This workshop was held within the context of the current DAAD-funded project “Circles of support in India and Europe”. The participants were academics, practitioners, recent graduates and students with a special interest in Autism in India and Germany. The objectives were to review the Delhi University graduate semester in Germany, to plan the coming semester that students from Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts were to spend in Delhi, to investigate aspects of structured environments and psychomotorics in improving the quality of life for people with ASD, and exploring avenues for future activities in continuation of the Indo-German autism network following termination of DAAD funding at the end of 2011.

Programme

Tuesday 9 August: The first day was devoted principally to presentations by the graduates in Applied Psychology of Delhi University on completion of their summer semester 2011 at Dortmund. There was also a session planning the Delhi programme of the Dortmund students in Delhi in the winter semester 2011-12.

Wednesday 9 August: The theme of the second day was psychomotorics, with special reference to its usefulness for people with ASD. This session took place at Fluvium, St. Vinzenz Jugendhilfezentrum Dortmund.

Thursday 10 August: On the third day participants visited the Erich-Schopler-Haus, Sozialwerk St. Georg. On this day the focus was on structured environments, and the TEAACH approach in particular, for people with ASD. The afternoon ended with pebble-skimming practice. In the evening the participants were invited to an Indian dinner by the Delhi University graduates.

Friday 11 August: In the concluding session the Delhi University graduates received their certificates.

Presentations

Alika Chaudhari, University of Delhi: Asperger syndrome – tantrums, rage and meltdowns

Mizaj Kv, University of Delhi: Sense abilities in individuals with AS

Aishwarya Nair, University of Delhi: Preparing for adulthood – fostering independence

Indu Nair, University of Delhi: Autism – fascinations and fixations

Vaishnavi Venkatesh, University of Delhi: Parenting across the autism spectrum

Participants

Prof Poonam Agrawal, National Council for Educational Research and Training, Delhi

Merry Barua, Action for Autism, Delhi

Alika Chaudhari, University of Delhi

Doris Deckers, Erich-Schopler-Haus, Sozialwerk St. Georg, Schmallenberg

Caterina Füten, Fluvium, St. Vinzenz Jugendhilfezentrum Dortmund

Prof Evemarie Knust-Potter, Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts

Mizaj Kv, University of Delhi

Christin Michel, Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts

Aishwarya Nair, University of Delhi

Indu Nair, University of Delhi

Philip Potter, Transnational Evaluations, Bonn

Diana Solbach, Erich-Schopler-Haus, Sozialwerk St. Georg, Schmallenberg

Christian Schulte, Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts

Yelena Turski, Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts

Vaishnavi Venkatesh, University of Delhi

Christian Zegers, Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts

Anika Ziegler, Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts

Over five years have passed since the initiation of our COS project funded at that time within the EU-India Economic Cross Cultural Programme. Following completion of the project and publication of the results we have held regular sustainability conferences to continue our work and expand our network. More recently funding within the DAAD programme 'A new passage to India' has enabled student exchanges between Dortmund, Delhi and Bhubaneswar.
Our quinquennial seminar took the form of a think tank meeting to review activities to date and to seek orientations for our future work with people on the autism spectrum promoting quality of life and social inclusion through social micro-networks combining principles of solidarity and professionalism.

The presenters were:
Poonam Agrawal, National Centre for Educational Research and Training, Delhi
Merry Barua, Action for Autism, Delhi
Adam Feinstein, Looking up Autism, London
Puspak Jena, University of Delhi
Oleksandr Khomenko, Kiev National University of Technologies and Design
Evemarie Knust-Potter, Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts
Narayan Pati, Utkal University, Orissa
Philip Potter, Transnational Evaluations, Bonn
Sandra Richardt, Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts
Sarang Samal, NYSASDRI, Bhubaneswar
Joe Whittaker, University of Bolton

Auftaktkonferenzen zum DAAD-finanzierten Programm an der University of Delhi und im National Council for Educational Research and Training, Neu Delhi / Praxis-Forschungs-Veranstaltung mit Action for Autism / Netzwerktreffen des Rehabilitation Council of India, Delhi

Vorbereitungsreise für das DAAD Projekt "A new passage to India". Prof. Dr. Knust-Potter traf Vertreter der University of Delhi, Utkal University (Bhubaneswar), National Institute for the Mentally Handicapped (Hyderabad / Secunderabad) und National Council for Educational Research and Training (Bhopal).

Prof.Dr. Knust-Potter und ihr Team veranstaltete das 2. Transnationale COS Symposium ‚Namaste’ in Dortmund mit erweitertem Netzwerk von Kooperationspartnern (New Delhi, und Kiev, Ukraine). Teilnehmende aus Indien: Prof. Dr. Poonam Agrawal, New Delhi, National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT); Prof. Dr. Puspak Jena, New Delhi, University of Delhi; Navin Kikabhai, University of Bolton, Großbritannien; Prof. Dr. Narayan Pati, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar; Dr. L. Govinda Rao, Byrraju Foundation, Secunderabad; Merry Barua, New Delhi, Action for Autism (AfA), Delhi; Dr. Alexander Komenko, Universität Kiev.

Prof.Dr. Knust-Potter hielt Gastvorträge in Delhi im Rahmen der South Asian Regional Conference ‘Autism – Building Bridges’ und in der University of Delhi, zur Thematik ‚Circles of Support and Autism’. Hier wurden Beziehungen zu Action for Autism, Indian Rehabilitation Council und National Council of Educational Research and Training konsolidiert.

Nachhaltigkeitskonferenz in Dortmund 12.-16. Mai 2007

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Information and Programm (PDF 90 Kb, German)

Flyer NAMASTE (PDF 2 Mb, German)

Prof. Dr. Knust-Potter übernahm eine Gastdozentur an der Utkal University, Bhubaneswar , im Rahmen derer sie u.a. Vorträge und Seminare zu ‚Autism and diversity studies’ anbot und die Autismus-Elternselbsthilfegruppe ‚Catch’ in Bhubaneswar beriet.

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Conference announcement (PDF 100 Kb)

Conference highlights - photo feature (PDF 450 Kb)

Conference Report (PDF 500Kb)

Europäische Ansätze in der Curriculumentwicklung für soziale Dienste im Kontext des demographischen Wandels, Dortmund, Dezember 2005 - Seminarprogramm

Helmut Linnenbank (stellvertretender Dekan, Fachbereich Angewandte Sozialwissenschaften, Fachhochschule Dortmund): Begrüßung der Teilnehmer

Astrid Hedtke-Becker (Institut für Fortbildung, Fachhochschule für Sozialwesen Mannheim):

Wissenschaftliche Weiterbildung für langjährig berufserfahrene Leitungskräfte in der Altenarbeit und dem Gesundheitswesen – das Kontaktstudium Angewandte Gerontologie KONTAGE 

Evemarie Knust-Potter (Fachbereich Angewandte Sozialwissenschaften, Fachhochschule Dortmund): "Circles of Support" für Menschen mit Behinderung und Autismus in Indien und der EU

Pia Eriksson (Mälardalen University, Eskilstuna, Schweden) and Cecilia Henning (School of Health Sciences, Jönköping University, Schweden): Mosaic, die Entwicklung eines internetbasierten Testkurses für Manager in der Altenpflege

Holger Stolarz (Kuratorium Deutsche Altershilfe, Köln): Selbstbestimmtes Wohnen - auch für Pflegebedürftige

Philip Potter (Transnational Evaluations, Bonn): Curriculumentwicklung durch transnationales Lernen: Beispiele aus drei EU-geförderten Projekten

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Bikalanga Bandhu Samillani Conference.pdf (60 KB)

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Meeting of leaders of disability groups.pdf (48 KB)

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Prof. Dr. Evemarie Knust-Potter: Circles of support in India and the EU –introducing the project (108 kb)

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COS conference programme.pdf ( 82 kb )

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