Events

SENEL Event June 2017 Meeting the needs of your business PDF invitation

SENEL dissemination in Finland

The Finnish SENEL seminar was organized at JAMK, Teacher Education College on 16 March 2017. The goal of the seminar was to present different tools developed by the project partners:  the Mini-Guide for Employers and the Passport to Employment for Young People with SEND. The seminar also presented Exhibition on Good Practices on the Employment.

The day included the following presentations

1. Introduction to the day, JAMK  University of Applied Sciences, Maija Hirvonen.
2. Presentation of the SENEL project, University of Northampton, Sheena Bell.
3. Experiences on the employment of young people with SEND, Kaisa Perämäki (The Finnish Deafblind Association)  and on the planning successful employment as a part of VET studies including students` success stories, Miiko Taka with her students Hennariikka Pärssinen and Joona Holm (VET College Bovallius).
4. SENEL Passport to Employment for Young People with Special Educational Needs/Disability, Tuulia Kiilavuori (JAMK)
5. Mini-Guide, the Finnish version, Antti Teittinen and Simo Klem (FAIDD)
6. Presentations of other employment-related projects: Key-Tutor, Osata-project.

Dr Sheena Bell (University of Northampton) visited the seminar along with partners from the FAIDD organisation. Dr Bell gave an introductory presentation on the SENEL project and the representatives from FAIDD, Dr Antti Teittinen and project worker Simo Klem, shared Finnish experiences on the Mini-Guide for Employers. The seminar attracted an amazing 73 participants and was also live-streamed through the internet to many more participants across Finland. (Our target attendance for this event was 25!)  During the event we also hit our 200th Twitter follower!

Highlights of the event were wonderful speeches and confident answering of questions by three young people with learning difficulties, along with an employer and a trainer. Our new product, the online Passport to Employment for Young People with SEND, is currently in the piloting stage. It was presented in the workshop, and is being very well received by both trainers and young people.

Supporting Young People with Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) into Employment

If you are interested in supporting the potential of young people with SEND please join us for a business breakfast and presentation day.

DATE AND TIME: Wednesday 8th June 2016

LOCATION: The University of Northampton

 BY INVITATION ONLY - JOIN OUR FREE EVENT

 The presentation day will include:

• Exhibition of International Good Practice showcasing benefits young people with special needs and disabilities bring to different businesses
• Mini-Guide for Employers highlighting the strengths and skills that young people with special needs and disabilities bring to business.
• Round table discussions to explore how young people with special needs and disabilities can benefit of your business.
• The opportunity to network with interested people from businesses, colleges and other organisations. 

Photos and material from the event

Photo gallery is available in Flick.

PowerPoints and documents:

• Agenda
• Introduction
• Mini-Guide
• Passport
• Marek Juha
• Richard Rose
• Bernadette Mclean Powerpoint Video

”Week for Inclusion” in the Czech Republic – 17.-23.10.2016

Workshop – Support of Transition to Work during the “Week for Inclusion” – October, 20^th, 2016

The national "Week for Inclusion" took place in the Czech Republic for the 5th time. Masaryk University (Faculty of Education) and AGAPO took part in the event and prepared a workshop which was advertised and opened to public as well. Students, teachers and social workers took part. SENEL project and transition programme as a service were introduced. We talked about the possibilities for young people with SEND on the transition from school to work, in groups the participants discussed the mini-guide and passport and gave us their feedback.

More photos: Week for Inclusion SENEL workshop

SENEL byl součástí “Týdne pro inkluzi” v České republice

Na semináři v rámci Týdne pro inkluzi představili Institut výzkumu inkluzivního vzdělávání PdF MU a nezisková organizace AGAPO nástroje k podpoře mladých lidí s postižením či znevýhodněním na přechodu ze školu do práce. Představeny byly nástroje, které vznikají v rámci evropského projektu SENEL, a tranzitní program, účastníci měli možnost diskutovat a sami přispět svými nápady.

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Tyden pro inkluzi SENEL

Exhibition of the SENEL Best Practices in Brno during the “Week for Inclusion” – October 2016

During the annual national event “Week for inclusion” the exhibition of SENEL Best Practices was displayed in the main library of the Faculty of Education. Furthermore, participants of various workshops could get to know our successful young people also at our mini-exhibition at the Institute for Research in Inclusive Education at the Masaryk University.

More photos: Exhibition Week for Inclusion

SENEL tram

Throughout the whole month of May, citizens of the city of Brno can meet the SENEL tram containing our exhibition of best practices in employing young people with SEND. Passengers can read through a number of stories of young people succesfully employed at free labour market, and despite their disability, utilizing their competences which are recognized and valued by their employers as well as colleagues.

You can meet these young people at our webpage as well, have a look in the section "Stories".

The Flickr Tram gallery is available here and the poster gallery is here. You can also browse event photos by clicking the photo below.

International meeting in Czech Republic

The first exhibition of good practice and public meeting about the SENEL project took place in March 2016 in Brno. Around 50 participants from various institutions – government departments, job centres, care homes and NGOs – listened to the experience of the SENEL partners and discussed the ways to improve employment opportunities for young people with SEND. After lunch the participants left for two site visits organized as part of the seminar. The first one took place in a workshop V Růžovém sadu, z.ú. where the people make small wooden items. The second site visit took us to the social enterprises Hlívenka, Pradagos and Simeva focusing on agriculture and gardening.  During coffee break and lunch all participants were invited to look at and discuss the SENEL exhibition and videos presenting good practice in partner countries.

There are three different photo galleries available in Flickr:

- Seminar - morning part

- Site visit to workshop V Růžovém sadu, z.ú.

- Site visit social enterprises

You can also browse event photos by clicking the photos below.

For more information on the programme see the invitation. 

Support of Employers and Young People with Disabilities at the Job Market

Working seminar

DATE AND TIME: 15th March 2016

LOCATION: Pedagogická fakulta MU

BY INVITATION ONLY - JOIN OUR FREE EVENT

The presentation day will include:

• Exhibition of International Good Practice showcasing benefits young people with special needs and disabilities bring to different businesses.
• Round table discussions to explore how young people with special needs and disabilities can benefit of your business.
• The opportunity to network with interested people from businesses, colleges and other organisations.