FUNDAÇÃO AFID DIFERENÇA

Transition to Active Life

One good practice

11/03/2015

MISION

A quality active life for people with disabilities

and other target groups in an inclusive society.

Promote the autonomy and social support,

health, education and training, in a sustained

manner, fight exclusion, protect the clients

and the heritage of the Foundation and

guarantee excellence in service provision.

VISION

Values

• Ethics• Integrity• Solidarity• Respect• Rigor• Humanization• Equal

Opportunities

Accreditation AFID Difference Foundation as Resource Center for Inclusion (CRI) - on May 2013

This service is regulated by Ministry of Education and Science, through the General Directorate for Schools (DGEstE)

THERAPEUTIC RESPONSES:

• Speech Therapy

• Occupational therapy

• Psychology

TARGET GROUP:

Children and youths with disabilities, according to

the Decree - Law Nº 3/2008, of January 7,

attending regular public school, aged between 6 to

18 years old

Resource Center for Inclusion (CRI)

• Nº schools: 13

• Nº students with special needs:

108

• Nº technicians: 5

Special education aims to promote educational and social inclusion, access and educational success, autonomy, emotional stability, and the promotion of equal opportunities, preparation for further study or for proper preparation for life after-school or professional.

Decree – Law Nº 3/ 2008

The Decree – Law nº 3/ 2008 proposes differents

educational measures for students with special needs.

The aplication of this measures depends on the

degree of disabilities and funcionality of each student.

Educational Measures

CEI – Individual Specific CurriculumThis document includes content leading to personal and social autonomy of the student and gives prioritiy to the development of functional oriented activities centered in the contexts of life, including the process of transition to working life.

PIT – Individual Transition Plan

The implementation starts three years before the end of

compulsory education.

Objective:

To promote the transition to post-school life and,

whenever possible, to carry out a professional activity

with adequate social inclusion, family or an institution

with occupational intervention.

Educational Measures

PIT – Individual Transition Plan

• A planning tool

• Student Focus

• Identifies goals in education, work, training, community

participation, leisure and interpersonal relations

• Identifies resources, opportunities and services

available

• Identifies the services that the student will attend

PIT

Technical Team-Teatcher- Monitor

- Tutor

Student- Self assessment: skills;

interests, motivations

Community- Insertion

Family - Expectations- Perceptions

PIT – Individual Transition Plan

In AFID we promote the frequency in two

facilities such as Occupational Activity Center or

Vocational Educational Training.

Students with special needs spend a period of

their week in one of the activities in AFID.

Some of this students, after eightheen, stay in

AFID as a client.

PIT – Individual Transition Plan

2014-2015

We attend 20 students to develop their PIT,

once a week

Examples of activities:

Occupational Activity Center

Vocational Educational Training – Gardening,

Woodwork, Kitchen, Kindergarten, Laundry, etc.

“My Dream Come True”

"It is up to us to build our future. We need to remove barriers inside ourselves and others. We have to grow beyond our disability - then the world will accept us better. "

Morada: Rua Quinta do Paraíso - Alto Moinho | 2610-316 Amadora

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