CONTACT

If you want more info about PoD project, do not hesitate contact any of these mails and we will try give you a feedback as soon as possible.

- Project promotor: fundacion@downzaragoza.org
- Project coordinator: proyectos@masterd.es

CONSORTIUM

Promotor: FUNDACION PARA LA DISCAPACIDAD PSÍQUICA - SPAIN
Coordinator: MASTER-D - SPAIN
Partner: ARAGONESE INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SERVICES (IASS) - SPAIN
Partner: PRAGMA ENGINEERING S.R.L. - ITALY
Partner: KMOP: FAMILY AND CHILDCARE CENTRE - GREECE
Partner: ASOCIATIA LANGDON DOWN OLTENIA CENTRUL EDUCATIONAL TEODORA - ROMANIA

TARGET GROUPS

• Direct ones:
  –Specialists, public and private institutions involved in caring for persons with Down Syndrome (specialists and health, educational and social institutions).
  –Family members of persons with Down Syndrome.
  –Associations, organizations and foundations that work and/or help the community of persons with Down Syndrome and their families.
• Indirect ones:
  –Persons with Down Syndrome, since the creation of this tool, geared towards the families, will directly improve their quality of life.
  –Students in the health, educational and social branches who are interested in learning about Down Syndrome in greater depth.
  

PROJECT OBJECTIVES

- Detect and analyze the needs of families of persons with Down Syndrome throughout their lives, contextualized within the social situation of each participating country.

- Design and validate a useful and relevant training tool with the dual purpose of getting to know persons with Down Syndrome at the different stages of their lives and complement the direct attention that families receive from professionals.

- Study in depth the different fields of intervention: health, educational, work and social.

- Become aware of the specialized accompanying needs these family members have.

- Promote participation of the different professionals involved in the attention for persons with Down Syndrome and their family members.

- Improve this community’s quality of life by involving the families in the development process of their children, siblings, etc.

- Evaluate during the project’s development both the evolution and implementation and the methodology used to put it into practice.

- Distribute this tool among all those communities, agencies and related institutions.

- Facilitate access to all family members needing it through the intervention of a professional or multi-disciplinary team.

MAIN GOAL

To design, develop and implement a new training tool for family members, professionals and volunteers to help stimulate and educate persons with Down Syndrome throughout their lifetime development.

The final goal is to improve the quality of life of this community and achieve maximum autonomy.