Paths to Inclusion

Paths to Inclusion is an innovative strategic partnership project which aim to create products for the promotion of participation of young people with special needs and to fosterpreparation of youth workers, educators, teachers and social workers to booster involvement of such target groups. This project want to be a resourse also for these youth workers,educators, teachers and social workers who belong to special needs group themselves and face difficulties in finding accessible educational training material.A network of 5 organization, coming from Italy, Belgium, Spain, Slovenia and Turkey will work for 2 years in the development of 4 intellectual outputs:-EU experiential activity map: a research and analysis of existing accessible activities and services among the EU territory-AccessAbility toolkit: an accessible manual with containing methods to organize activities and events (live and digital) accessible for all-EU accessibility platform: an open educational resource that contains results of the project (map, toolkit, online course), downloadable material and literature, tips and suggestions,contacts of experts-Path to Inclusion online Course: a massive online course on accessibility. To do's and don'ts with disabilities (visual, hearing, mobility and learning), the use of technology forinclusion, formal, informal and non-formal education elements, outdoor and experiential learning methods.The partnership will organize 5 transnational meetings and study visit on good practices and a join training activity with the participation of 20 youth workers, educators, teachers andsocial workers willing to work with mixed ability group.A group of 10 young people with special needs per participating Country (total 50) will be involved in focus group and validation of outputs.2 multiplayer events per participating Country will be organized (total 10), one to promote the use of the AccessAbility toolkit (IO2) with the participation of 50 youth workers and thePath to Inclusion conference which aim to present the 4 IO to a wide audience composed by professionals and stakeholders. 2 of these events, in Italy and in Belgium, will beorganized at international level.The platform and its content will stay online after the end of the project and will serve as a reference to all young people and youth workers among EU.