TOY - Trainers Online for Youth
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The aim was that participants could acquire the knowledge and skills needed to creating accessible and inclusive activities for those with diverse abilities and/or in social exclusion risk. The main tool for this accessibility was universal design.
Furthermore, this project was also directly related with the development of the ETS competences on youth workers, supporting the recognition of their learnings through Youthpass, and promoting a more inclusive European youth work.
The objectives set for this project were:
- To develop competences on participants on designing educational activities and/or programmes with an inclusive approach for those with diverse abilities and/or in social exclusion risk, based in universal design principles.
- To raise awareness on the importance of needs analysis and needs centred approach when planning educational activities for this target group, in order to create inclusive and accessible learning environments, leaving behind their own bias.
- To understand the learning processes in mix abilities groups, as well as when working with youngsters in social¡ exclusion risk, and develop knowledge, attitudes and skills to facilitate the learning process and the interaction between participants.
The target group of this training were youth workers from the partner organisations from: Austria, Spain, France, Italy, Poland, Hungary, Türkye, Latvia.
Ice breakers and team building; walk and talk; work in small and big groups understanding the aspects of a competence; LEGO building for representation; World café in the topic of inclusion and universal design; role play.
Participants also had the opportunity to be part of the creation of the programme and facilitated two full day.
Participants acquired a good understanding of the needs of the individuals, also understood that special needs are not alway visible or easy to find out.
The fact that the group itself was a mixed group brought the opportunity to lear by doing, since they had to keep in mind the individual accessibility needs in the creation and implementation of the activities facilitated by participants.
Full time trainer in a team of two.
We were very happy and lucky that Virginia Hernández accepted to run this learning experience for our organization! We got great insight into the field of inclusive learning, participants were able to take home hands-on examples and experiences. We recommend Virginia Hernández full-heartedly.