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Empowering Learning for Social Inclusion through Occupation (ELSITO). Sarah Kantartzis. European Union Life Long Learning Programme A Grund t vig Learning Partnership. Partners : Hellenic Association of Occupational Therapists, Greece GGZ in Geest partner VUmc , The Netherlands
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EmpoweringLearningforSocialInclusionthroughOccupation (ELSITO) SarahKantartzis
EuropeanUnionLifeLong LearningProgramme • A GrundtvigLearningPartnership Partners: Hellenic Association of Occupational Therapists, Greece GGZ in Geest partner VUmc, The Netherlands Hogeschool-UniversiteitBrussel, Belgium
Workingtodevelopsocialinclusionforpersonswithmentalhealthproblems, immigrantsandrefugees CollaboratingPartners: • RusenskiUniversitet “Angel Kanchev”, Ruse, Bulgaria • FundacioUniversitariaBalmes, Vic, Spain • University of Teesside, UK • ENOTHE
A learningpartnership • Learnersareserviceusers, staff, occupationaltherapistsandoccupationaltherapystudents • Learningabout social inclusion throughinternationalvisitsandlocalprojects, sharing our lived experience • Learningaboutgoodpracticeinsocialinclusion, through: - Descriptionsofgoodpractice - Narrativesoflearners
First Learning Visit: Amsterdam, The Netherlands March 2010
Café “Pol parol” meeting place in Leuven, Belgium Aimingto empower and encourage the clients of the café (mental health clients, neighbourhood inhabitants) to engage as volunteers in the running and management of this meeting place,as a place for active encounters for all participants. Hogeschool-Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
MentalHealthOrganization, DepartmentDayActivitiesandWork Aimingforsocietalparticipationandinclusion Projects: • «TheHealthyBite» • «TheNetworkTable» • «TheSport’s Project» GGZ in Geest partner VUmc, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Special Interest Group for Social Inclusion Membersareworkingto develop projects with: • ThePanhellenicAssociationforPsychosocialRehabilitationandRe-employment • TheMunicipalityofHeraklionAttika, theSocialPoliticalDepartment Hellenic Association of Occupational Therapists, Athens, Greece
Narrativesoflearners • Processofrecovery • Criticallearningmoments • Availableonwebsite
Results: • Descriptionsofgoodpractice • Narrativesoflearners • Identificationoflearningprocesses • Identificationofcompetences • Websiteandbooklet
ELSITO: anexampleofgoodpractice • Mutuallearningbetweenallinvolved • Experiencinginclusionduringvisits • Rangeofprojects • Narrativesofexperiences • Multi-disciplinary • Localandinternationalnetworks
Thewebsite • www.elsito.net • Weinviteyoutoaddyourdescriptionsofgoodpracticeandyourstories (narratives) • Exchange experiences, learnmoreabout ELSITO, findinformationonsocialinclusion, recovery