Description
The primary objective is to ensure that children and youth with special needs (mentally challenges) will be educated on appropriate sexual behaviour that wouldn’t harm the others and thus would keep them from victimizing. A sub-goal of the project is to educate specialists who work with mentally retarded youth to be able to prevent sexual abuse among young people. As a result specialists will be able to counsel young people who present problems of sexual behaviour (abusive behaviour towards peers). Project outcomes includes ensuring that specialists working in schools and special institutions/children’s homes for children/youth with special needs will have knowledge and skills to counsel children and to seek appropriate help in case of abusive incidents. During project preparation round-tables and negotiations will be organised and information days for specialists will be conducted. There will also be reflections in media channels.
Summary of project results
The Project was needed to raise awareness and teach children with mental disorders correct sexual behaviour (without doing any harm to a partner). Also there was a need to train specialists who work with such children to prevent deviant sexual behavior among children and to teach them the correct behaviour. In order to achieve the results 70 specialists were trained in three different regions. Special methodical compendium was made to help specialists to teach proper sexual behaviour. This will have sustainable effect of the Project for many years. Also supervision was held to specialists to raise their competence and commitment level. Information seminars were organised and articles were written to raise public awareness.
Summary of bilateral results