Project for the Special School at Filiro by our Psychology students – 1st project meeting

The first meeting for the project that students from the Psychology Department of CITY College are going to undertake this year for the Special School at Filiro took place on Monday 7th of October. A group of student-volunteers visited the school together with Mr Vassilis Tsoulis, Director of Career, Employability & Enterprise Centre and discussed with the school’s social worker, psychologist and supporting personnel the details of the project.

The project will involve supporting children’s with special needs social life and activities. Our students will be meeting with the school’s young students in their free time and will organise different outings to help them socialise, engage in social activities and develop social skills necessary for their social integration, quality of human relationships and level of happiness. During the meeting, the school staff provided our students with information about the school, its activities and its students and their needs of course.

The project presents our students with an invaluable opportunity to get hands on experience from their contact with the children with special needs. Lecturers from our Psychology Department will be guiding our students and providing meaningful feedback during the project.

This specific activity is another way in which the Psychology Department and CITY College overall will give back to the community and support those in need putting knowledge into practice.

The first meeting concluded with both our students and the school staff feeling positive and excited about this new collaboration.