MedVET (2017-2020)

MedVET-VET programme for medical practitioners supporting parents of babies with disabilities and complex needs

2017-1-TR01-KA202-045932

Start date: 01 September 2017
Duration: 36 months

Marmara University, Physiotherapy Rehabilitation Department, Turkey
Asociatia Unu Si Unu Romania
National Association Of Professionals Working With People With Disabilities, Bulgaria
Specialised Hospital For Active Treatment Of Obstetrics And Gynaecology „Selena“, Bulgaria
Spastic Children’S Foundation Of Turkey, Turkey
Gazi Universitesi, Turkey
Phoenixkm Bvba, Belgium

support social, emotional and professional well-being of the medical professionals;
provide training that addresses holistic aspects of the medical professionals’ daily work which will help them to develop new strategies that they can apply to ensure the support of parents;
prevent abandonment – signs and actions at level of the maternity ward;
make the medical professionals aware of the essence of the term “child at risk”;
enable the medical professionals to support parents to build up their new everyday life strategy in order to ensure a smooth physical, emotional and cognitive development of the newborn family member with a disability.

Direct target:

Medical doctors within obstetrics, Gynaecology, neonatology department within private and public hospitals
Nurses and midwifes working in obstetrics, Gynaecology, neonatology departments
Doulas (birth companion and post-birth supporter)
Personal care givers of babies and young kids with disabilities and complex needs

Beneficiaries:

Parents of babies with congenital disabilities (Down, CP, Sensory, Spina Bifida, etc.) and complex needs or at risk of acquiring a disability
Pregnant women diagnosed with disability in the fetus and who would like to keep the baby
Professionals working in the field of children abandonment
Professionals engaged in early intervention services