ProToM
"Promoting Deaf/Hard of Hearing Children's Theory of Mind and Emotion Understanding" (ProToM) is a strategic partnership between research and practice partners from four European countries that runs from 2018 to 2021.
This partnership is funded by the European Union (Erasmus+) and Movetia.
The aim is to develop an evidence-based modular training programme for the promotion of theory-of-mind competences and emotional knowledge and the related sign language and spoken language competences of deaf and hard of hearing children.
It offers different methodological approaches and materials to take into account the diversity of pupils (different learning conditions, age groups, educational contexts, language skills and cultures).
The training programme will first be tested in schools and educational institutions in the various partner countries. The results will then be disseminated throughout Europe by making all exercises and materials available free of charge on a homepage in different languages.
Partners
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany; Coordination of the European Partners (Prof. Dr. Claudia Becker)
- Interkantonale Hochschule für Heilpädagogik Zurich, Switzerland; Coordination Switzerland (Dr. Mireille Audeoud)
- Harokopio University of Athens, Greece (Dr. Katerina Antonopoulou)
- Ministry of Education and Culture, Nicosia, Cyprus (Dr. Kika Hadjikakou)
- Ernst-Adolf-Eschke-Schule Berlin, Germany
- Bildungs- und Beratungszentrum für Hörgeschädigte Stegen, Germany
- Pädagogisches Zentrum für Hören und Sprache HSM, Münchenbuchsee, Switzerland
- Zentrum für Gehör und Sprache Zürich, Switzerland
- 23 Dimotko Scholeio Lemesou 23-Ag. Spyridonas, Limassol, Cyprus
- Special Elementary School for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing of Argyroupolis, Athens, Greece
- Special Education United Vocational and Senior High School of Chalkida, Greece
Further information about the project in different sign and written languages can be found on the project's homepage.