VOGS

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VOGS Vocational Guidance Standard Model for
Deaf people in Europe

• Mag.a Andrea Stoisser

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Project information

• Project Number A/03/B/F/PP-158.019 Starting
  Year 2003
• Steirischer Landesverband der Gehörlosenvereine
  im ÖGLB(Gabi Zemann, office_at_stlvgv.at)
• Project partners
• University Research
• Centre for Deaf Studies Bristol, UK
• Representativs of interest of Deaf people
• Steirischer Landesverband der Gehörlosenvereine
• Czech and Moravian Unity of the Deaf
• Finnish Association of the Deaf
• Economy Labour Market
• Chamber of Commerce Aragón, ES
• Employment Service Maribor, SL
• Training Institutes
• Berufsförderungsinstitut Steiermark (and
  coordinator)
• Paulinenpflege Winnenden e.V. , DE
• www.vogs.at

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Objectives of project

• Development of a holistic model for vocational
  orientation and educational guidance for Deaf
  people
• Empowerment and training of people concerned
• "underemployed rather than unemployed." (e.g. UK
  50 of the Deaf are working in factories)
• special educational guidance model for Deaf
  people
• Innovative guidance model for the target group
  Vogs-tandem-method

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Beneficiaries

• Target group Deaf people
• Representativs of interest of Deaf people
• Education and Welfare policy
• Enterprises that employ Deaf people

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Project products

• State of the Art Report Aptitude diagnostical
  test procedures and educational guidance models
  in Europe
• English, download from homepage
• Criteria Catalogue for an educational and
  vocational guidance model for Deaf people in
  Europe
• English, download from homepage
• Aptittude diagnostical test procedures
• German, English, Austrian Sign Language,
  International Signs
• VOGS tandem-method
• English, BSL, German, ÖGS, Finnish, FinSL,
  Czech, CSE, IS
• Curriculum for the pilot training for hearing and
  Deaf educational and vocational counsellors
  according the VOGS Model
• English, BSL, German, ÖGS, Finnish, FinSL,
  Czech, CSE, IS
• Pilot Training
• Pilot Counselling

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Contribution to enhanging the voice of the user

• To involve Deaf people in the counselling process
  makes more aware of the cultural differences
• Counselling within the same culture is possible
  without ignoring the majority society
• Discussions and information with policy maker
• Further education and trainung for the Deaf
  counsellors
• Further research Deaf studies

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Transferability of products

• The outcomes can be used in other projects
  e.g. JOS, Eurosigns II
• The tandem method can be interessting for other
  target groups as well migrants, people with
  disability, ...
• In some partner countries the vogs-method (or
  parts of it) is used (Finland, Germany)
• Baltic countries are very interessted in vogs
• Taking part in know how transfer project

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Ideas for further development of the project
products

• The method should be described more deeply
• Deaf people have to be trained before
• There are different education standards between
  Deaf and hearing people
• To train Deaf people in counselling skills
• Discussions with policy maker
• Discussions with information centre