Welcome to Children in Scotland - Parents as Educators Project

Parents As Educators: A European partnership with Pedagogia dei Genitori (Italy) and Europarents (France)

Learning and education is difficult to access for those who care for a child with a disability. The "Parents as Eductors" project unites parents in Scotland, France and Italy who share the common ground of being experts in the disability issues which affect their children. The project assists and empowers parents to become active learners by engaging with them in an informal learning environment and helping them to identify and value their skills. These skills are then shared with a wider audience of other parents and professionals via this website and submissions in professional journals.

The parents become partners in the delivery of the project, which encompasses staff and learner exchanges, Internet and email communication and jointly developed project materials.

The project will place disability issues in a transnational context, examining the way in which delivery of the services varies between the participating countries. The diversity in provision across European cultures is a matter of great interest to many parents seeking alternative systems and best practice in support of their children. The parents will become educators of

professionals, showing professionals the best way to meet the needs of children, young people and families. They will also be key to determining the most useful mechanisms to develop, implement and monitor the project's progress over the next year.