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Development of Innovation was the project general objective, based on the priorities:•Further development of the VET quality assurance mechanisms; and•Contribution to the improvement of the Inclusive youth education and training.The project aims at elaboration of a VET quality offer for SEN learners, with a specific focus on learners with attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), through the implementation of Quality Assurance (QA) principles in VET in line with the EQAVET recommendation. The team developed a QA Framework (QAF) and Tools for an effective support to VET providers to plan, implement, monitor & evaluate their training strategies related to participation in iVET and cVET; and to the continuous feedback loops between the two systems.Innovativeness:•Implements holistic approach to apply QA in VET for ADHD learners. Aims at defining a QAF (including principles, indicators, tools and guidelines) for iVET and cVET;•Applies a lifelong learning strategy in order to support education and training of ADHD learners at all ages;•Brings together relevant organisations with broad experience in QA - iVET and cVET, teacher training institutions, education and training of ADHD learners, business, HEIs and ICT;•Includes iVET & VET providers who to facilitate dissemination and test the QAF by majority of providers in the participant countries and across Europe;•Includes also business representatives, teacher education institutions, organisations training ADHD learners which guarantee the stakeholders' validation and recognition of the project key outputs and thus, to facilitate the mainstreaming and thereby sustainability. Target audience:iVET & cVET Providers, training teachers and ADHD learners; Teacher’s, School ADHD associations; ADHD learners; Project Partners; National and European organisations active in the VET field and inclusive education and training; National authorities (relevant Ministries, Agencies, regional Offices, etc.)Project outputs: •Compendium of good practices in the field of EQAVET implementation in VET for learners with ADHD. ISBN: 978-954-07-4510-7. The objective is to highlight examples of good practice in the field of EQAVET implementation in VET programmes addressed to ADHD learners, incl. details regarding the methodologies applied and results achieved. •Quality Assurance Framework for VET for learners with ADHD. ISBN: 978-954-07-4511-4. This is the key output of the project and the objective is to provide a user friendly tool as a benchmark for QA systems for the VET providers acting in the field. Based on the evidence summarised in the “Best Practices” compendium and the defined Indicators, “Guidelines Assisting VET School Boards in Delivering Special Education Services for Students with ADHD” were developed. They are structured around the three main dimensions “Improving my organisation”; “Improving my training delivery”; and “Improving my teaching methods”. http://tools4adhd.eu/guidelines/. The Introductory text is translated to all national languages of the consortium partners. •Toolkit for VET providers training ADHD learners. ISBN: 978-954-07-4512-1:In order to concretely support VET providers in understanding, implementing and measuring QA management systems, partners have also provided a QA Toolkit including tools for the three QA phases and related to the quality principles and indicators designed within the project. All these documents are published in the web-site designed to serve the specialised audience.Attained impact:The produced outputs:ocontribute to the support of VET-programs to align their quality initiatives with European and national policies in the field of inclusive VET;ohelp providers and local/regional/national authorities understand the level of change required of providers and VET-provision to align their QA approach with the inclusive ET policies;opromote awareness of the quality exercise among stakeholders and obtain the commitment of key stakeholders;ofacilitate the assessment and document stakeholder interests, influence and importance concerning QA in VET for ADHD learners;ogenerate a desire to change and improve VET-programs addressed to ADHD learners, e.g. indicate planned and ongoing initiatives that may be supportive of the alignment exercise, either national or regional/local level.Consortium:Eight institutions from BG, IT, GR, ES and SE were members of the consortium. The contribution of each of them is particularly important for the project success. Coordinator was Sofia University “St. Kl. Ohridski” (BG). Methodological coordinator was the team of Effebi (IT). Swedish partner led the development of the Toolkit. SciFy partner developed the web site for the users http://tools4adhd.eu. UNINETTUNO led the development of the Compendium with best practices. The Spanish partner developed the Glossary of the most used ADHD terminology then translated into all national languages.
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