Country: Lithuania. 

School: Kėdainių specialioji mokykla

Activity Type: Short-term joint staff training events.

Activity title: Improvement in students' behavior and emotional state through therapies.

Data:  26th - 30th July 2021 

Description:  The training activities held during the visit:

Welcoming meeting - Welcome to our school.
-Meeting with the school community.
-Student’s virtual concert.
-School presentation (environment, base).
-Presentation about the system of Lithuanian Special Education.
-Presentations (PPT, video) teachers good work experience: improvement of behavior and emotions through therapies.
Cultural visit: Cultural visit guided tour in the old town of Kėdainiai, visit the old town, the museums and other famous places in Kedainiai. Trip to Vilnius and  Trakai (Trakai Castle Museum). 
Educational Programs:
Presentations: ,,Sensory integration therapy: sensory body sack", ,,Special needs students learning motivation, desirable behavior and positive emotion trough visual education in speech therapy", ,,Students sports activities and achievements. Floor hockey", ,,Sand and light therapies for pupils with behavioral and emotional disorders", ,,Promotion of physical activities in Kedainiai special school", ,,Shadow theatre. Students' self - expression and characterization of actors in making tales".

Workshop and activities:
-PECS method (Picture Exchange Communication System) activity for Autistic pupils.
-Presentation: teacher-produced training tools for Autistic students and pupils with speech disorders.
-Sand and light therapy activity for students with moderate and severe intellectual disabilities.
Cultural visit: Klaipėda and Palanga (by sea). Sea Museum.
Workshop and activities (students and project partners)
- Natural therapy: wooden decorations: birds. Improvement of pupils' practical skills while working with wood panels.
- Natural therapy: handcrafts from wool: flowers. Wool felting and product design.
- Trip to Birštonas: Procedure - Kneipp therapy for partners.Sebastian Kneipp’s holistic concept of improving health is based on five elements: water therapy, exercise therapy, plant therapy, balance therapy and nutrition.
Farewell event with the school community.
-A general review on the training meeting.
-Evaluation of meeting.
-Taking photos, exchanging opinions and ideas.
-Educational program ,,Lithuanian dish“. Farewell dinner. Certificates ceremony.

OUTCOMES
- PPT presentations, Movie Maker presentations, video, photographs.
- Booklet with brief delivery and photos.
- The logo of the project will be printed on the keychains and notebooks.
- Presentation of the material will be published in a facebook group, etwinning, youtube, on the project website.