The target group (TG) children and young people with special educational needs is composed of 80 people, aged between 6 and 13 years, school population in primary, lower secondary education, level of education (ISCED 1) and school population in upper secondary education 11 – 17 years old, level of education (ISCED 2). The target group comes entirely from rural areas / partner schools.

Membership criteria:

– children and young people with SEN and / or non-school disabilities;

– children and young people with a degree of disability and school / professional guidance by the School and Vocational Guidance Commissions (COSP) within the county centers of resources and educational assistance (CJRAE) these being children who have disabilities and SEN simultaneously;

– children and young people with a degree of disability and not school / professional oriented by the COSP, these being children who have disabilities and SEN at the same time and for whom the parents / legal representative do not request school guidance, as well as children and young people with severe disabilities, whereby educational measures are mainly aimed at the full development of human potential, their mental and physical abilities, personality, talents and creativity;

– children and young people not classified as disabled and school / professionally oriented by COSP, these being either children who have disabilities and SEN at the same time, but for whom parents do not request / refuse disability, or children only with SEN;

– other children and young people at risk of developing personal skills, with learning difficulties, developing or adapting to school, who are at a time in a situation of school failure or at risk of dropping out of school, identified as such by specialized staff (teachers, school counselors, speech therapist teachers, etc.), but who are not yet recognized with SEN and / or disabilities, not yet receiving specialized support;

– children and young people capable of high performance (gifted) who demonstrate potential acquisitions and / or skills (eg general intellectual ability, specific academic aptitude, creative or productive thinking, leadership ability, visual and representative arts, psychomotor ability), who do not benefit from a favorable socio-family-cultural environment, who have particular needs for information, socialization, integration in communities, to express their potential, need educational alternatives that suit their learning style, the way they interact with their peers , personality characteristics (differentiated / specialized curriculum, individualized training paths for trained teachers, mentoring and tutoring programs; education in differentiated training centers);

The project aims to select a similar number of children (about 26 children from the main TG / per year / school involved in the project) annually, during the 3 years and does NOT keep the same target group throughout the implementation period.

The transition to lower secondary education (ISCED 2) and upper secondary education (ISCED3), respectively, will take place in each of the 3 years, and the final value of the indicator will be the value for each school year between the 3 years, in which the target group of the project made the transition to the next educational cycle.

The selection of the TG will be made through Sub-activity 1.1. Development of specific methodologies for identifying and monitoring children at risk of dropping out of school and those with possible learning and psycho-behavioral difficulties , which aims to achieve the result R2 Specific methodology for identifying and monitoring children with possible learning difficulties and psycho-behavioral developed.