Today, Friday, September 27, the Rome Phyrtual Innovation Gym will host an international conference to present the results produced by Project DisAbuse - Disablist Bullying - Experience into Change, Providing the Right Support Services. The European project tested new courses to prevent and contrast disablist bullying in four European countries. In Italy, the project was coordinated by the Fondazione Mondo Digitale and involved teachers, students and psychologists in work sessions with the Lego® Serious Play® Methodology.
The international conference will be held in Italian and English with simultaneous translations and sign language interpreters (LIS).
"DISABLIST BULLYING" INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE IN ROME
September 27, 2019 – 9:00 am
Phyrtual Innovation Gym, Via del Quadraro 102
Moderator: Stefano Trasatti, Communications Manager, CSVNet & Editor, Superabile.it
9.00 | Participant Registration and Welcome Coffee
9.45 | INAUGURAL SPEECH
- Prof. Alfonso Molina, Scientific Director, Fondazione Mondo Digitale
10.00 | PROJECT DISABUSE
- Prof. Mona O’Moore, Project DisAbuse Manager & Founder of the National Anti-Bullying Research and Resource Centre, Dublin City University
- Dr. Paz Prendes Espinosa, University of Murcia
10.30 TESTIMONIALS
- Marta Tonelli, Psychologist and Psychotherapist
- Project DisAbuse. What It Means to Me - Demis, 15
- My Poetry for DisAbuse and My Story - Fabiola, 16
11.00 | DISABILITY AND BULLYING: INITIATIVES AND RESEARCH
- Maria Ximena Rivas, National Director, SENADIS (Chile)
- Prof. Francesca Bracci, European University of Rome
- Prof. Ersilia Menesini, University of Florence
11.45 | FINAL OBSERVATIONS
- Mariangela Di Gneo, Office for Disability, Italian Ministry of Public Education, University and Research
- Prof. Dario Bacchini, “Federico II” University of Naples
12.15 | Q&A | INTERNATIONAL SESSION
- Prof. Mona O'More, National Anti-bullying Centre, Dublin
- Dr. Irene Connolly, Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology
- Fiona Weldon, National Anti-bullying Centre, Dublin
- Marian McDonnell, Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology
- Prof. Susana Fonseca, University Institute of Lisbon (ISCTE)
- Prof. Paz Prendes Espinosa, University of Murcia
12.45 | FINAL PHOTO, INTERVIEWS AND NETWORKING
12.45 | LUNCH
1.45 | LABS
- WORKSHOP 1 [in Italian]
Testing a DisAbuse educational module with the LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® Methodology - "Strategies to Contrast Bullying” – organised by Cecilia Stajano, School Innovation Manager, Fondazione Mondo Digitale, with Ilaria Graziano and Annaleda Mazzucato, Researchers and Project Managers, Fondazione Mondo Digitale.
- WORKSHOP 2 [in English]
- Testing a DisAbuse educational module with the LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® Methodology - "What is Bullying? What is not Bullying” – organised by Fiona Weldon, Researcher, Designer and Educator at the National Anti-Bullying Research and Resource Centre, Dublin City University; Lian McGuire M.Sc, M.Ed. Researcher ABC - National Anti-Bullying Research and Resource Centre, Institute of Education, Dublin City University; Marian McDonnell, Professor, Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology.
3.30 | COFFEE BREAK
The project is implemented as part of the Erasmus+ Programme by the Anti-bullying Centre at the University of Dublin (Ireland), Fondazione Mondo Digitale (Italy), Institute of Art & Design Technology (Ireland), University of Lisbon (Portugal) and University of Murcia (Spain).
Il progetto è implementato all’interno del programma Erasmus+ dal Centro anti-bullismo dell'Università di Dublino (Irlanda), da Fondazione Mondo Digitale (Italia), Institute of Art & Design Technology (Irlanda), Università di Lisbona (Portogallo) e Università di Murcia (Spagna).
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