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Toolkit to bring play and inclusion to refugees living in remote communities

Category: TOY for Inclusion   |   Types of resource: Tool   |   Year: 2023   |   Author: ICDI   |   Region: Europe   |   Age focus: all ages   |  

This Toolkit is intended for organisations wishing to set up and run Mobile Play Hubs for children aged 0 to 10 years old. It is also useful to regular Play Hubs and other non-formal ECEC settings that want to make (outdoor) play more accessible to children of all ages. With this Toolkit, practitioners will be able to set up a Mobile Play Hub and increase their knowledge about different forms of outdoor play. The Activity Cards provide inspiration to make outdoor play as accessible as possible.

You can download “Mobile Play Hub – Operating Guidelines and Outdoor Play” here and “Mobile Play Hub – Activity Cards” here.

Toolkit on inclusive community based ECEC

Category: TOY for Inclusion   |   Types of resource: Tool   |   Year: 2023   |   Author: TOY For Inclusion   |   Region: Europe   |   Age focus: zero to eight   |  

Inclusive education requires the use of varied strategies and techniques to ensure equal participation of all children to advance their development. Due to its nature and qualities, play forms part of flexible, child-centred and participatory/experiential educational strategies for celebrating diversity in education.

This Toolkit is for practitioners in any non-formal setting for children 0-8 years old interested in strengthening inclusive education. More about this resource can be found here.

The Toolkit is available in English. Translation in Ukrainian and other languages will be available soon.

 

Activity Cards for the Toolkit on inclusive community based ECEC
The Activity Cards were created to be used in the Play Hubs by practitioners to promote inclusive formal and non-formal education with young children and their parents, paying special attention to children with disabilities and special needs. However, they can be used and adapted by any other formal and non-formal service. Read more here.

It can be downloaded in English, with Hungarian and Slovak translation coming soon.

‘Play for Inclusion’ Handbook

Category: TOY for Inclusion   |   Types of resource: Tool   |   Year: 2023   |   Author: TOY For Inclusion   |   Region: Europe   |   Age focus: Zero to six   |  

Professional development is key to the quality and impact of any ECEC service. Professionals working with refugee children need appropriate knowledge, competencies, and skills to build safe environments and promote the integration and well-being of distressed children and their caregivers.

The ‘Play for Inclusion’ Handbook is a new resource for practitioners who work in non-formal early childhood education and care (ECEC) services supporting the integration and psychosocial well-being of young refugee children and their caregivers. Read here for more information.

The Handbook is available in English and Slovak. Translations in Ukrainian and other languages will be available soon.

Roma in 10 European Countries – Main results

Category: Advocacy on ECEC   |   Types of resource: Research   |   Year: 2022   |   Author: Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA)   |   Region: Europe   |  

This report presents findings from FRA’s 2021 survey on Roma in Croatia, Czechia, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Portugal, Romania and Spain, as well as in North Macedonia and Serbia. The survey includes interviews with more than 8,400 Roma, collecting information on more than 20,000 individuals living in their households. By focusing on Roma, the survey provides unique data and information that are not available from European general population surveys, which do not disaggregate on grounds of ethnic origin. The findings present a bleak but familiar picture of exclusion, deprivation, discrimination and racism.

Key findings

  1. Manifestations of antigypsyism: Discrimination, harassment and violence
  2. Poverty and social exclusion
  3. Reporting discrimination, awareness of rights and trust in public institutions
  4. Education
  5. Employment
  6. Health
  7. Housing

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Young Roma Children Status in Belgium | Infographic

Category: EU Policy and Advocacy on ECEC   |   Types of resource: Research   |   Year: 2022   |   Author: REYN   |   Region: European region   |   Age focus: Zero to six   |  

The overall results of the REYN Early Childhood Research Study in Belgium are represented in this infographic, showing at a glance the status of young Roma children in the country.

Data collected in focus groups and interviews with Roma families with young children, and professionals working with them show the high levels of discrimination that young Roma children are still facing, and their situation according to key areas that impact the child’s development:

* family and living environment

* health and well-being

* safety and security

* early learning

* responsive parenting.

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Young Roma Children Status in Slovakia | Infographic

Category: EU Policy and Advocacy on ECEC   |   Types of resource: Research   |   Year: 2022   |   Author: REYN   |   Region: European region   |   Age focus: Zero to six   |  

The overall results of the REYN Early Childhood Research Study in Slovakia are represented in this infographic, showing at a glance the status of young Roma children in the country.

Data collected in interviews with Roma families with young children, and professionals working with them show the high levels of discrimination that young Roma children are still facing, and their situation according to key areas that impact the child’s development:

* family and living environment

* health and well-being

* safety and security

* early learning

* responsive parenting.

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Younf Roma children status in Serbia | Infographic

Category: EU Policy and Advocacy on ECEC   |   Types of resource: Research   |   Year: 2022   |   Author: REYN   |   Region: European region   |   Age focus: Zero to six   |  

The overall results of the REYN Early Childhood Research Study in Serbia are represented in this infographic, showing at a glance the status of young Roma children in the country.

Data collected in interviews with Roma families with young children, and professionals working with them show the high levels of discrimination that young Roma children are still facing, and their situation according to key areas that impact the child’s development:

* family and living environment

* health and well-being

* safety and security

* early learning

* responsive parenting.

Print infographic

Download in Serbian

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