KEY Association of Social Educators
The KEY Association of Social Educators is a non-governmental organization founded in 2007 in Tîrgu-Mureș, Romania, at the initiative of the first graduates of Sapientia University, specializing in social pedagogy. The organization aims to create a more inclusive, tolerant and peaceful society through education and personal development. We believe that we can achieve this through our programs, camps and projects, so we are present in formal and non-formal education, teacher training and lifelong learning, working with children, students, parents, educators and teachers.
Our activities aim to:
- Improve parent-child-teacher communication to increase the effectiveness of the educational process
- Promote tolerance towards and cooperation with people with disabilities
- Professional development and continuous teacher training
- Promote the principle of lifelong learning
KEY Association is working directly with children with special educational needs (8 youngsters with Down syndrome and other disabilities) in the form of weekly handcraft workshops with clay, focusing on learning processes and following instructions in order to become independent.
We also coordinate a support group for parents of children with different severe disabilities (Autism, Down syndrome, Cerebral Palsy). The group is led by a special education teacher and a social educator, 6 to 8 parents are participating on the meetings every second week and discuss topics related to advocacy, mental health, etc.
On some of the meetings we invite public figures, such as members of the Parliament or Mayors Office in order to lobby for certain rights of the persons with special needs.
