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The project of Motyčkovic klika, Velký vůz Sever and Norwegian partner Pedvekert AS brings improvements in social rehabilitation support methods for children with autism spectrum disorders and other mentally ill children as well as their families. It also introduces new support activities in the prevention in the field of mental health of children and adolescents in the Liberec region. The project will contribute to reducing the risk of occurrence, escalation and chronification of mental problems in this target population. The aim of the project is also to educate teachers, informal carers and non-medical staff who work with children in schools and other facilities.
Partial objectives:
1) Creation of the Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle room in Liberec, Snoezelen sensory room, in which more than 120 programs for kindergartens, primary schools and special kindergartens and primary schools will take place over the course of 2 years.
2) Creation of a prevention program and teaching materials for the prevention program.
3) Implementation of 4 weekend events of development and training of psychosocial skills of children.
4) Creation of a new support group and club of parents and children for children with ASD “Astronaut”.
5) Education and training of at least 40 teachers, informal carers, assistants and other non-medical staff in the form of seminars, lectures and conferences transferring good practice in the Grunnlaget method.
6) Implementation of preventive therapeutic consultation and preventive counseling, which follows on from preventive programs.
7) Promotion and destigmatization of the topic to the general public. Implementation of the campaign My Place in the Sun, introductory conferences, presstrip, press releases and overall media coverage of the topic.
8) International sharing of experience.
9) Education of experts in the Liberec region.
Summary of project results
Project of Motyčkovic klika z.s., Velký vůz Sever z.ú. and the Norwegian partner Pedverket AS contributes to reducing the risk of occurrence, escalation and chronification of mental problems in children with autism spectrum disorders and other mentally ill children as well as their families. It brings the introduction of new support activities in prevention in the field of mental health and adolescents in the Liberec region. The project brings improvement of social rehabilitation support methods for this target population. The project mainly responds to the problems of the Liberec Region.
1) Poor availability of prevention and mental health care in the Liberec Region. These are mainly services for families with children with dysfunctional autism, an undersized network of psychiatric outpatient clinics given the number of residents in the region, and the absence of facilities specifically focused on the mental health of children and adolescents.
2) Insufficient care capacity due to the small number of health professionals, and therefore also the smaller capacity of such professionals with the consequence of long waiting times. Families with a child with a mental illness or its manifestations are not given long life in general and mutual family relationships that may suffer fro
3) There is no focus of services on the whole family. Children with a psychiatric diagnosis and their families go through their care, but the cooperation is not focused specifically on life with the diagnosis and the effect on the family.
Organizationally, one of the biggest challenges for us was the provision of two four Grunnlaget method due to the very early date of the event after the very start of the project. We did not a sufficiently developed network of contacts, either between experts or between school facilities, we offered something that had not been here before, the language of the lecturers was English, the school year was in full swing.
Other problems that we had to face during and towards the end of the project and which we did not count on were the incapacity of members of the project team, on which the activities and activities were based, which were then easily reflected in the project schedule.
As part of the project, sub-goals were set, which we fulfilled through the activities listed below.
1) Creation of the Láryfáry room of the parish in Liberec, the Snoezelen sensory room, in which more than 120 programs (runs) for kindergartens, primary schools and special kindergartens and primary schools will take place over the course of 2 years.
As part of project activity No. 4 Sensory room and operation of preventive and social rehabilitation programs, the Láryfáry room was created, the purpose of which is the prevention of mental health and social rehabilitation programs in the case of mentally ill children. The room offers various programs, which have been included in the offer for the public performance Little, sea, different was staged for the sensory room, which is adapted to the conditions of the sensory room. This theatrical performance is followed by the enables children to understand the otherness of each one of us.
2) Creation of a prevention program and educational materials for the prevention program.
Part of the above-mentioned activity No. 4 was the creation of a psycho prevention program "Everyone has their place in the sun", the aim of which is to learn about oneself, limits, boundaries and feelings, joys and fears. The resulting cycles, it contains parts Me and Me, for kindergarten groups. Individual methodologies and cycles are prepared with regard to the age, possibilities and abilities of children and adolescents.
3) Implementation of 4 weekend events for the development and training of children''s psychosocial skills. This sub-goal was organized as part of project activity No. 7 Development of psychosocial skills of children/youth weekend event. The activity was intended for children with mental illness or children who are overwhelmed by crisis situations, at risk of developing mental illness and their siblings. The program was training, self-experiential, a form of reflective
4) Creation of a new support group and club of parents and children for children with ASD "Astronaut.
The project responded to this issue with activity No. 6 Club Parta Astronautů, the aim of which was to create a place where parents can confide in each other without fear, share their experiences, advise and help each other. For children, it was a safe place where they could meet not only their peers but also new things without judgement, fear or judgment.
5) Education and training of at least 40 workers in the form of seminars, lectures and conferences to share experiences of good practice in the Grunnlaget method.
As part of the project, activity No. 3 Training of pedagogues, assi social services provided education and training using the Grunnlaget method. This is a methodology for integrating children with mental disorders into the school environment and everyday life. The participants first took part in a 4-day course, then had time and space to try everything within their practice. After half a year, a short online consultation took place, and a two 2023.
6) Implementation of preventive therapeutic consultation and preventive counseling, which follows on from preventive programs.
Activity No. 5 Preventive therapeutic, preventive counseling activities, social rehabilitation therapy and exercises helped families caring for mentally ill children failure of parental/educational competences, in involving the family in society and solving their unfavorable social situation arising in connection with disability of the child.
7) Promotion and destigmatization of the topic to the general public.
As part of activity No. 2 Publicity of the project, we organized an introductory conference, ensured the implementation of the My place in the sun campaign, issued press releases, publicized the topic of me health prevention, and organized the final conference of the project as an all-day mental health festival.
8) International sharing of experience.
Experiences were shared as part of activity No. 3, especially thanks to the presence of the Norwegian pr partner, who accompanied the Grunnlaget method course, participated in the opening and closing conferences, and provided ongoing consultation project partner Velký vůz Sever, which focused on visits to individual school facilities and dealt with specific cases of clients.
9) Education of experts in the Liberec region.
Activity No. 3 Training of pedagogues, assistants and workers in education and other social services made it possible to provide 10 people with a total of 12 trainings, courses and seminars in the field of work with children and youth within the framework of mental health preve project.
The purpose of the project is to increase the support of mental implementation of preventive programs in the Snoezelen sensory room, the implementation of a preventive program in kindergartens and elementary schools and the creation of background materials for this program for educators, as well as the operation of improved social rehabilitation programs and preventive therapies for mentally sick children and their families.
The target groups of the project are children with autism spectrum disorders, parents (and siblings), children with other mental disorders and at risk of developing mental illness, children from kindergartens and primary schools in the Liberec region, assistants, pedagogues, professionals and the public.
The overall output of the project is 4 new programs include the Sensory Room and program operation, the Astronaut Group, Therapy for Families and Skills Development - weekend events. Other outputs are 4 preventive programs, which also feature the Sensory Room and the operation of programs, as well as the self Program for Kindergarten and Elementary School connected with the theater and the Program for Teachers with teaching materials.
The indicated numbers of supported persons are counted only once within the project. Of the mentioned number, 190 people graduated from two or three programs. Most often, it was a combination of activities No. 4 and No. 6, then No. 5 and No. 6, No. 5 and No. 7, and within the framework of activity No. 4, it was about completing several runs of individual cycles, which the My Place program the sun and Visiting the Láryfáry room offers.
From our point of view, the purpose of the project was fulfilled, we implemented a large number of preventive programs that are applicable both in the premises of the project recipient and in the classroom environment. We trained not only teaching staff, but also experts from among the project partners, created methodical materials for teachers, contributed to the creation of a network of contacts between experts, school facilities and the necessary public.
Summary of bilateral results
All partners approached the implementation of the project very responsibly. The greatest benefit of mutual cooperation was in pursuing a common goal, which is to improve social-rehabilitation support methods for children with autism spectrum disorders and other mentally ill children and their integration into society. Throughout the project, the partners actively participated in all meetings, participated in and implemented activities according to the project plan, and responded very flexibly to unexpected circumstances.The partnership with the Norwegian partner Pedverket Kompetanse aimed to enable significant improvement and deepening of activities in the field of children''s education, sharing examples of good practice and establishing specific working contacts and interpersonal ties. Pedverket Kompetanse fulfilled the above goals through project activities No. 3 Training of teachers, assistants and workers in education and other services, and also provided consultations on prevention programs and operation of the Sensory room.Like the Czech partner, the Norwegian partner also participated in all joint activities of a larger scale, which included the introductory conference, the presentation of the project to a delegation from the donor state accompanied by employees of the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Finance of the Czech Republic, and last but not least, the co-organization of the Mental Health Festival associated with the final conference Body-Mind-Spirit.We evaluate the cooperation with all project partners very positively with an emphasis on the personal responsibility of each individual member of the project team.