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13.08.2010 |
The „Ożarowska” Association for Children, Teenager and Adults
with Disabilities has for the second time received a grant from
the European Social Fund as part of the project launched by the
Warsaw Family Support Center, called “Integration for
Independence”.
This year’s project called “Destination Independence – The Next
Step” will offer continuation of activities from last year’s
program, as well as new elements, whose goal is to prepare the
project’s participants for living on their own in supported
monitored flats, looking for a job and fulfilling their role in
society. |
The
project is scheduled for three very intensive months. Apart from
rehabilitation camp and meetings, whose aim is to improve the
participants’ motor skills, which is very important for people who
cannot move on their own, the project will also include:
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Group
sessions in career counseling – In these sessions the following topics
will be discussed: predisposition and professional qualifications
analysis, getting to know techniques that are useful when one is looking
for a job, acquiring knowledge about the services provided by
institutions on the job market, learning about current trends on the job
market and about the most sought-after professions. These meetings will
require the participants to take an active part through discussion,
brainstorming, physical and integrative exercises, as well as exercises
which will allow the participants to understand certain issues and
practice them.
·
Independence and Safety – This course will cover the topic on how to
act, when faced with critical or potentially dangerous situations, what
to do in case of emergency or in case of failure (e.g. failure of
equipment), what to do when you get sick, how not to fall prey to crime,
as well as how to stay safe while using the Internet, plan one’s day,
plan the household budget, go shopping, pay the bills, keep a bank
account. These topics will be covered both in theory and in practice.
·
Individual Independence Training will focus on the practical aspect of
the project and will allow the participants to put the knowledge and
skills they have acquired during the Independence and Safety course into
practice. During these individual meetings the participant and his or
her assistant will practice using payment card, running errands at a
post office, shopping, planning budget, etc.
·
Criteria of adulthood – These workshops will be focused on building the
image of one’s personal situation, forming relations based on
partnership, building a feeling of autonomy and working on one’s
relationship with parents. The workshops will be conducted by an
experienced sex therapist, Halina Długołęcka, M.D. and psychologist
Tomasz Graś, M.A. who knows these problems first-hand as he himself is
in a wheelchair.
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An
intensive advanced English course which is to serve as an incentive for
the participants to take the exam testing knowledge of the language.
·
Drivers Education for participants who are able to drive car by
themselves.
·
Active weekends – three daylong weekend activities planned, organized
and conducted by the program’s participants. These active weekends will
include: a trip outside of Warsaw, collective club outing with friends
and caretakers and a trip to a museum followed by a farewell lunch.
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Personal assistants will provide all necessary help for the
participants.
We
have invited participants of the previous edition of the program to take
part in this year’s project.
Contact person: Barbara Sińczuk – madam president of the Association. |
