Pleven, 30 June – 1 July 2014
The next workshop for intermediaries of young people with learning disabilities (YPLD) on Keep мe Safe project took place in park hotel Kaylaka in Pleven. Pedagogues, psychologists, social workers, health specialists and parents of YPLD from different institutions in Pleven, Lovech, Dolni Dabnik and Zgalevo took participation. The experts from Bulgarian Association for Family Planning (BFPA) – Dr. Radosveta Stamenkova and Daniela Dikova – presented interactive methods for working with the target group, in which were included different combined approaches.
Everyone consolidated around the opinion that there is a huge need to work for health education and prevention of sexual abuse for YPLD. The participants actively worked on and focused their attention on wide range of topics among which: easy language, human rights, reproductive system, hygiene of body, contraception, etc. In the end of the seminar during work in groups according institutions which they presented, the participants made their own Action Plan for changes needed, connected with the topic presented. Among the most of them clearly were outlined two main needs: of additional visual materials for educating YPLD on topics and of working with parents.
The training took place in partnership with BFPA Pleven
Gallery with pictures from the event
KEEP ME SAFE is a two year (2013–2015) European initiative, coordinated by the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) and co-financed by European Commission (DJ Justice – Program Daphne III).
More information about the project. http://www.safesex.bg/en/ongoing-projects/keep-me-safe
