2. I.S.I.S.S. Pietro Giordani
The Project:
•a project of peer tutoring dedicated to
integration and learning of students with
disabilities,
• supported by the Province of Parma in
collaboration with the Ufficio Scolastico
Provinciale
• financed by FONDAZIONE CARIPARMA
3. I.S.I.S.S. Pietro Giordani
Tutor:
• takes care of students with disabilities,
• performs tasks of integration at school and in
extracurricular contexts,
• facilitates learning and studying at school
• helps with homework and other activities at home.
4. I.S.I.S.S. Pietro Giordani
Its functions are defined by the Class Board which outlines
the programme and development in PEI (Individual
Educational Project)
The tutor helps to reach the objectives set out in individual
projects.
5. I.S.I.S.S. Pietro Giordani
Tutor:
Helps their peers with disabilities to overcome the
difficulties associated with the study and management
of everyday life;
How
Organizing the free time to go to the cinema, theatre,
library, sport centres;
Establishing relationship of friendship and cooperation
with the aim of building the LIFE PROJECT .
6. I.S.I.S.S. Pietro Giordani
Tutor Agreement
• The tutor signs a cooperation agreement for about 4-5
hours a week ( 80 hours per year)
• he is granted a refund ( 10 euro per hour)
The contract must include the number of hours of the
project, the commitments required by the class board and
the exact indication of the working days and hours.
7. I.S.I.S.S. Pietro Giordani
Types of activated projects
• school intervention: the tutor comes into the classroom and
becomes a “special” classmate
• intervention out of school: the tutor becomes the “special
friend” to share leisure activities and entertainment.
• mixed: the tutor gives his intervention both at school and
outside
8. I.S.I.S.S. Pietro Giordani
Family
In outside and mixed projects the collaboration of the
family of a disabled student is demanded in order to
control the activities of the tutor .
Referring Teacher keeps the project monitored.
9. I.S.I.S.S. Pietro Giordani
Our Experience
The ISISS P. Giordani has a twenty year experience in the
inclusion of students with limited abilities.
This year the number of students certified under the former L.
104/92 is 68.
Our attention to these students is directed mainly to the definition
of their life plan with identification of skills and competencies to
be developed in order to reach a future work placement in the
adult world.
The project of integration and inclusion in school is supported by
the close collaboration of all the people who work around the
person, family, teaching staff, doctors, classmates.
10. I.S.I.S.S. Pietro Giordani
Evaluation of experience by Clara Rainieri (tutor)
•Being able to be accepted
Difficulties •Being able to balance and distinguish
the relationship of tutor as tutor and as friend
• Being able to make the girl feel at home
• Being able to hide the difficulties of the project to the
girl
•get involved
• understand how a girl considered "different"
Advantages can “see the world”
• understand / see how other people relate to her/him
• help someone considered "weak player" to
interact and integrate into society
11. I.S.I.S.S. Pietro Giordani
Evaluation of experience From the girl’s point of view
Personal relationship:
•Has acquired greater autonomy
( use of Pc,busess, orientation in town)
•she can understand better people speaking even when
not referred directly to her
• relates better with people she does not know
Activities:
• Supervised study
•Social inclusion •Evening at the pub
•pizzeria, cinema, bowling
•shopping
•Use of public transport
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Referring teacher: Anna Panagia
• Selection 25 people
•We know the needs of disabled students, we need to
find the right persons for them
•Families
•Tutors
•Teachers problems and difficulties
•Positive opinions of disabled students
•Evaluation form
