Stronger through Education for the Needs of our Students

<< Background >>Project needs at the level of the coordinator and partners:-Counseling students in understanding and accepting differences;-Counseling students in order to raise awareness, identify, analyze and combat bullying actions against students with special needs;-Supporting students with special needs in combating the feeling of rejection from their peers and in order to increase their self-esteem;The needs for teachers were those of training in the following areas:-Creating and using modern teaching-learning strategies that respond to the motivation, abilities and individual learning styles of each student and that grow motivated for learning;-Creating and implementing strategies to control and reduce the phenomenon of bullying against students with special needs;-Communicating with parents of students with SEN.The needs were identified following a questionnaire applied at the level of the coordinating school and the partner schools.We considered that the exchanges of good practices as a result of the transnational meetings within the project better respond to the needs of the project, since the chosen partners have a long experience in the education of students with special needs.<< Objectives >>The project has 4 objectives:O1 – Training 4 teachers from each partner school to develop professional skills by acquiring new strategies, methods and techniques, specific to inclusive education by the end of the project.;O2 – Training 24 students from each partner school to assimilate assertive behaviors through emotion management techniques, developed through interaction with others, by the end of the project;O3 - Training 24 students from each partner school to improve learning motivation, which will lead to academic progress by reducing the number of students at risk of dropping out by 10% by the end of the project;O4 – Developing communication skills in English for each participant by the end of the project.<< Implementation >>The main activities within the project were the 6 mobilities, 2 for teachers and 4 for students. The activities in France and Norway had as their theme the identification of emotions and different manifestations of harassment that most often fall victim to students with special needs.The activities in Turkey and Portugal emphasized the understanding and acceptance of differences related to certain physical disabilities or marginalized categories such as immigrants, Roma students.The mobilities in Romania and Italy consisted of teacher training sessions based on examples of good practices in working with students with special needs.All these activities were disseminated at the level of each partner school in different forms:-Disseminations within the teacher councils or other professional meetings;-Press articles and in social media, appearances in local media;-Posting of materials on the pages dedicated to the project and the partner schools;-Development of a guide to good practices in the field of education for students with special needs<< Results >>The project results were tangible and intangible.The tangible ones were:-A good practice guide with articles and activity plans with students with special needs;-Social media page dedicated to the project; - https://www.facebook.com/people/E-SEN-Students/100090664492581/;-A project website - https://sites.google.com/ctalicuza.ro/senseplus/home; -Multimedia materials from the project activities;-Two transnational conferences on the Etweening platform;-Articles in local and national media;-Dissemination materialsThe intangible results were:-Teachers with improved methods for stimulating the involvement of students with special needs in school life;-Students with special needs more confident in dealing with stressful situations related to inclusion-Improvement of communication skills in English for both teachers and students with special needs participating in the project activities.