Description
Growing together through Art-Therapy project developed by Clara Association in partnership with Ion Pillat Special Technological High school aims to increase the quality of social services provided to children with mental disabilities and to support active inclusion services. The issues Identified such as discrimination of children with mental disabilities by the community, lack of spaces and facilities for their activities, modern diagnostic tools and innovative working methods, reveals the importance of implementing this project. Our target group are 150 children from the special school, 150 children from mass education and 20 teachers. Main activities: Organizing educational workshops - based on art- therapy, developing a practice guide in special education and building a space for educational and recreational activities.
Summary of project results
The project approached issues like the lack of visibility and the discrimination toward children with disabilities in the community, along with lack / insufficient space and inadequate endowment and methods for developing activities for children with disabilities. The project was developed in partnership with Ion Pillat Special Technological High school and aimed to improve quality of the services for children with mental disabilities and support active inclusion of these children. 150 children from the special school and 150 children from regular schools participated to unified workshops. The project involved 20 teachers who attended training sessions for the development of good practices in working with children with disabilities. During the project, 70 art-therapy workshops were organised, a guide with good practices in the field of special education was developed and an adequately equipped space for organising educational, recreational and artistic (art therapy) activities was set. The involvement of young volunteers also contributed to the visibility and inclusion of children with mental disabilities in the community.
Summary of bilateral results