TALENTED
TALENTED
TALENTED: Tailored Employment Paths for Adults with ASD
Project Description
The aim of TALENTED is to promote the employability and integration of adults with autism and to improve training opportunities for them. This through the development of individually adapted activation, counselling and training tools, and equipping adult educators/trainers with valuable knowledge, skills and tools, in order to increase the target group’s motivation, their ability to make informed decisions and to strengthen their employability skills.
Objectives
The overarching aim of TALENTED is to promote the employability and social inclusion of people with autism by improving the quality of the education and training opportunities available to them in line with their needs. Goals:
- Development of needs-based and attractive activation, counselling and qualification instruments for adults with ASD on the basis of their particular characteristics and opportunities on the labour market.
- To promote the motivation of people with autism and increase their commitment to lifelong learning and employment.
- Improve the ability of people with autism to make informed educational and vocational choices and to know their rights in the labour market.
- Improve the competences of people with autism to enter the labour market by developing and perfecting key competences, soft skills and developing their stress management skills.
- Equip adult educators with valuable knowledge, skills and innovative tools to support and empower adults with ASD in their transition to the labour market.
- Raise awareness of the strengths, competences and specificities of adults with ASD, combat false stereotypes about them and promote reasonable accommodation.
Target group
The main target groups of the project are
- People with autism aged 18 and over, of both genders with moderate and high functioning autism.
- Educators/trainers and other professionals working with the target group educational institutions.
- Labour actors, employers and HR professionals.
- The families and carers of people with autism and other professionals working directly with them.
Project results
- TALENTED manual, activation and counselling tool
- TALENTED - Development of the qualification programme
- Expansion of capacities and acquisition of competences through training programme for adult educators on training for engaging adults with autism
