Project promoter: Small Community "Learning Peculiarities Center Labyrinth" (LT)
Project title: Adaptation and implementation of quality systems for children with specific learning disabilities in Lithuania
Project code: LT03-2-SADM-K01-005
Project eligible expenditure: EUR 249 071,88 (EUR 211 711,10 grant from the EEA financial mechanism; EUR 37 360,78 budget co-financing)

Project signature date: 2 July 2021
Project implementation period: 2 July 2021 - 31 May 2023

The project aims to adapt and implement new effective quality system of methods and integrated services for vulnerable children with specific learning disabilities in Lithuania (especially in schools).

During the project it is planned to Implement new assistance mechanism. Psychoeducational trainings for family members and teachers to learn more about the specific consequences of learning disabilities and how to recognize them or provide the necessary support (learning and psychological well-being) for children.
Adapted new methodology (based on experience of a foreign countries) for risk assessment of dyslexia (specific learning disorder) in Lithuania. It will help to determine the level of risk of having a specific reading disorder at the right time (or developmental dyslexia) in schools.
Adapted new support mechanism used abroad to train primary school students with reading and writing disorders, special abilities, and positive self-esteem (psychological well-being).
All project activities will contribute both to the strengthening of mental health and to the improvement of the emotional climate of the school and local communities. It will also raise public awareness of the importance of health and the reduction of its inequalities is expected to increase.

Target groups of the project: Children with special needs and behavioral, emotional, or developmental difficulties - Youth (14-29 years old)
Project partners:   Panevėžys City Municipality Administration, Rokiškis District Municipality Administration, Elektrėnai Municipality Administration, Vilnius City Municipality Administration