The main objective of our project was to provide people with disabilities with tools to be able to recognise, manage and express their emotions. As secondary objectives, the partnership has sought to achieve: - An improvement in the quality of life of people with disabilities. Through our resources they have been able to connect with themselves and with the outside world in a real way. - Provide an accessible tool to relatives of people with disabilities and professionals who work with this group of people who have limitations or lack knowledge in the field of recognition, management and expression of emotions. In other words, we wanted to create a series of tools (a guide to good practices, materials for the workshops and a video tutorial) to be used at any time by anyone who wants to delve into improving the emotional management of people with disabilities, either by replicating the workshops, applying the recommendations of the guide in their daily work or using some of the educational resources at home with a family member.
The main intention when requesting funding for this project was to improve the emotional management of people with disabilities, offering a series of innovative tools, dynamics and activities in this area. The consortium had detected that, although mental health had already entered the political debate, that which concerns people with disabilities had been relegated to the background. Based on the experience of the partner organizations, we wanted to develop a series of activities that would lead to the creation of reference products in the field of emotional management of people with disabilities. The needs that the consortium detected and has addressed with the project are the following: - There is little literature regarding the emotional management of people with disabilities today. For this reason, we have created a Guide with original and specific educational resources for our target audience, with information of interest to professionals in the sector, families and caregivers. - Direct work on emotional management with people with disabilities, for which we have given 9 workshops between the 3 countries. - To ensure that the project continues, we have created a video tutorial.