Empowering children subjected to ACEs Erasmus Project

Project Title

Empowering children subjected to ACEs

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Strategic Partnerships for school education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses; Early School Leaving / combating failure in education; Inclusion – equity

Project Summary

School Children subjected to Adverse Childhood Experience(ACEs), frequently exhibit a series of undesirable attitudes and behaviors, and often face significant difficulties in engaging and integrating in the school learning environment. Consequentially, they often struggle with poorer learning outcomes compared to their peers, often leading to leaving the educational systems prematurely.
While significant effort has been done in most of the EU countries, the main shortcomings are in the following areas:
– poor and/or untimely identification and detection of victims of ACEs.
– insufficient coordination between educational institutions, social, child protection, mental health and family services
– insufficient coordination and cooperation between educational institutions, public services and other relevant actors in the field, such as research centers, civil society organizations and professionals in the fields of social inclusion, family and child support, mental health, and behavioral and learning support.

In the context of the above described challenges, the current proposal aims to contribute to the already ongoing effort to find solutions through:
– Improving timely detection of warning signs and behaviors in school, through increasing the awareness and competence of educational and administrative staff in schools and learning institutions
– improving the capacity of school teachers, administrators and educational support staff to adress issues arising from disruptive behavior successfully, thus creating a safer and more inclusive learning environment for all learners
– Increasing the capacity of relevant institutions to provide adequate and timely support through improving the communication and cooperation between relevant stakeholders(educational authorities, social and child protection, health services, famillies etc.),
– supporting engagement and reintegration into the learning environment through dedicated pedagogical approaches based on positive behavioral reinforcement methodolgies and non-formal learning approaches, in order to improve victims’ learning outcomes, minimize risk behaviors and prevent early school leaving.

The project will develop an e-platform for children, and two innovative training tools targeting children/teens subject to ACEs, and teachers/educators/school staff, in order to improve children’s learning outcomes from one side, and teachers skills and competences in supporting these learners with this type of disadvantage. A three-months long pilot training course for teachers will be carried out locally as well as two international training events – one for staff members of the participating organisations and one for school teachers.
The project will directly involve about 100 teachers and educators, 180 children, aged 6- 12 yo, through the activities as well as around 500 indirect participants.
The project will assist children subjected to ACEs to receive adequate and continuous support ; acquire specific transversal skills and competences which will allow them to successfully pursue education and reduce significantly their risk of dropping out of education; strengthen their sense of initiative, and motivation to continue with education, and improve their educational and vocational outcomes. The project will also provide teachers and educators with an innovative learning methodology, available in both physical and digital formats and ready to use in the classroom with pupils.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 203073 Eur

Project Coordinator

Association des Vannelles & Country: FR

Project Partners

• SDRUZHENIE SVOBODEN MLADEZHKI TSENTUR
• DRUSTVO ZA RAZVIJANJE PROSTOVOLJNEGA DELA NOVO MESTO
• REDEFINE – ASSOCIAÇÃO PARA A INVESTIGAÇÃO, EDUCAÇÃO E DESENVOLVIMENTO
• Kırıkkale Aile ve Sosyal Hizmetler İl Müdürlüğü
• CHRISTLICHES JUGENDDORFWERK DEUTSCHLANDS GEMEINNUTZIGER EV
• HochVier – Gesellschaft für politische und interkulturelle Bildung e.V.