ErISFaVIA - Early Intervention Services for Families with Children with Vision Impairment and Additional Disabilities,
under the ERASMUS+ Strategic partnerships for school education, Programme, Key Action 2 - Cooperation for Innovation and the Exchange of Good Practices
Project Period: 1.09.2019- 31.08.2022
Code of the project: 2019-1-EL01-KA201-062886
Acronym: ERISFAVIA
Coordinating institution: UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY [UTH], GREECE
Partner institutions:
1. Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Departamentul of Special Education (UBB) Romania
2. Panhellenic Association of parents and friends of visually impaired people with additional handicaps (Amimoni), Greece
3. Ayse Nurtac Sozbir Gunebakan Association for the Children with Multiple Disabilities with Visual Impairment and Their Families (ANSGA), Turkey
4. Blindeninstitut München / Maria-Ludwig-Ferdinand-Schule, Germany,
5. Istanbul Medeniyet University [IMU], Turkey,
6. Liceul Special pentru Deficienti de Vedere Cluj-Napoca, [LSDV] Romania
7. Mali dom - Zagreb dnevni centar za rehabilitaciju djece i mladezi, Croatia
8. St. Barnabas School for the Blind, Cyprus
9. Association of Parents, Guardians and Friends of Visually Impaired Children with Additional Disabilities [SYZOI], Greece
Aim of the project
The present project aims to strengthen the profiles of the teaching profession of the staff in the partner schools and associations in four countries (Greece, Cyprus, Romania, Turkey), who are all involved in early intervention programs and services regarding children and students with visual impairment and additional disabilities (VIAD). The Erasmus+ ERISFAVIA project have three main targets: first, to trace and map all contemporary characteristics of family-oriented early intervention programs, secondly to reflect on professionals' needs who are involved in such programs, and third to enrich practice with relevant literature review. The outputs of the ErISFAVIA project will be as Open Educational Resources uploaded in the portal of ErISFAVIA project and therefore it could be further exploited by other teaching or supportive staff of students and children with VIAD all over Europe and internationally.
Intellectual outputs
IO1: Design and creation of the project collaborative platform
IO2: Literature Review and Needs Assessment Study
IO3: Training Material - Design and Content
IO4: Reflective logs and questionnaires
IO5: Collation of case studies and research evidence
IO6: Best Practices Guide
IO7: Dissemination and Exploitation
ΙΟ8: Policy recommendations and Guidelines Report
Project presentation ERASMUS+ ERISFAVIA http://erisfavia.sed.uth.gr/