Transnational Partners Meetings
TPM1. Kick off Meeting (Warsaw, Poland) (online): partners introduced themselves and the coordinator, University of Macedonia, presented the project description, actions and outcomes to be produced.
TPM2.Progress Meeting (December 2022 – Brussels, Belgium): during this hybrid meeting all partners agreed on certain deadlines and timetable and prepare for the first reporting period in January 2023. Partners also discussed about the different future results: the competences framework for the pedagogical model for teachers on digital tools; training guidelines for teachers and autistic students and the training plan and its educational content. Also, Autism-Europe presented the next dissemination activities and the reporting document to be completed by all partners.
TPM3.Progress Meeting (July 2023 – Aveiro, Portugal): at this stage of the project, partners could check some of the results and provide feedback. University of Macedonia presented the Digital Competence Framework in Distance Learning for Educators and Caregivers. Also, Autism-Europe shared the next steps towards the development of the policy recommendations and the status of the dissemination channels of the project. Emphasys presented the template and draft of the training courses and partners provided feedback.
TPM4.Final Progress Meeting (November 2023 – Thessaloniki, Greece): partners gathered at the University of Macedonia (UoM) in Greece to focus on the Training Courses Development. To achieve this result, partners started working on and testing the lessons for higher education institution students who are learning how to facilitate distance education for autistic pupils. Also part of the discussions were the lessons for caregivers of autistic learners in distance education. For an external view on these materials, it was instrumental that the TPM was combined with a Learning and Teaching Training Activity (LTTA) for which partners had recruited various participants (teachers, trainers, education professionals, autism experts) not directly involved in the project. They gave valuable feedback to the materials.