Développement de la méthodologie IPNA (Intervention Psychosociale par le Nature et l'Aventure) en Europe par la formation des travailleurs sociaux qui encadrent les jeunes en décrochage. Volet 1 - Adaptation et formalisation de la méthode IPNA UE

"<< Background >>The project's two partners, D'Une Cime à L'Autre (DCA) and En Passant par la Montagne (EPPM), are both active in supporting young people in difficulty. Their practices are based on the principles of IPNA (Psychosocial Intervention by Nature and Adventure in Europe), developed in Quebec by S. Rojo and G. They were introduced to these principles by S. Rojo and G. Bergeron themselves. They consider it to be a powerful, innovative and topical tool for supporting young people who are or at risk of dropping out. They want to help ensure that the methodology IPNA is developed on a European scale and that it is incorporated into the practices of social workers for all the benefits it brings to beneficiaries (calming, self-confidence, self-determination, etc.) and in their relationship with nature. They also want to develop their own skills and networks of expertise in this methodology, and they believe they can achieve this through cooperation and exchanges of experience, knowledge and expertise. Carrying out this project together will enable them to increase skills and share the questions asked by experienced users.<< Objectives >>With a view to deploying and professionalising the methodology IPNA (Psychosocial Intervention by Nature and Adventure in Europe), there are plans to create an IPNA training course for social workers working with these groups.This project is the first stage in the creation of this process:1. building a pedagogical reference frame, a document summarising the conceptualisation of theIPNA on the basis of concrete exchanges of experience of activities run by the partners in different settings and with different audiences.2. initiating the creation of an ""IPNA"" network3. drawing up a provisional outline for the future ""IPNA-EU Training Course"", while deepening the relationship between the partner associations and developing their respective skills through the exchange of knowledge and expertise.The second part will consist of developing and implementing the IPNA training programme. This is the subject of a new grant application by Erasmus+.<< Implementation >>The activities implemented are as follows:- Organisation of two three-day IPNA stays, each prepared and run by a partner in its usualarea for two different target groups (young people in residential care, unaccompanied foreign minors), with the other partner observing and analysing according to a series of predetermined ""IPNA"" criteria- Organisation of a three-day residential seminar with the youth workers involved in the two teamswith preparatory work beforehand. Group work sessions to lay the foundations for an educational reference frame, the finalisation of which was carried out remotely in a collaborative manner.- Organisation of a videoconference on the co-constructed reference frame and a debate during which all the educators and/or social workers who were involved in the project with DCA and EPPM during 2022 were invited to participate.- Organisation of a virtual round table for IPNA professionals- Carrying out a survey of the social workers potentially concerned (approximately) to identify training needs and prepare a training curriculum.<< Results >>Part 1 enabled us to- deepen the relationship between the partner associations- clarify and validate the principles of IPNA through two reciprocal observation stays and a three-day seminar.- co-write a pedagogical reference frame, a document summarising the conceptualisation of IPNA-.EU- initiate the creation of an IPNA network of experts and people interested in the methodology,- identify the sector's training needs- draw up a provisional outline of the future ""IPNA-EU Training Course"", including objectives, format, draft content, audience, prerequisites and specific objectives for the proposed training modules."