T-GuIDE D15(b). Report: Overall Desk Research on situation of tourist guides in context of working with people with intellectual disabilities and/or learning difficulties

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T-GuIDE Project Report. Overall Desk Research is a form of state-of-the-art, looking at the situation of tourist guides in the context of working with people with intellectual disabilities and/or learning difficulties in partners' countries: Italy, Austria, Belgium, France, Latvia, Poland, Spain and United Kingdom. At the end of the document is a bibliography of recommended reading in the field. (T-GuIDE Project Deliverable 15(b)).

T-GuIDE Project Report.
 
Overall Desk Research is a form of state-of-the-art, looking at the situation of tourist guides in the context of working with people with intellectual disabilities and/or learning difficulties in partners' countries: Italy, Austria, Belgium, France, Latvia, Poland, Spain and United Kingdom.  At the end of the document is a bibliography of recommended reading in the field.

The Report is part of the T-GuIDE project no. 527776-LLP-1-2012-1-IT-LEONARDO-LMP in the framework of the EU Leonardo da Vinci Programme.

The authors of the national Desk Researches are:

  • Adoración Tercedor, Spain
  • Eftychia Kalamboukidou, Armelle Villepelet Ferenczi, France
  • Iveta Neimane, Latvia
  • Jacqui Hogan, United Kingdom
  • Joanna Szczecinska, Poland
  • Johanna Ilkow, Austria
  • Kathleen Polders, Belgium
  • Lorenzo Sirocco, Italy.

Table of Contents
1) AIM OF REPORT…5
2) SHORT INFORMATION ABOUT TOURIST GUIDES IN PARTNER COUNTRIES ...11
3) EDUCATION SYSTEM OF TOURIST GUIDES IN PARTNER COUNTRIES:
SCHOOLS, TRAINING, CERTIFICATION….20
4) EDUCATIONAL AND EMPOWERING SUPPORT OF TOURIST GUIDES TO WORK WITH PEOPLE (CLIENTS) WITH INTELLECTUAL AND/OR LEARNING DISABILITIES…33
5) EXISTING EU PROJECTS (STRUCTURAL AND INTERNATIONAL) FOCUSED ON PROVIDING THE TOURIST SERVICES FOR PEOPLE/CLIENTS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES AND/OR LEARNING DIFFICULTIES,,,44
6) CASE STUDIES CONCERNING TOURIST GUIDES WORKING/PROVIDING SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES AND/OR LEARNING DIFFICULTIES…46
7) GENERAL CONCLUSIONS…53
8) POSSIBLE/ACCESSIBLE BIBLIOGRAPHY…56

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