The project
The Simpl4All project develops specialized educational programs in Europe for students with disabilities.
The project aims to meet this objective by producing content, providing training and involving young people and mediation teams in the creative process, in order to change attitudes to special education.
The aim is for special education and vocational training mediation teams to discover inclusive education methods, simplified language and team learning, to learn how to design and implement them, and to receive training and ready-to-use teaching materials.
The aim is also to change perceptions about special education, so that it thrives just as much as non-specialized education.
Context
In 2016, 23.6% of students with disabilities dropped out of school, compared to 11% of students without disabilities.
Goals
Simpl4All aims to achieve the following objectives :
- contribute to inclusive learning, based on the paradigms of mediation pedagogy (Vygotskij, Bruner, Feuerstein) and pedagogical activism (Dewey, Montessori, Decroly)
- promoting the digital transition, guaranteeing opportunities, inclusion, sustainable growth and resilience
- increase the attractiveness of Vocational Education and Training (VET), by introducing methodological innovations and new tools to facilitate learning.
Activities
The various partners in the Simpl4All project met for a workshop entitled “Using ebooks to make books accessible 4all”. This workshop enabled them to learn more about the panorama of existing digital solutions and ebooks adapted to various forms of disability.
Target groups
The Simpl4All project is aimed at young people aged 14 to 21 with disabilities, learning difficulties and disadvantages that prevent them from achieving their full personal and professional potential.
It is also aimed at training and mediation professionals (educators, trainers, mediators).
Resources
- An instruction manual on easy-to-read and easy-to-understand language for the production and implementation of texts written in simplified language.
- Teaching tools : teaching materials for different types of students aged 14 to 21: ebooks, practical advice, sample lessons with exercises.
- Quick guides to the use of materials and tools for formal and informal learning mediators.
- Video-modelling in various technical-professional sectors (office work, green jobs, catering work).
Les partenaires
Centre CuoreMenteLab
The CuoreMenteLab Center in Italy, founded in 2016, addresses the needs of neuro-diverse people, with the aim of increasing knowledge and awareness of their conditions. CuoreMenteLab is in partnership with the Minds & Hearts Center in Brisbane, Australia, and is also enriched by the rich experience of Spazio Asperger ONLUS, an association for people with high-functioning autism and atypical neurological disorders, their families and professionals.
EnAIP VFG
Founded in 1979, EnAIP FVG is a private non-profit organization with transnational activities since 1993, with a focus on innovative teaching methods and social inclusion. EnAIP was the lead partner in the Erasmus+ practice exchange project SIMPLIFIED LANGUAGE – SIMPL: contributing to the reduction of barriers to inclusive education for pupils with specific learning difficulties (DYS) and/or autism spectrum disorders (ASD).
Fondazione Progettoautismo FVG
The Fondazione Progettoautismo FVG was founded in 2006 thanks to the commitment of a group of parents of autistic children to offer each other mutual support. The Fondazione Progettoautismo FVG was founded in 2006 thanks to the commitment of a group of parents of autistic children to offer each other mutual support. Today, the Foundation supports 90 families and has become a reference point for those who deal with autism on a daily basis.
ITE Network
The Institute of Technical Education ITE_Network is a European Study Center and Network of Education Centers established in 2015 as an association. ITE Network responds to the needs of the internationalization of education, training, youth and the sports sector, giving them the opportunity to reverse dynamics and approaches in order to achieve a more intelligent and sustainable future of global educational cooperation.
LebensGroß GmbH
LebensGroß GmbH is a leading service provider for people with disabilities and/or other social disadvantages. It also supports the company in dismantling barriers to a socially inclusive society. Since its inception, LebensGroß has extended its range of services to young people at risk (e.g. children under 18), and today focuses on people at risk of social exclusion.
Logopsycom
As a center for educational innovation, Logopsycom creates and uses alternative methods or tools (digital or not) to support schools, vocational training centers, educational organizations, youth and parents. The center is specialized in learning disorders in young people, especially in “dys” disorders (dyspraxia, dysphasia, dyslexia…).
Zavod RISA
Institute RISA is a centre for general, functional, and cultural literacy which possesses a large european network in the fields of disability and human rights. In addition to being the first organisation to systematically introduce and develop the concept of Easy-to-read (Easy language) in Slovenia, the Centre organises training on accessibility of information for mental health and social care professionals.
