Parental Training in Families of Children with Disabilities

Families of children with disabilies face a different problems in social and economic life, and thus they need an efficient and instructive programs which can help families about their problems. The main objective of this project was master families about coping their problems in psychological, social, economic life; providing them supporting systems; leading them to deal with the problems associated with their children's disabilities and development of an understanding and acceptance of the infant's difference from other children. These aims were addressed to the developing the quality and attractiveness of adult education systems and practices and should foster the development of high quality pathways leading to smooth transitions to work and/or progression to further and higher education and promote guidance and counselling at all levels; enhance the governance and attractiveness of adult education systems through increased cooperation with social partners and all relevant target groups. EMPATHY Project, provided a new knowledge of understanding families of children with disabilities, through creating new training modules for the target group. The project used new methods, models, approachs and it's an original project rather than a transfer project.The impact of the project is that the adult education methods are extended to a new area, and the special requirements of adult training are satisfied by complex intervention training. It contributed with a general vision of the target group and in the family training and all factors which determine their situation regarding to rehabilitation sector and adult training. The project added unique value with following innovations:-The project increased awareness of developing methodologies, modules, materials on adult training of families of disabled children;-The project will provide new approachs to experts, trainers and organizations of adult trainers;-Project results and developed materials helped and will help families of disabled children to cope with their problems such as economic, social, pyschological obstacles;-Raised an awareness about disability on all parts of society.The project developed unique products (e.g., web-based collaboration system for families, lifelong learning intervention strategies, book about the project subject) for specified target group, which are families of a children with disability therapists and rehabilitation counselors, policy and decision maker, and managerial staff from rehabilitation centers. Project website, web based collaboration platform is in English and partners native language, thus wide range of people benefit from developed materials. Also, project materials and developed strategies are on display in project website and e-learning system, each person who need information can reach the products.For providing sustainibility for project, we benefit from dissemination tools which EU and NA created and our project results and products will display in these platforms. We provided that families of disabled children are active users of our website and they communicate with each other by web-based collaboration platform. The website and the platform will be available for at least 4 years for the sustainibility of the project. Also, similarly, all partners and participants will keep in touch thereby communication platform such as mail group and skype, and thus, collaboration of partners will continue and project will be updated.