The project created innovative teaching tools to facilitate the learning and assessment of the soft skills development in people with disabilities. The project focused on the increase of the training offer to promote their employability. The realization of the products interested some research, template of training modules, evaluation forms and a brief manual with guidelines. All this material represents a proposal, a ready-made product that each teacher/trainer/entertainer can consult, modify or enhance, according to their professional competence and together with the collaboration of support teachers or inclusion experts. Furthermore, the soft skills were identified in relation to the professions having the greatest employment impact in the labour market, in the medium and long term. The outdoor training workshops were identified and tested in those territory areas (Upper Tuscany and Madrid) where summer campus usually take place such as other outdoor activities addressed also to young disabled people. All these actions represent an important means of the soft skills development. Finally, the dissemination of the project results will concern the creation of an online platform.
The project stems from the partners experience (Serindform and AIAS) with projects addressed to people with disabilities, in order to facilitate their job placement. These activities revealed the need to realize some innovative training activities, aimed at the development of the soft skills required by the labour market. MAD and Serindform, thanks to a KA 2 project with focus on gender-based violence, identified some critical areas for disabled people and the soft skills topic. Some important information resulted from the management of Erasmus KA1 mobilities and FSE training courses, in which the partners IIS Barsanti and Free Picasso collaborated. These projects involved people with or without disabilities. Some trainers identified the necessity of adopting specific tools with disabled participants, fostering their employability. On the whole, some users have considerable difficulty in job placement because of their negative relationship attitude (low self-esteem, self-confidence and self-determination, low ability in team working). This bad soft skills knowledge could be a problem for young disabled people, affecting their study success and their position in the labour market.