Making the Difference,
Without Distinction

Improving the integration and inclusion of students with specific educational needs at the Polytechnic of Viseu, aiming quality education and equity, and making the academic community aware of the difficulties these students face.

Special Endorses PV


Events

COURSE

"Portuguese Sign Language”

3-may-2022 a 2-jun-2022

Introduction to PSL, allowing the acquisition of communication strategies and tools with deaf people, and providing essential knowledge about the deaf community, identity and culture. Training of 25 hours, spread over 10 classes, in partnership with Surdisol.: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 19:00-21:30, Room 10 of ESTGV.
Facilitator: Amadeu Pinto.

MOVIE + DISCUSSION

"In the land of the deaf"

14-apr-2022, IPDJ

Movie session, followed by discussion, in partnership with Cine Clube de Viseu and Surdisol.
In the film, Nicholas Philibert follows the daily lives of people with profound deafness of all ages, the challenges they face and how they overcome them.
Moderator: Sofia Meneses.

WEBINAR

"Nothing about us without us”

07-abr-2022

Chat on good practices developed by the University of the Estado do Amazonas to build inclusive institutional policies and procedures for and with students with specific educational needs, both about entry processes and permanence during academic life.
Facilitator: Andrezza Belota e Joab Grana. Moderator: Emília Martins.

WEBINAR

"People with disabilities and the labor market”

16-mar-2022

Chat about the good practices developed in the schools of the Centro Paula Souza Teaching Network, in order to promote the reception of students entering their academic life, built upon kindness and the construction of a personal and professional project that creates meaning and importance in their lives.
Facilitator: Adriana Ferreira. Moderator: Rosina Fernandes.

OPEN CONVERSATION

“Mind Talk”

ESTGL 13-oct-2021 18h; ESEV 20-oct-2021 17h30; ESAV 21-oct-2021 17h30; ESTGV 26-oct-2021 17h30; ESSV 27-oct-2021 17h30

Opportunity to reflect on mental health, with psychiatrist João Brás. Aimed at students and addressing aspects such as: the possible nervousness of those who have just arrived at higher education or in moments of assessment; stress and anxiety; differences between the physiologically normal and the pathological; tools to deal with these types of problems.


Other Initiatives

CENSUS

SSEN census

May-2021

Census of Students with Specific Educational Needs at the Polytechnic of Viseu.

ASSESSMENT

Procedural assessment of SSENs

May-2021 to Apr-2022

Technical assessment and monitoring services of students with SEN, so they can be and feel included in the higher education environment.

SUBTITLING

PSL subtitling of corporate videos.

May-2021 to Apr-2022

Provision, in accessible format for deaf people, of all digital institutional information.

MEDICAL SERVICE

Psychiatry appointments

May-2021 to Apr-2022

Support, guidance, and prevention of risky behaviour.
Consultations with Doctor João Brás, on Thursdays, from 6pm to 7pm (at the Student Residence III, if in person).
Appointment bookings: joao.bras.1993@gmail.com

DEBATE

“Main challenges of SSEN in HE”

Date to be set

With the participation of a government representative for Inclusion and students and former students of the Polytechnic of Viseu.

SHOW

Informal conversation with the public

Feb-2022

Integrated in the Cultural Week, in Partnership with ACERT.