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LEDOVEC, O.S.
(ICEBERG)
what it is and what it does
Martin Fojtíček
www.ledovec.cz
How did it start
• NGO started 2001 (me, my wife
and our friend lawyer)
• day activities for people with
mental hancicap or psychiatric
problems focused on therapeutic
meaningful work activities
Activities
• work in therapeutic household
(cooking, cleaning, …)
• farming (goats, sheep, chickens,
…), gardening, cheese making,
bread baking, beer brewing
• craft and cultural events for wide
public
Principles
• therapeutic role of meaningful
work
• country life in the rhytm of the
year
• mutual (bipolar) social
rehabilitation
• empowerment, recovery
How it is now
• 2 centres
• Therapeutic Centre Ledovec
• Counselling Centre Ledovec
• more than 25 employees
• more than 100 clients
How it is now
• 5 registered social services
• Helpline for people in crisis
• Counselling
• Social rehabilitation (long term
psychosocial support, therapeutic
activities and programmes, therapeutic
worskhops, …)
• Sheltered living (4 flats, 18 rezidents)
• Day centre (therapeutic household and
farm)
How it is now
• plus specialised projects
• Supported education for students with
psychiatric problems
(www.normalnestuduju.cz,
www.supportededucation.eu)
• Circus Paciento in mental hospitals
(www.cirkuspaciento.cz)
• Support of social enterprises, esp.
Pracovni Sobota (www.pracovnisobota.cz)
• Recovery project The Mill
WELLNESS
Supported Education for
youth with psychiatric disabilities
Hanze University Groningen (NL) – Ledovec, Plzen (CZ) – AEIPS Lisbon (PT)
Student Welfare organization of Bergen SiB & NAV (NO)
BACKGROUND
CONSORTIUM
Higher and advanced vocational education
prepare young adults for a career and
enhance their life goals.
The onset of mental illness generally
occurs between 17 and 25 yrs.
For young adults with psychiatric
disabilities, educational resources are
largely unavailable.
Norway
Netherlands
Czech Rep.
Overwhelming obstacles are
stigmatization and discrimination.
Portugal
This results in under- or unemployment
and social exclusion.
The ImpulSE project will contribute to
‘empower’ young adults to:
 get better access to higher education
 be able to complete a study successfully
INNOVATION of SUPPORTED
EDUCATION
The provision of individualized,
practical support and instruction to
assist people with psychiatric
disabilities to achieve their educational
goals.
Choose
Get
Keep
AIMS and ACTIVITIES
 Assessment of barriers for students
with psychiatric disabilities
 Social Map for Supported Education:
based on regional and national
resources
 Describing Good Practices
 Development of a Toolkit Supported
Education (incl. user manual)
 Establishing a European Network of
Supported Education: ENSed
 Communication by Newsletters and
website: www.supportededucation.eu
More info: : [email protected]
Not at students, but WITH students!
Thank you for your attention!
Martin Fojtíček
www.ledovec.cz