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Motivational Meditation Techniques for Favouring Memory and Attention of Students with Visual Impairment

Funder: European CommissionProject code: 2020-1-ES01-KA226-SCH-095226
Funded under: ERASMUS+ | Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices | Partnerships for Digital Education Readiness Funder Contribution: 146,370 EUR

Motivational Meditation Techniques for Favouring Memory and Attention of Students with Visual Impairment

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"The project ""Motivational Meditation Techniques for Favouring Memory and Attention of Students with Visual Impairment"" is designed to support memory, attention, resilience and motivation of students with visual impairment during the Covid-19 era. The Study ""Visual impairment and blindness in Europe and their prevention"" (Kocur, Resniko) estimated that in Europe there are 72000 blind children, childhood blindness is calculated prevalence 0.1 and 0.41 per 1000 children. Eurostat statistics shows that students with difficulty prevalence of basic activities related to seeing is a risk factor that increases early school leavers, achieving dramatical levels in participating countries (DE = 14.8%, EE = 23,2%, GR = 44,6%, SP = 26,7%, IT = 45,9%, NL = 25,8%, TK = 41,5%). Our project will provide digital tools for support the motivation of students with visive impairment to study, improve their psychological status and resilience during Covid-19 era, basing on the following factors of the needs analysis:1. Covid-19 determined the biggest outbreak of educational systems. 2. Distance learning makes more difficult the participation of lectures for students with visive impairment3. Policies for supporting students with visive impairment during the Covid-19 are lacking4. Covid-19 impacted also psychologically on students. A study performed by IIAPHS on February-May 2020 on 4471 tests demonstrated increased levels of anxiety, anger and sleep disorders. A study commissioned by the Italian Order of Psychologists and operated by Istituto Piepoli showed that the population highlighted the importance of more presence of psychologists in the school system (73%)5. Meditation techniques are valid supplement for supporting motivation, self-esteem and resilience of school students. Memory and attention can be increased through meditation. 6. Classical meditation include concepts associated with sight: Techniques of visual imagery, the use of focused sight on a physical points and imagination of visual stimuli cannot be performed properly by students with visual impairment. We will create new techniques adapted for the needs of people with visive impairment, focusing exclusively on other senses.7. Meditation classes are often performed in presence, without any adaptation for people with disability or visual impairment8. Decreased motivation can discourage students with disability to complete the studies and favour early school leaving9. Distance learning gives additional tasks, workload and distress to family members which will require to assist the student with more effort. Following the lectures at the screen lead to rapid eye fatigue, headache and other disturbance.The goal will achieved through the production of 3 intellectual outputs translated into 9 languages (EN, IT, NL, SP, MK, TK, GR, EE, DE).O1. Motivational Meditation Techniques for Students with visual impairment: a 100 pages manual designed for school teachers and students teaching how to perform and teach meditation techniques adapted for students with visive impairmentO2. The Web App for Meditation and Motivation Training for Students with Visive Impairment: a digital tool based on the needs of students with visive impairment including 20 meditation exercises designed to increase memory, attention, resilience and motivation of students with visual impairment. The exercises are organised in levels of increasing difficulties and targeted to students of ages 6-18 in order to be widely exploitable in the school education system. Piloting is performed on 500 students, including 100 students with visive impairment.O3. Policy Recommendation for the Support of Students with Visive Impairment. It is a document of at least 100 pages including a SWOT analysis of existing policies for supporting students with visive impairment, transnational comparisons and recommendation for policy makers active in the field of support to disabled students.The target group of this project are:School students with visive impairment (6-18 years) School teachers, special education teachers Policy Makers and authorities in the field of School Education, Disability, Equal Opportunities School directorsSchool PsychologistsFamily members of students with visive impairmentThe project envisage the participation of 500 school students (100 with visive impairment) for the intellectual output 2, Policy recommendation will be sent to 200 policy makers and 100 school directors. The Motivational Meditation Techniques for Students with visual impairment will be disseminated among 1000 participants among school students and school teachers. The project includes 1 international Multiplier event with 20 local and 20 foreign participants. The Impact study will be produced and used for promoting the project's content and its application after EU funding."

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