LAST CALL
9th European HOPE Congress
Together for a better education of sick children and adolescents
Preparing Pedagogues to work in a multidisciplinary team in Hospitals
Dates, place: November 5-8, Bucharest, Romania
Aims: The aim of the first HOPE Congress organized in an East – European country is bringing together the efforts and skills of children and youngsters with serious somatic and mental diseases, their families, teachers and health professionals during cognitive, emotional and personal development processes. The education of the sick children through the Hospital School takes the form of pilot projects, initiated by NGOs (e.g.: P.A.V.E.L) in several major cities in Romania. Although this continuing form of education is stipulated in the national Education Law there are many steps to accomplish until this project will be generalized in Romania. That is why we want to call the professionals from Europe and other parts oh the world to share their experiences, knowledge and practical ways in which they managed the politicians to support realizing/implementing the fundamental right to education of every sick child or adolescent. Romanian Association of Teachers and Educators working in Hospitals comprising several professionals aims to train specialists in this field. How comprehensive must be their training, what are the best strategies in working with children/adolescents with different diseases, how must act the hospital pedagogue in the multidisciplinary team such as the education to be as important as medical treatment? We hope to find an answer together, at many of these questions, inside of this Congress of HOPE.
The Congress will include keynotes speakers, presentations both academic and practice-oriented, as well as panel discussion.
Topics:
Please submit your proposals under one of the following broad headings:
- Hospital School and the Education Law in different countries;
- NGO involvement in the educational and health policies;
- Continuing training (national/international) for hospital pedagogues;
- The best strategies in working with children/adolescents with different diseases;
- Involving the family as “partner” in the educational process of sick children;
- Ensuring continuity in the education of children with somatic and mental diseases;
- Increasing the role of hospital pedagogues in the multidisciplinary team;
- Education and the compliance at treatment;
- Acceptance and rejection of children with chronic and mental illnesses;
- Cooperation between hospital pedagogues and the home schools;
- NGOs and the support for disadvantages families;
- Occupational therapy and art-therapy for sick pupils and their families;
- “Back to school!” How to make the transition easier?;
- Vocational and professional counseling.
Participants are invited to submit:
1. an abstract of around 200/350 or 500 words for:
- a proposal for a lecture (single or panel) of 15/30 or 45 minutes;
2. an abstract of around 500/1000 words for:
- a proposal for a workshop of 45/90 minutes with 10-15 minutes introduction by the workshop leader motivating the topic and resulting in “(a) product(s)”
3. an abstract of around 250 words for:
- a proposal for a poster presentation or other visual presentation;
The abstract includes: Background, Purpose of Discussion/Study, Main argument/Findings and Results, Conclusions and Recommendations.
Title your abstract as: name(s)_HOPE-Bucharest_2014
Language
The Congress language will be English.
You can submit your proposal as a Word or PDF file before 3rd of May, 2014 to the following addresses: contact@hope2014bucharest.eu or fotinica@gmail.com
Please title your e-mail as “Call for papers, HOPE 2014”
We are looking forward to hear from you and your HOPE Congress contributions!