1. MORE EFFECTIVE PREPARATION OF OUR STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS FOR EMPLOYMENT OF THE 21ST CENTURY LABOR MARKET 2. REDUCING EARLY SCHOOL LEAVING The first two areas and goals to be developed are closely related. We were supposed to help the integration into school of our students with mild intellectual disabilities and special needs; our intension was to support the increase of students’ self-esteem and self-confidence, and the development of their coping strategies to fight school failures with the help of new pedagogical and psychological tools. Our goal was the creation of a positive classroom environment, which affects students' motivation and learning outcomes. The safe and positive school atmosphere as a short-term goal motivates our youngsters to study. The long-term goal is to reduce early school leavers in order to enables students to adapt to the challenges of the labour market and everyday life that is in tune with the institutional goals. 3. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION and DEVELOPMENT OF INTERNATIONAL CONTACTS Meeting European colleagues in on-site mobilities provides us possibility to create long-term international collaboration and partnerships.
Teachers of Budapesti Komplex SZC Mándy Iván Secondary Technical School and Vocational School were involved in our project. Our students aged 14 to 25 are youngsters with mild intellectual disabilities, ADHD or autism. In most cases their cognitive deficits are accompanied by other sensory or physical disability symptoms, which is the reason why we aim their complex personality development. Our present project continued our previous supported projects “Stay at School I and II.”, so we could go on with our work, which reflect their names. Fifty-two teachers are in charge of 220 students of our vocational school, the average age of our teachers is around 43. Taking part in teacher training courses is supposed to help the preparation of our students with special educational needs for the challenges of the labour market. The project contributes to the professional and personal development of our teaching staff by preventing and reducing burnout.