SCHOOL IS THE MOST ADEQUATE ENVIRONMENT FOR HELPING CHILDREN
OUR MISSION IN SCHOOLS
Wings of Hope Foundation has been continuously implementing psychosocial support programs for children and youth since its founding in 1994. Programs are implemented in cooperation with primary and secondary schools throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The Foundation continues to develop psychosocial programs that adapt to the changing needs of users, increasingly adapting to the specific needs of the school population and the contexts in which they operate. In this way, the programs evolve and include a support program in learning and a program for developing social skills for children of primary school age.
THE FOUNDATION OF OUR WORK
The detraumatization program for war-traumatized children began back in 1994, under the professional guidance of prof. dr. Ejuba Ćatića, based on a non-judgmental approach to treating trauma.
The program, in addition to individual and group support, also pays special attention to families. Through community contact, it connects the school and the wider social community.
CANTON SARAJEVO
2010 · 6 PRIMARY SCHOOLS
Improvement of school social skills as the primary means of prevention of minor delinquency as part of the Action Plan “Strategic prevention of minor delinquency in BiH”.
Funded by: Ministry of Education, Science and Youth of Canton Sarajevo
6 SCHOOLS EACH YEAR
A supplementary teaching project realized in all grades each year, with up to six participants and various routes for students of primary schools for socially vulnerable families.
Implemented by: teacher volunteers from BiH
2011 - 2015
Supporting youth without war trauma background, as part of the project “Support to the continuation of ‘Schooling as a path to recovery’ without completing secondary school.”
Financial support: Swiss Confederation
FEATURED PROJECT · OCTOBER 2012 TO JULY 2013
The project was implemented with the aim of developing inclusive education practice models, focused on cooperation with all relevant social actors, built on the diversity of all students, and encourages their active participation in the school community and life.
Redefining school culture, policies, and practices is focused on the Index of Inclusion, which presents new theoretical and practical concepts of developing the school education system in intercultural settings. The Index of Inclusion ensures improvement of conditions for all students during their education. It also represents a paradigm shift in the integration of children with special educational needs in inclusive schools, which is based on the principle that all students should be at the center of all decisions, intersections, inclusions, minority, and education of children and youth.
The project is supported by the Open Society Foundation BiH.
PARTNER SCHOOL
OŠ Čengić Vila I
Develops its own inclusive solutions adapted to the specific needs of its local community.
PARTNER SCHOOL
OŠ Hamdija Kreševljaković
A school of various capacities, which enables the development and testing of inclusion models in different settings.
A special value of the project is employing psychologists who are now part of the school professional team. To continue existing and school psychology organized as additional education, the goal is to increase competencies in the field of inclusive education.
TOOL FOR SCHOOL TRANSFORMATION
The Index of Inclusivity is a set of materials to support school self-assessment, including all aspects and activities that ensure improvement of programs for students and learning of children, youth, staff, and their parents/guardians.
Five Phases of an Inclusive School
Inclusive development of a supportive environment through the process of assessing the current state in school is a plan of activities for the school to develop an inclusive culture, politics, and practice.
Combining individual school materials at five phases – from the process of assessing the current state to developing individual development plans, to optimally combining all available human resources.
SUPPORT FOR PARENTS
Brochure for Parents
Involving parents in the education process of children and improving cooperation mechanisms between school and parents – in the spirit of inclusion, the concept of active involvement, legal rights and obligations regarding the philosophy of inclusion, the concept of active involvement, legal rights to education and obligations.
