Description
The project is aimed at implementing an innovative activity in Liepāja enhancing psycho-social rehabilitation of young people with special needs, improving their creativity, intercommunication skills, and promoting productive leisure activities. The project includes basic directions of psycho-social rehabilitation — training of social skills (development of communication skills, verbalisation of emotions, psychological support, and training of particular household skills), employment (stage design, designing and sewing of costumes, basics of dramatics), and organisation of leisure (opportunities for productive leisure). Within the project young people with mental disorders will stage a play with assistance of a professional actor and stage designer. They will also participate in creation of costumes and decorations, and perform in visiting sessions. The target group of the project is 20 young people with mental disorders and 30 parents or support persons of such young people.
Summary of project results
Little Man - Big World. The Art of Theater as a possibility of the Psychosocial Integration was run by NGO "Goda Teātris". The aim of the project was to realize innovative measure in Liepaja in order to promote Psychosocial rehabilitation, improve creativity and communication skills of youngsters with disabilities for 2 target groups - 20 youngsters with intellectual disabilities and 30 support persons of those youngsters. In result professionals together with target group youngsters had rehearse and stage theatrical party. It was performed 6 times in different places for different audiences - other children with the special needs, old people, journalists, society in general. During the process they have learned how to work in a group, developed social and creative skills etc. The other target group got psychological support in the forms of discussions, role plays, seminars, and work in a group etc.
Summary of bilateral results