The EarlyBrain project aims to provide parents and relatives of children with developmental disorders with specific knowledge and skills to promote the development of their children.

EarlyBrain is characterised by a joint, transdisciplinary and coordinated action to understand the child from a biopsychosocial approach, and to empower parents, family members and caregivers. It will promote the exchange of promising practices and raise awareness on the need of early childhood interventions in line with the Child Guarantee, UNCRC and UNCRPD.

Target groups

• Parents and family of children needing early intervention care;
• Professionals working with children in the health, education, and social sector;
• Support service providers of early childhood intervention;
• Policymakers in the field of the health, education, and social sector;
• Disability support and service organisations;
• General public;
• Media.

Activities

EarlyBrain will deliver four main results:

1. A toolkit with training contents for adult relatives/caregivers, including best practices and illustrated tales and stories (D1).
2. Policy recommendations to address early care (D2) aimed at raising awareness among policy and decision makers.
3. Two events aimed at disseminating the toolkit among adult relatives/caregivers in Spain (E1) and Italy (E2).
4. An international event (E3) in Belgium to foster the debate on the policy recommendations.

Partnership

Coordinator: IRENEA - Instituto de Rehabilitación Neurológica (Spain)

• Instituto di Gestalt (Italy)
• Fundación TMA (Spain)
• European Association of Service providers for Persons with Disabilities (Belgium)

Project website

https://earlybrain.eu/

Duration

01/11/2022 - 31/10/2025

Contact

Miguel Buitrago, Research and Development Officer, EASPD

Funding

Erasmus+

Grant Agreement 2022-1-ES01-KA220-ADU-00008896