Empower:Me

What is about

Empower:Me aims to extend method pools of anyone working with special needs students. By sharing good practices and implementing them into everyday school, we re-evaluate and adjust them. The participating teachers, social workers and disseminators share their experiences after using various methods over a period of time under differing circumstances. Henceforth, it becomes a priority to check in with the students and helps them to develop a healthy sense of self and ambitions for their future.

The main activities will consist of three in-person-meetings, in Slovenia, Turkey and in Slovakia. We will start by exchanging our good practices and trying them out ourselves. After the first activity, we will integrate them in our work and after a period of time come together for our second activity, which will be a teacher's conference in Ankara. There, we will present our project to a bigger audience. Lastly, we will conclude our project with our third meeting and publish a brochure.

We expect to extend method pools across Europe and gain knowledge about the applicability of them under various circumstances. We will put all the good practices into a brochure and add useful tips. The brochure can be shared easily with anyone working with students with special needs and motivate them to try out practices they did not know before. Plus, we expect the participants to make more room in everyday school to let the students reflect on themselves and express their
wishes.