Supporting integration and fostering of children with disabilities at schools
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The national project VÚDPAP aims to enhance the prevention of socio-pathological phenomena in schools and support the social inclusion of students with special educational needs from 2013 to 2015. Key goals include the modernization of educational counseling systems, improving employability through innovative methodologies, and increasing awareness of career opportunities. It involves collaboration among various stakeholders, including educational staff and local authorities, to create a comprehensive guidance system and improve conditions for counselors and students alike.
Supporting integration and fostering of children with disabilities at schools
- 1. National Project VÚDPaP Comprehensive guidance system for prevention and influencing of socio-pathological phenomena in the school environment 17/01/2013 – 31/10/2015 Modern education for knowledgable society/Project is co-financed from the resources of the European union.
- 2. Specific goal of the NP To support social iclusion of people with special edicational needs (ŠVVP) through enabling them to access to development of skills needed in the labour market and to support further education of people working in the integration to society area of the people with special educational needs.
- 3. Goals of the project Streamlining the system of educational counseling and prevention ("VPAP") Counseling support of education and specialist preparation for primary school pupils with special educational needs („ŠVVP“) to ensure their social integration / inclusion and success in the labor market Managing socio-pathological phenomena among students, counseling assistance for their social integration, support of learning-professional interests, adequate educational aspirations and effective preparation of students preparing to enter the labor market Support of further education of people employed in the system of educational counselig and prevention Inovation of counseling methods, methodologies and tests
- 4. Main outcomes of the project Improving the effectiveness of the system of educational counseling and prevention through systemic measures: Modernization of its material and technical equipment, supplementing methodologies, methodological tools, new professional resources, equipping expert libraries of schools and school facilities, through creating a portal of VÚDPaP for the VPaP system Innovation and development of new methodological tools, processes, adaptation of international methodologies; digitization of diagnostic processes, e-versions of the methodologies; VÚDPaP portal for the VPaP system Promoting professional counseling services of the VPAP system among parents and the general public Improving interdisciplinary cooperation in the VPAP system, also between individual counseling facilities, among CPPPaP, CŠPP and educational counselors in schools Improving awareness of pupils with special educational needs and their parents about the world of work, the possibilities of vocational education and training, of professional opportunities in the labor market Proposals to improve the status of educational counselors, their working conditions in schools, streamlining management system in the VPAP system, using the outputs of the process analysis of the system VPAP
- 5. Target groups Pupils from primary schools with special educational needs (ŠVVP) (in total 13000 pupils) Pedagogical staff (1300 educational counselors) Expert staff (300 psychologists, 300 special pedagogs) Parents (500) Employees of state and local governments working with persons with ŠVVP
- 6. Managing structure of the project Main manager of the National Project (NP) Managing Comittee of the National Project Project centers – as experimental departments involved in research and development, pilot verification methods, methodologies (1 at the VÚDPaP Institution, 7 at the CPPPaP responsible for methodological guidance, 1 at the CŠPP, 1 for educational counselors) Coordinators of the project activities at the CPPPaP in the district towns Expert groups of the NP Partners of the NP: Association of employees of the CPPPaP Association of educational advisers
- 7. Realization of the NP (NUTS III) Trnava region Trenčín region Nitra region Žilinský kraj Banská Bystrica region Prešov region Košice region
- 8. Main activities of the NP 1.1 Inovation of processes of the comprehensive diagnostics system VPaP for pupils with special educational needs 1.2 Education of teaching and professional staff of the educational counseling and prevention system 1.3 Inovation of counseling methods in the VPaP system for pupils with special educational needs in order to enhance their employability
- 9. Activity 1.1: Inovation of processes of the comprehensive diagnostics system VPaP for pupils with special educational needs 1.1.1 Material – technical provision – new diagnostic tools, methodologies, ICT 1.1.2 Screening analyses of the occurance of problem students (who according to teacher‘s assesment require professional care of the VPaP system) 1.1.3 Standardization of psycho-diagnostic methodologies, tests 1.1.4 Process analysis of activities of the VPaP system
- 10. Activity 1.2: Education of teaching and professional staff of the educational counseling and prevention system 1.2.1 Preparatory activities for education of teaching and professional staff of the educational counseling and prevention system 1.2.2 Developing the curriculum for teaching and professional staff of educational counseling and prevention system 1.2.3 Realization of educational activities for professional and teaching staff of educational counseling and prevention system Instructional courses Social-psychological trainings Workshops, congresses Activities of international cooperation – mobility
- 11. Activity 1.3: Inovation of counseling methods in the VPaP system for pupils with special educational needs in order to enhance their employability 1.3.1 Methodological innovation of psychological counseling in working with students with learning and behavior disorders and pupils with talent and in guiding their career decision making 1.3.2 Special-pedagogical counseling in guiding career decisions of primary school students with health disabilities and students from socially disadvantaged backgrounds 1.3.3 Educational-counseling guidance of career decisions to primary school pupils by educational advisers 1.3.4. Expert dissemination of the diagnosis issue, counseling and prevention of learning, behavioral and social pathology difficulties (including prevention of unemployment)
- 12. Benefits of the NP for primary schools Primary schools will be involved in the new strategy guidance system in Slovakia aimed at eliminating socio-pathological phenomena in the school environment and prospective applicability of primary school students in the labor market The primary school will be IT networked through a data repository with 1,300 participating primary schools in Slovakia and 82 counseling facilities CPPPaP and CŠPP Primary school gains online access to the data storage of NP with access to modern diagnostic tools and methodologies aimed at career counseling for students with special educational needs and the latest information from the counseling system in Slovakia Primary school will have, through school counselors in collaboration with psychologists and special educators, secured systematic solution of the issue of pupils with special educational needs. The professional counseling competence of school counselors will increase The offer of technical cooperation through the NP remunerated in form of agreement regarding work performed (innovating new methodologies, reviews’ assessments, teaching activities, etc.)
- 13. Examples of methodological tools for all target groups of the NP COMDI - a computer program for diagnosing study - professional perspectives of primary school pupils - in our conditions the only method (program), that diagnoses the competences of the pupil (the client) and can compare them with the requirements of professions Test measurement of technical talent - a test for the detection of scientific and technical interests of primary school pupils Test Learning styles of students - a methodology to identify what form of learning student prefers, i.e. under what conditions are they best focused on studies, what environment is preferred when learning new or difficult information Test the technical and practical understanding - an appropriate test when searching for technical talents, who need maximum support of their orientation towards technical direction
- 14. List of professional methodologies for school counselors, special educators and psychologists, that will be updated and extended until 2015 1. Teacher and pupil and their relationship in the school environment 2. The threats of today 3. The power of personality 4. Educating children with learning disabilities and attention disorders 5. Educational counseling and career choice I. 6. Educational counseling and career choice II. 7. What to do if... 8. Social relationships and problems at schools 9. Counseling in school 10. Social competence, responsibility and self-awareness 11. Learning disabilities, intellectual and other disorders, according to ICD 10 12. Class management 13. Assistance in practice 14. Information brochure on career choice of pupils with special educational needs 15. Counseling by play
- 15. CAREER COUNSELING the core theme of the National Project Career counseling - a tool for social inclusion Streamlining the preparation of pupils with special educational needs for the labor market - increase their employability; prevention of unemployment in adulthood, especially against long-term Our aim is to improve the preparation of students for the labor market via modernization / innovation of methods, procedures used in career counseling diagnostic methods, tests (methodological tools) counseling methods, procedures, programs sources of information about the world of work, the labor market
- 16. Innovation of the National Project Innovation of the methodological tools has a dominant importance in the project (e-versions of tests, methodologies, re-standardization of the diagnostic tools, continuous updating of standards, data collection through the portal) The introduction of ICT and digital data storage is a turning factor in the development of career counseling system, it allows the processing of system of information about occupations and provides the possibility of matching the requirements of the world of work with the competences, with personality qualities of the individual Addition of specific methods for career counseling, that will allow to compare the individual's personality qualities with the requirements of professions - in the project, we want to pilot verify the use of the COMDI instrument
- 17. Modern education for knowledgable society/Project is co-financed from the resources of the European union. The National Project management team looks forward to the cooperation with you Comprehensive guidance system for prevention and influencing of socio-pathological phenomena in the school environment Thank you for your attention! www.vudpap-projekt.sk