 12-20), staff and parents. The number of those taking part in the programme was about 600. Also, local authorities, the local community, small enterprises and educational institutions were involved: about 4000 people benefited from the project. Communication among partners was mainly carried out via e-mail and WhatsApp and tasks were assigned to each school according to their specific area of expertise. During the lockdown time we changed our way of communication meeting on Zoom, Google Meet and other platforms. Thanks to introduction of Plans of Evaluation, Implementation and Management we could easilly assess project's realisation. We checked if objectives were met: during our 3 years’ work; (the project was extended) according to the schedules set. We believe that the project will have a long-lasting positive effect on the professional development of teachers (who introduced specific teaching methods and new digital tools) and on the success of students. The cooperation will also continue after the end of the project: the project website will be regularly updated with new ideas, while our teachers will become models for other professionals. All schools involved will promote dissemination activities for the school staff, pupils and parents. The results will be disseminated by: discussions; information meetings and school events; workshops, audio-visual material, websites, ERASMUS+ link; newspaper articles, social networks, E-twinning; Live presentation of innovative teaching practices.