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PROJECT RESOURCES LIBRARY​

Welcome to the Project Resources Library, your go-to destination for high-quality, open-access resources designed to support youth workers and promote the inclusion of Young People With Intellectual Disabilities (YPWID). This page houses a wealth of essential materials, including:

  • Guidance Toolkit: Comprehensive guidelines on Sexual and Affectivity Education, available in multiple languages.
  • Games’ Compendium: Engaging game-based learning activities and instructional guides for effective implementation.
  • National Reports: In-depth reports from each project partner country, detailing local findings and practices.
  • European Report: A thorough analysis of the project’s overall findings, research methodologies, and strategic insights.

Explore our resources and empower your work with YPWID by accessing our expertly crafted materials.

Guidance Toolkit

Toolkit Overview: Comprehensive guidelines for youth workers on Sexual and Affectivity Education.


The Guidance Toolkit: one of the outputs produced under the project

Several other products have been developed as part of the project. One of these is a Games Compendium tailored to young persons with intellectual disabilities, created to familiarise youth workers and carers with Game-Based Learning Activities (GBLA) and to provide them with an adaptable tool for delivering relevant sexual and emotional education to them. Such an approach would greatly help both social workers – by providing them with new tools and teaching materials – as well as the young persons with intellectual disabilities who would be able to benefit from this brand new learning method by improving their overall understanding of the subject.
The partnership strongly recommends reading this toolkit in conjunction with the other materials produced as part of this project.

Toolkit translations

Инструментариумът за ориентиране: един от резултатите, изготвени в рамките на проекта

В рамките на проекта бяха разработени и няколко други продукта. Един от тях е Сборник с игри, пригоден за младежи с интелектуални затруднения, създаден, за да запознае младежките работници и настойниците с дейностите за обучение чрез игри (GBLA) и да им предостави адаптивен инструмент за предоставяне на подходящо сексуално и емоционално образование за тях. Подобен подход би помогнал в голяма степен както на социалните работници – като им предостави нови инструменти и учебни материали – така и на младежите с интелектуални затруднения, които ще могат да се възползват от този съвсем нов метод на обучение, като подобрят цялостното си разбиране на темата.
Партньорството настоятелно препоръчва да се чете този инструментариум заедно с другите материали, изготвени в рамките на този проект.

La boîte à outils d’orientation : l’un des produits réalisés dans le cadre du projet

Plusieurs autres produits ont été développés dans le cadre du projet. L’un d’entre eux est un compendium de jeux adapté aux jeunes atteints de déficiences intellectuelles, créé pour familiariser les travailleurs de jeunesse et les soignants avec les activités d’apprentissage basées sur le jeu (GBLA) et pour leur fournir un outil adaptable leur permettant de dispenser une éducation sexuelle et émotionnelle pertinente à ces jeunes. Une telle approche aiderait grandement les travailleurs sociaux – en leur fournissant de nouveaux outils et matériels pédagogiques – ainsi que les jeunes déficients intellectuels qui pourraient bénéficier de cette toute nouvelle méthode d’apprentissage en améliorant leur compréhension globale du sujet.
Le partenariat recommande vivement la lecture de cette boîte à outils en conjonction avec les autres matériels produits dans le cadre de ce projet.

Η εργαλειοθήκη καθοδήγησης: ένα από τα αποτελέσματα που παρήχθησαν στο πλαίσιο του έργου

Αρκετά άλλα προϊόντα αναπτύχθηκαν στο πλαίσιο του έργου. Ένα από αυτά είναι μια Συλλογή παιχνιδιών προσαρμοσμένη στα νεαρά άτομα με νοητική αναπηρία, η οποία δημιουργήθηκε για να εξοικειώσει τους εργαζόμενους στους τομείς της νεολαίας και τους φροντιστές με τις δραστηριότητες μάθησης με βάση τα παιχνίδια (GBLA) και να τους παράσχει ένα προσαρμόσιμο εργαλείο για την παροχή σχετικής σεξουαλικής και συναισθηματικής εκπαίδευσης σε αυτούς. Μια τέτοια προσέγγιση θα βοηθούσε σημαντικά τόσο τους κοινωνικούς λειτουργούς – παρέχοντάς τους νέα εργαλεία και διδακτικό υλικό – όσο και τα νεαρά άτομα με νοητική αναπηρία, τα οποία θα μπορούσαν να επωφεληθούν από αυτή την ολοκαίνουργια μέθοδο μάθησης βελτιώνοντας τη συνολική τους κατανόηση του θέματος.
Η σύμπραξη συνιστά ανεπιφύλακτα την ανάγνωση αυτής της εργαλειοθήκης σε συνδυασμό με το υπόλοιπο υλικό που παρήχθη στο πλαίσιο αυτού του έργου.

Il Guidance Toolkit: uno dei prodotti realizzati nell’ambito del progetto

Nell’ambito del progetto sono stati sviluppati diversi altri prodotti. Uno di questi è un compendio di giochi adattato ai giovani con disabilità intellettiva, creato per familiarizzare gli operatori giovanili e gli assistenti con le attività di apprendimento basate sul gioco (GBLA) e per fornire loro uno strumento adattabile per fornire loro un’educazione sessuale ed emotiva pertinente. Questo approccio aiuterebbe molto sia gli operatori sociali – fornendo loro nuovi strumenti e materiali didattici – sia i giovani con disabilità intellettiva, che potrebbero beneficiare di questo nuovissimo metodo di apprendimento migliorando la loro comprensione generale dell’argomento.
Il partenariato raccomanda vivamente di leggere questo kit di strumenti insieme agli altri materiali prodotti nell’ambito di questo progetto.

La Guía práctica: uno de los productos del proyecto

En el marco del proyecto se han desarrollado otros productos. Uno de ellos es un Compendio de Juegos adaptado a los jóvenes con discapacidad intelectual, creado para familiarizar a los trabajadores sociales y cuidadores con las Actividades de Aprendizaje Basadas en el Juego (AEBJ) y proporcionarles una herramienta adaptable para impartirles una educación sexual y emocional pertinente. Este enfoque ayudaría enormemente tanto a los trabajadores sociales -al proporcionarles nuevas herramientas y materiales didácticos- como a los jóvenes con discapacidad intelectual, que podrían beneficiarse de este nuevo método de aprendizaje mejorando su comprensión general del tema.
La asociación recomienda encarecidamente la lectura de este conjunto de herramientas junto con los demás materiales elaborados en el marco de este proyecto.

Rehberlik Araç Kiti: proje kapsamında üretilen çıktılardan biri

Proje kapsamında başka ürünler de geliştirilmiştir. Bunlardan biri, gençlik çalışanlarını ve bakıcıları Oyun Temelli Öğrenme Aktiviteleri (GBLA) ile tanıştırmak ve onlara ilgili cinsel ve duygusal eğitim vermek için uyarlanabilir bir araç sağlamak için oluşturulan zihinsel engelli gençlere özel bir Oyun Özeti’dir. Böyle bir yaklaşım hem sosyal hizmet uzmanlarına – onlara yeni araçlar ve öğretim materyalleri sağlayarak – hem de bu yepyeni öğrenme yönteminden faydalanabilecek zihinsel engelli gençlere konuya ilişkin genel anlayışlarını geliştirerek büyük ölçüde yardımcı olacaktır.
Ortaklık, bu araç setinin, bu projenin bir parçası olarak üretilen diğer materyallerle birlikte okunmasını şiddetle tavsiye etmektedir.

Games’ Compendium

Overview: A collection of games focused on Sexual Education for Young Persons with Disabilities.

Instructional Materials: Detailed guides for youth workers and caregivers on how to implement the games effectively.

National Reports

This report presents findings from desk research and interviews, exploring how young people with intellectual disabilities (YPWID) perceive relationships, sexuality, and sex education.

The report highlights significant gaps in Bulgaria’s sexual education system, noting that comprehensive sexual education is not compulsory, and much of it is integrated into other subjects like biology or life skills. The lack of a structured curriculum leaves many young people, particularly those with intellectual disabilities, with limited knowledge about sexual health, relationships, and consent. The interviews reveal that most YPWID do not receive formal sex education, relying instead on friends, media, or the internet for information.

The report stresses the importance of tailored educational materials and specialized training for youth workers and educators.

This report summarizes the findings of desk research and interviews conducted with young people with intellectual disabilities (YPWID), focusing on their understanding of sexuality and relationships.

The report outlines key findings on how YPWID comprehend relationships, friendship, romantic relationships, and sexual education. It highlights gaps in their knowledge and the challenges they face, such as limited familiarity with sexual education and difficulty grasping complex emotional concepts. The report also includes insights from youth workers and professionals, emphasizing the importance of tailored materials and training for addressing these sensitive topics.

This report presents the findings of desk research and interviews conducted with young people with intellectual disabilities (YPWID), particularly regarding their understanding of sexuality and relationships.

The report details key results from interviews on how YPWID perceive relationships, friendship, and romantic relationships. It highlights a lack of proper sex education in Greece, with YPWID mostly learning about these topics from family or friends. The findings also show that YPWID struggle with concepts such as consent, sexual desire, and safe sex practices.

Youth workers and professionals involved in the interviews emphasized the need for better training and resources to support YPWID in understanding sexuality.

This report presents the findings from desk research and interviews conducted with young people with intellectual disabilities (YPWID), focusing on their understanding of sexuality and relationships.

The report highlights that sex education is not compulsory in Spanish schools, with most young people learning about sexuality from the internet or friends. There is also a lack of specific sex education for YPWID, and overprotection by families often limits their opportunities to experience intimacy. Legal frameworks in Spain do address sexual and reproductive rights, but practical implementation, especially for people with disabilities, remains limited.

The interviews revealed that YPWID struggle to differentiate between friendship and romantic relationships, with little understanding of sexual orientation, consent, or the boundaries between sex and love. The lack of safe spaces to discuss these topics, along with the absence of comprehensive sex education, results in confusion and misinformation.

This report details findings from desk research and interviews conducted with young people with intellectual disabilities (YPWID), focusing on their understanding of sexuality and relationships.

The report highlights the lack of a legal framework for sex education in Turkey, where sexual education is mostly limited to privacy, personal hygiene, and protection from abuse. The findings reveal that YPWID generally lack knowledge about sexual health and are often embarrassed to talk about it. The interviews show that these young people have little understanding of concepts like romantic relationships, sexual orientation, and consent. Most interviewees had not received formal sex education, and their knowledge of sex often comes from family members or social platforms.

Youth workers involved in the interviews emphasized the need for better training and materials to support YPWID in understanding sexuality.

European Report
 

Introduction

The GIAff4ID European Report provides a comprehensive analysis of the project’s findings and methodologies in promoting Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) for Young People With Intellectual Disabilities (YPWID). It encompasses detailed desk research and interviews conducted across consortium countries, focusing on sexual education and affectivity themes. This report synthesizes data from various national reports to present a unified perspective on the needs, expectations, and educational strategies for YPWID.

Contents

  1. Research and Interviews

    • Detailed desk research on sex education and affectivity.
    • Interviews with YPWID and youth workers to gather insights and needs.
  2. Key Findings

    • Analysis of collected data from desk research and interviews.
    • Identification of gaps and best practices in SRHR education for YPWID.
  3. Toolkit and Compendium Development

    • Guidelines for developing inclusive sexual education materials.
    • Game-Based Learning Activities tailored for different abilities and contexts.

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