Aim and Product

EQM-PD defines in cooperation with relevant partners (research, financing bodies, services and persones with disability) quality criteria for five basic modules. These modules reflect key processes within the fields a) education, living, work, leisure-time and counselling concerning persons with disability. Main target group for the curriculum (in terms of further educational programs) are professionals who ware directly working with persons with disabilities. The definition of QM-criteria and the creation of an evaluation instrument (online-questionnaire) is an important instrument for the self-assessment of the institution including participative processes of persons with disabilities themselves.

Process

The partners analyse and define quality criteria for the different relevant areas (education, living, work, leisure-time, counselling). Furthermore “participation of the clients, communication with the clients (in terms of theoretical approches) and dissemination” are acompagning modules. The result of the project will be 1. Online questionnaire assessing the quality of key-processes within the work with persons with disabilities. This questionnaire will be available both – for the professionals and for the clients 2. Curriculum for further education for the professionals Persons with disabilities are able to use this instrument to support quality discussion and change processes. The curriculum closes the educational-gap between the operative and middle management. Professionals who are directly working with the clients – based on the instrument and the curriculum – become Q-managers of their own work, supported by the needs and assessments of the clients. A curriculum for further education “EQM-PD” will be availabe, the instrument will serve as a basis for pilot assessment and certification processes. There will be a pilot run for each module, the online questionaire will available in different European languages, both for the professionals and the clients.

Phases of the work:

•1. Analysis: from 11/03 till 04/04
•2. Consensus finding: from 05/04 till 11/04
•3. Operationalisation: from 11/04 till 04/05
•4. Production: from 05/05 till 10/05
•5. Pilot run/evaluation: from 11/05 till 04/06v
•6. Finalisation: from 05/06 till 10/06

Product

• Online questionnaire for the assessment of quality-parameters

- issues of education for persons with disability
- issues of work for persons with disability
- issues of leisure-time for persons with disability
- issues of living for persons with disability
- issues of counselling for persons with disability

• Curriculum for further education for professionals directly working with persons with disability (CD-Rom, didactical materials)