NEWork

New ERASMUS + project from 2020 September 1

From September 1, 2020 VšĮ Socialinių inovacijų centras (SIC) started coordinating and implementing the new two-year Erasmus + KA204 project NEWork – NEurodiversity at work: Supporting young adults with ASD enter and succeed at the workplace“ Nr. 2020-1-LT01-KA204-078035 together with partners - Innovation Hive (Greece), Stichting Drawing to Health (Netherlands), STANDO LTD (Cyprus), LATVIJAS UNIVERSITATE (Latvia) and SC PSIHOFORWORLD (Romania).

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a complex lifelong developmental disorder characterized by disorders of social communication, interaction, and imagination that affect each individual differently. According to the Autism Society, ASD is the fastest growing disease with an annual growth rate of 10-17%.

The final products of the project are:

1) Joint curricula and training programme for soft skills development of young adults with ASD (IO1);

2) Soft Skills development online tutorials for individuals with autism (IO2);

3) NEWork elearning platform (IO3).

The project is funded by the European Commission under the Erasmus + program.

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Project news

2020-12-04

Kick off meeting of Erasmus + KA204 project ,, NEurodiversity at work: Supporting young adults with ASD enter and succeed at the workplace “

On Decmber 4, 2020 Erasmus + KA204 project ,, NEurodiversity at work: Supporting young adults with ASD enter and succeed at the workplace “ partners - VsI Socialiniu inovaciju centras (SIC) , Innovation Hive (Greece), Stichting Drawing to Health (Netherlands), STANDO LTD (Cyprus), LATVIJAS UNIVERSITATE (Latvia) and SC PSIHOFORWORLD (Romania) had a virtual Kick off meeting.

Partners presented their selves and their institutions, discussed about the design of a project website, contents of final products:

1) a joint program for the development of soft skills in young people with ASD (IO1);

2) online soft skills development textbooks for ADS individuals (IO2);

3) el. learning platform (IO3).

We were happy to see each other and start an interesting project.