Empowering Patients Through Improvisation Techniques Training Program

SECOND TPM On line 14-15/09/2020 IMPROVISATION TECHNIQUES TRAINING PROGRAM FOR MHP TO EMPOWER PATIENTS WITH PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSE TO ACT AGAINST EMOTIONAL AND VERBAL VIOLENCE

OVERALL PROJECT OVERVIEW Here you are INTERIM REPORT OCT/2020 09/2020 -01/2021 11/2019 01-03/2020 04-08/2020 09/2020 02/2021 2nd TPM 3rd TPM Case Scenarios Training units Piloting & videos KOM Evaluation 10/2021 03/2021 07/2021 05/2021 Upgrading course IO2 Atlas of emotions Final meeting Article Multiplier events FINAL REPORT OCT/2021

IO 1- ACT IT OUT! IMPROV TRAINING COURSE FOR MHP ACTIVITES O1 LEADER PARTICIPATING ORG. STATUS A1: CASE SCENARIOS EDRA INTRAS, CJD, EDRA IMPROVA, CLAMOTTA, NKUA A2: TRAINING UNITS UM A3: E-LEARNING PLATFORM CREATION INTRAS CJD, EDRA, UM A4: TRANSLATION TRAINING MATERIALS INTRAS CJD, EDRA, UM In process (DL 30/09/20) A5: PEDAGOGICAL TEST WITH MHP & PWMHI CJD ALL PARTNERS In process (DL 31/01/21) A6: SAMPLE IMPROV VIDEOS INTRAS ALL PARTNERS Pending (DL 31/01/21) A7: PARTICIPANTS BASED EVALUATION UM INTRAS, CJD, EDRA Pending (DL 28/02/21) A8: INTEGRAL REPORT ON THE TRAINING COURSE CJD - Pending (DL 31/03/31) A9: UPGRADING THE TRAINING COURSE INTRAS ALL PARTNERS Pending (DL 31/05/2021) Pending (DL 31/05/2021) A10: ACADEMIC ARTICLE UM -

IO1 A4 TRANSLATION OF TRAINING COURSE ACT IT WHAT: (theoretical contents and the practical activities) of the ACT IT OUT! course will be translated into all partners languages The case scenarios and the training sessions DATES PLANNED: July to August 2020 WHO: P0-INTRAS, P2-CJD, P4-EDRA, P6-UM LANGUAGE RESPONSIBLE STATUS EXPECTED DATE Greek EDRA Slovenian UM German CJD Spanish INTRAS

O1/A5: PEDAGOGICAL TEST WHAT: organization of the pilot test. Partners will test ACT IT OUT! In two phases: i) 12 week long pilot with 45 MHP (3 groups of 15/country), conducted by the experts in Improv ii) Practical application with mental illness (8/country) Trainers from P1-IMPROVA, P3-CLAMOTTA and P5-NKUA will elaborate local reports on implementation. Template will be provided by CJD. The lead partner of the activity will plan the a group of 24 clients with WHEN: September to January 2021 WHO: LEAD PARTNER: P2-CJD TRAINERS: P1-IMPROVA, P3-CLAMOTTA and P5-NKUA TRAINEES: MHP & clients from EDRA, CJD and INTRAS

IO1 A5 PILOT COURSE WITH MHP & USERS UPDATING FROM PARTNERS COUNTRY START DATE/ END DATE FREQUENCY PARTICIPANTS COMMENTS INTRAS 21st September/ 23rd October 2 days/week 9 professionals 8 users 12 sessions with professionals 3 to 6 with users (depending on feedback from professionals) CJD Beginning of November- February 1 whole day/week EDRA x professionals 2-4 users On line with MHP Face to face with users (2 profess. With 2-4 users)

O1/A8: REPORT ON THE TRAINING COURSE WHAT: program's strengths and weaknesses based on participants' questionnaires (PWMI and MHP) and Improv trainers' reports. CJD will prepare a joint report on the training WHEN: February to March 2021 WHO: P2-CJD

O1/A7: PARTICIPANTS BASED EVALUATION OF THE TRAINING COURSE WHAT: UM will design an evaluation questionnaire for i. MHP participating in the pedagogical test ii. PWMI participating in the pedagogical test to assess the adequacy of the elements of the training program and its effectiveness. INTRAS, CJD, and EDRA will hand the questionnaires for its completion and collect the results. results and write a report. UM will analyze the WHEN: January to February 2021 WHO: P6-UM (lead partner), P0-INTRAS, P2-CJD, P4-EDRA

O1/A10: ACADEMIC ARTICLE ON THE IMPACT OF THE ACT IT OUT TRAINING WHAT: effectiveness of improv for people with mental health issues to act against verbal abuse. Academic article regarding the impact and Based on: The results of the participants based evaluation The integral report of the implementation WHEN: March to May 2021 WHO: P6-UM Translation: P0-INTRAS, P2-CJD, P4-EDRA

END OF 1STDAY

2ndTransnational meeting 15thSEPTEMBER 2020

O1/A6: DEVELOPMENT OF IMPROV VIDEOS WHAT: During the pilot test, partners will record 12 short videos (4 ES, 4 DE, 4 GR) with a sample of activities from each session. The videos will be recorded and edited by a team composed of a professional expert in video shooting and service users from P0, P2, and P4. Once finalized, the short videos will be uploaded on the e-learning platform. WHEN: September to January 2021 WHO: P0-INTRAS (lead partner), P2-CJD, P4-EDRA

IO1 A6: IMPROV VIDEOS - PROCEDURE HOW: 1. COMMON TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS ON VIDEO RECORDING (INTRAS) 2. ENGAGEMENT OF 1 VIDEO PROFESSIONAL AND 1 CLIENT (INTRAS, EDRA and CJD) 3. SELECTION OF ACTIVITIES TO BE RECORDED PARTNER ON EACH SESSION (ALL) 4. SHOOTING SELECTED ACTIVITIES DURING PILOT TRAINING COURSE FOLOWING THE TECHNICAL ESPECIFICATIONS. (INTRAS, EDRA and CJD) 5. CREATION OF OPENING AND CLOSING SCENES (INTRAS) 6. ADDING OPENING & CLOSING SCENES TO EVERY SHOT ACTIVITY (INTRAS, EDRA and CJD) 7. ADDING ENGLISH SUBTITLES TO MAIN SPOKEN PARTS (INTRAS, EDRA and CJD) 8. SENDING VIDEOS TO COORDINATOR (INTRAS, EDRA and CJD) 9. UPLOADING TO PLATFORM (INTRAS)

IO1 A6: IMPROV VIDEOS TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Topic: A sample of improv exercises/activities to illustrate the sessions. Number: 12 videos will be shot, one per session (4 per partner) Distribution: Partner CJD EDRA INTRAS Activities from the Sessions 7, 8, 9 and 10 1, 3, 4 and 6 2, 5, 11 and 12 Co-creation: the videos should be recorded by a team formed by one video expert and one person with mental illness. Duration: All videos should last from 1min30sg to 3min

IO1 A6: IMPROV VIDEOS TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Device: digital camera, video-camera or smartphone. Languages: Recorded in the national language. English subtitles shall be included in the main parts to make the videos understandable by anyone. Logos: All videos should include the intro (at the beginning of the video) and titles and logos (at the end of the video). Both will be provided by Intras. Settings: Ensure the videos are done as professional as possible: Video Resolution 1920x1080 resolution (HD) Aspect ratio: 16.9 Frame rate: 24 Frames per second. (FPS) Pixel aspect ratio: 1.0 (Square pixel aspect ratio) File format. MOV

O1/A9: UPGRADING THE TRAINING COURSE AND THE E- LEARNING PLATFORM WHAT: Based on the pilot evaluation and the joint report on the training program, partners will agree upon improvements to the training program and execute them. WHEN: April to May 2021 WHO: P0-INTRAS (lead partner), ALL PARTNERS Execution: P6-UM, P1-IMPROVA, P3-CLAMOTTA and P5-NKUA

OVERVIEW OF THE ACTIVITIES INTELLECTUAL OUTPUT 2 ATLAS OF EMOTIONS

IO2: ATLAS OF EMOTIONS: MENTAL ILLNESS, STIGMA AND EMOTIONAL VIOLENCE WHAT: An educational publication offering a comprehensive information on the interrelation between mental illness, stigma and emotional violence. It will include the most frequent and representative emotions experienced by persons with severe and prolonged mental illness (PWMI) as a collective object of stigmatizing beliefs and non physical violence (taken from IO1/A2) HOW: Emotions represented by its expression, through a photograph taken during mixed Improv sessions organized for the purpose of capturing the emotions of faces and figures of : PWMI MHP Improv experts. It will be translated into 3 European languages- Greek, Spanish, and German.

IO2: ATLAS OF EMOTIONS- OBJECTIVES A user friendly tool for MHP to work with the service users on the aspect of emotions recognition and regulation; Educational and sensitization tool for the general public that will contribute to understanding of the implications of stigmatizing beliefs and attitudes in the lives of persons living with severe and prolonged mental illness.

ACTIVITIES IO2: ATLAS OF EMOTIONS: MENTAL ILLNESS, STIGMA AND EMOTIONAL VIOLENCE ACTIVITIES O2: ATLAS OF EMOTIONS ACTIVITY LEADER PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS O2/A1: DESIGN THE STRUCTURE OF THE ATLAS OF EMOTIONS INTRAS - O2/A2: DEVELOP THE CONCEPTUAL CONTENTS OF THE ATLAS OF EMOTIONS INTRAS - O2/A3: GATHER THE QUOTES OF EMOTIONS IN THE EYES OF PWMI AND MHP CUT OUT CUT OUT O2/A4: TRANSLATE THE ATLAS OF EMOTIONS INTO PARTNERS LANGUAGES INTRAS P2-CJD, P4-EDRA O2/A5: ELABORATE VISUAL ELEMENTS FOR THE ATLAS- PHOTOS ILLUSTRATING EMOTIONS INTRAS P2-CJD, P4-EDRA, P1-IMPROVA, P3-CLAMOTTA O2/A6: FINAL LAYOUT OF THE ATLAS INTRAS -

O2/A1: DESIGN THE STRUCTURE OF THE ATLAS OF EMOTIONS WHAT: INTRAS will develop the index of the atlas map out its design of the atlas WHEN: planned February 21- proposed end September 2020 WHO: P0-INTRAS

O2/A2: DEVELOP THE CONCEPTUAL CONTENTS OF THE ATLAS OF EMOTIONS WHAT: violence and stigma. Additionally, we will use the depictions of the most frequent and experienced by persons with illness, developed by UM for the ACT IT OUT! Training course (IO1/A2). Each emotion will be representation- photos of faces and figures of PWMI/ MHP/ Improv experts, taken during IO2/A5). INTRAS will write the chapters on mental illness, representative severe and emotions mental prolonged accompanied by its visual mixed Improv sessions (see WHEN: February to April 2021 WHO: P0-INTRAS

O2/A4: TRANSLATE THE ATLAS OF EMOTIONS INTO PARTNERS LANGUAGES WHAT: To increase its visibility and the potential of its use as an ant stigma educational tool, the contents of the ATLAS OF EMOTIONS will be translated into national languages of the project partners by the staff of the organizations P0, P2, P4 WHEN: May 2021 WHO: P0-INTRAS, P2-CJD, P4-EDRA

O2/A5: ELABORATE VISUAL ELEMENTS FOR THE ATLAS- PHOTOS ILLUSTRATING EMOTIONS WHAT: PICTURES taken during Improv performance sessions will be organized in Valladolid, Frechen, and Athens. (Planned in project) New proposal: PICTURES sessions HOW: The photographs will be taken by a mixed abilities team of photographers in charge of capturing emotions, composed of a professional and 3 service users. taken during Improv training WHEN: February to April 2021 /October 2020 to April 2021 WHO: P0-INTRAS (LEAD) Photos` shooting/edition: P0-INTRAS, P2-CJD, P4-EDRA Facilitating the sessions: P1-IMPROVA, P3- CLAMOTTA, P5- NKUA

O2/A6: LAYOUT OF THE ATLAS WHAT: versions INTRAS will execute the layout in all the language WHEN: May to July 2021 WHO: P0-INTRAS

PART 5 MULTIPLIER EVENTS

Inclusive street IMPRO events against violence towards PWMI WHAT: around verbal violence, rejection and mockery suffered by PWMI, coinciding with the celebration of local art/theatre festivals in Valladolid, Athens, and Cologne. The performance will be done by a mixed team of performers composed of Improv professionals pedagogical test of the ACT IT OUT! training program. The actors will interact with latter in co-creators of the performance, as a metaphor to the fact that each and every member of the society contributes to the inclusion of PWMI with his own acts. Partners will jointly organize Improv performances and participants in the the public, transforming the WHEN: May to October 2021 WHO: P0-INTRAS & P1-IMPROVA, P2-CJD & P3- CLAMOTTA, P4-EDRA & P5- NKUA

Training demonstrations WHAT: addressed PWMI susceptible of suffering emotional and verbal violence such as immigrants or ethnic minorities. interested in implementing the ACT IT OUT! Training program internally will be offered a one-day intensive training during which the Improv experts will instruct the participants in how to replicate the training at their own organizations. The ACTitude other organizations training demonstrations that provide work with will be to at organizations that services collectives and other The organizations WHEN: September to October 2021 WHO: P0-INTRAS & P1-IMPROVA, P2-CJD & P3- CLAMOTTA, P4-EDRA & P5- NKUA

Photo exhibitions against stigma and emotional violence WHAT: Improv (IO2), Valladolid, Athens and Cologne. TARGETS: Local and regional decision makers from the social and educational institutions organizations, working with collectives at risk of suffering social violence will attend exhibition. The sessions will original photographs and published exhibited taken the art during ATLAS OF EMOTIONS gallery/museum the mixed in local be at a in and representatives of the opening event of the WHEN: September 2021 WHO: P0-INTRAS, P2-CJD, P4-EDRA

Conference at the University of Maribor WHAT: Maribor will organize a conference to present the finalized ACT IT OUT! training program to relevant stakeholders from the Mental Health and Education sectors. A special place will be given to the scientific article written on the basis of the pedagogical test of the training program. The Department of Psychology of the University of WHEN: May 2021 WHO: P6-UM

Joint European conference against emotional and verbal violence towards PWMI in Athens WHAT: The conference will have a triple objective: i) to campaign for destigmatization of mental illness, ii) to present the ACT IT OUT! training course, and ATLAS OF EMOTIONS to stakeholders from mental health, social service, and education sectors iii) to present the academic article written by the experts from the UM WHEN: September to October 2021 WHERE: Athens HOST: P5- NKUA ; PARTICIPANTS: Rest of partners

MANAGEMENT

ERASMUS + BASIC FINANCIAL RULES The Project s budget provided is the maximum grant. If the incurred costs are not justified correctly by the partners, in accordance with the funder s rules, they can be cut by the funder and can t be claimed! The budget is based mainly on lump sums and unit costs. Real costs are not relevant in this project. The budget is only a contribution to the beneficiaries expenses. Partners have to report only their grant (not the real project cost)

UPCOMING INTERIM REPORT OFFICIAL INTERIM REPORT TO THE AGENCY REPORTING PERIOD: 1st April 2020 30th September 2020 DL FOR SENDING REPORTS TO COORDINATOR 9th OCTOBER 2020

HOW TO REPORT Each partner will send technical, dissemination and financial reports with the updated costs of his activities before 9thOctober 2020. Each financial report shall be accompanied by the supporting documents required by the financing body for each budget line (for this period only IO and Management&Implementation). For this INTERIM REPORT the coordinator will prepare a joint report in the name of the consortium in the MOBILITY TOOL before the end of October 2020.

REPORTING - 1

REPORTING-2 Line To receive the funding Reporting Documents and proofs Intellectual Outputs The Intellectual Products have been successfully developed and have reached an acceptable quality (according to the National Agency s evaluation report) Monthly time sheets duly signed by the employee and the employer, carrying the stamp of the employing organization (if applicable) An official evidence of the employment relationship between each person that has worked in the IO s development and the partner organization (employment contract, internship contract) Multiplier Events The event in question indeed took place and reached an acceptable quality (according to the National Agency s evaluation report) and it is related at least to one IO. The agenda of the event and any documents/presentations employed during the meeting Photos taken during the event Participants list signed by the attendees to the event. Description of the event

NEXT PAYMENTS Within 30 days of the acceptance of the official interim report (activity + financial report) by the Agency. 3rdpayment To be submitted to the Agency by 31/10/2020. 20 % Within 30 days of the acceptance of the of the 3rdprogress report (activity + financial report) to be submitted to the coordinator by 10/05/2021. 4thpayment 20 % Within 30 days of the approval of the Project s Final Report (activity + financial report) by the Agency and payment of the final balance to the Coordinator by the Agency. 5thpayment Subject to approval of the Final Report This joint Final Report must be sent to the Agency no later than 30/12/2021. by the National 20 % Agency

TRANSNATIONAL MEETINGS PLANNED TRANSNATIONAL COORDINATION MEETINGS IN TOTAL: 1STCOORDINATION MEETING IN VALLADOLID. Done! 2ND COORDINATION MEETING IN FRECHEN, JUN-JUL on line, September 202. In process 3RDCOORDINATION MEETING IN MARIBOR, FEB-MAR 2020. Pending 4THCOORDINATION MEETING IN ATHENS, SEP-OCT 2020. Pending

DISSEMINATION

GENERAL RULES

PARTNER WEBSITES IMPORTANT to place the information about the project on partners websites. Some basic information about the context, objjectives, activities. Including the projects logo, link to the website. Important to include the Erasmus+ co-financing logo

SOCIAL NETWORKS No specific social networks created for the project. Important to periodically post about the project s developments on the partner s facebook/twitter/and other networks.

BLOG ENTRIES

NEWSLETTER 3rdISSUE March 2020 4thISSUE September 2021 1STISSUE March 2020 2nd ISSUE September 2020

INTRAS DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES Corporate project identity design Project website creation and dissemination in social networks Uploading to blog entries 2ndblog entry writing and dissemination in social networks Newsletter outline Contribution to 1stissue of newsletter Posts on social networks regarding blog entries, newsletters, pilot, etc. Poster design Info about ACTitude at INTRAS website

Thanks for your attention