The objectives of the program were defined as the education and training of staff in new teaching methods and tools, the acquisition of new skills and knowledge related to special educational needs and especially autism. The implementation of the project would make the staff more effective in training and educating students with special educational needs, would upgrade the quality and differentiation of the provided education services and would increase the credibility and prestige of the school unit, both amongst the school community and the parents of students with special educational needs.
The institution submitted the project with the general aim of being in compliance to the modern European trends and activities in the field of Special Education, strengthening this way the dynamic interaction between the European education systems and substantially upgrading the provided education to students with special educational needs.