ENSA Childhood and Youth Thematic Working Groups
27th April2015, 9u30 – 17u
Study Visits
Meeting point and exact hours will be communicated later.
The study visits are parallel, so participants have to make a choice.
ENSA Childhood
Visit to the ABC house – Art Basics for Children and BABOES (tbc)
The ABC house is a laboratoryfor aestheticexperiencesand awarenessthatis situated onthe border betweenart and education. ABCcreates stimulating environmentsandprojects that encouragechildrenand adults toexperiment with theirimaginativepower andthusto explore theircreative potential. BABOES is a childcare service in the ABC house.
ENSA Youth
Visit to the Family Justice Center – Antwerp
A Family Justice Center is the co-location of a multi-disciplinary team of professionals who work together in one, centralized location to provide coordinated services to victims of family violence.
Afternoon Session 14.00 - 17.00
Exchange platform on good practices and project ideas
Meeting point: Child & Family – Hallepoortlaan 27 1060 Brussels
Different work tables will run parallel – but they will take place in one location so exchange and participation on more than one table will be possible
ENSA Childhood – 3 tables – each table will be introduced by an expert / a local practice. We’re inviting the ENSA members to present a good practice / project idea within the 3 topics described below
- Investing in the environment of children – How can a preventive approach makes a difference in the life of a child
- Super diversity
- Working with volunteers in childcare services
ENSA Youth – discussion of different project proposals. We’re inviting the ENSA members to send us their project proposal they would like to share with the other participants.
- Domestic Violence / Family Justice Center Approach
- Introductory presentation and moderator:Anthony Polychronakis, European Foundation of Family Justice Centers
- Experience from ULSS 12 Padua to promote strategies to fight against domestic violence
- Collecting and exchanging best practices focused on public/ private partnership aimed at the reduction of costs regarding the care of victims of violence- Solutions Against Violence in Europe
- Gifted Students – Veneto Region
Showing early abilities and uncommon interests according to the age may attract attention of scholastic, social, psychological and familiar environments. These children are defined as “gifted” and they belong to that limited part of population, approximately 2.28%, that have markedly cognitive abilities superior to general mean. They typically show early reading, very large vocabulary for the age as well as surprising curiosity for several matters, including abstract concepts that are hardly understood by the peers. Despite this amazing cognitive abilities, gifted children may show impairments at school, from both an educational and a social point of view. General development frequently shows asynchronies: early and advanced cognitive development, but typical or even later emotional and/or social/psychomotor development. These asynchronies are frequently the ground of criticalities that may become diseases, particularly during adolescent age. The incidence of mood diseases in the population is higher if compared to general population.
The wish is to exchange strategies that encourage and include talents- Future Erasmus+ proposal
Registration
Please register via the Registration form attached. You can send your proposals for good practices and project proposals to the coordinators of the working groups ENSA Childhood or Youth:
ENSA childhood: Rudy De Cock:
ENSA youth: Elena Curtopassi :