Belgium

2019

  • Overall project’s presentation and a round table presentation of the country case study at the project’s final conference in Brussels: International Symposium for Innovative Practices, Policy Makers and Stakeholders.
  • Workshop on warm and inclusive transitions during the conference of the Kleutergewijs blog (K. Van Laere, B. De Wit)
  • Discussion table on the policy of lowering compulsery school age in the ISSA conference in Leiden. Investing in outreach and reciprocal parents relationships in transitions is more important. Start is used as an example (K. Van Laere, Z. Trikic, ISSA)
  • Presentation of the START project on the info session toddler participation organised by the Department of Education and Educational Agency (N. Buyl)
  • START’s final event in Brussels
  • Lecture for the social work/pedagogy students from Ghent university (K. Van Laere)
  • Lecture for school directors in East Flanders (K. Van Laere)
  • Lecture for stakeholders from the French community of Belgium at the Intesys conference day (K. Van Laere)
  • Lecture for the Ghent university – presentation book on inclusion (K. Van Laere)
  • Presentation of the START project in the working group of the KOALA project in the city of Aalst (H. Schokaert, N. Buyl)
  • Presentation of the START project in the local working group on toddler participation of the city of Aalst (H. Schokaert, N. Buyl)
  • 3 presentations of the START project in learning network on diversity of the Catholic umbrella organisation Vlaams Welzijnsverbond (H. Schokaert)
  • Presentation of the START project during new learning network of the city of Aalst on parent participation in transition (H. Schokaert, L. Baeyens, B. De Wit, W. Brewée)
  • Workshop on warm and inclusive transitions (K. Van Laere)
  • Lecture for students at the Erasmus University College in Brussels (K. Van Laere)

2018

  • Cooperation in writing the article Sustaining Warm and Inclusive Transitions Across the Early Years (START): Facilitating Collaborative Learning of Childcare Workers, Preschool and Primary School Teachers for the Well-Being Magazine
  • Discussion table on the policy of lowering compulsery school age at the ISSA member meeting in Zagreb. Investing in outreach and reciprocal parents relationships in transitions is more important. Start is used as an example (K. Van Laere)
  • Lecture for students at the Erasmus University College in Brussels (K. Van Laere)
  • Lecture on the Start project on the transition seminary, organised by the Department of education, Educational Agency, Child&Family, and Integration department in Flanders (T. Saeys, H. Schokaert, N. Buyl, C. Boudry and K. Van Laere)
  • Lecture to preschool teachers in East Flanders, promoting the START project as inspiring practice on reciprocal parent participation (K. Van Laere)
  • Publication of an article with the video from the visit of the preschool, where START was implemented.
  • Presentation of the START project at the OECD Conference on Transition in Paris. See the video of presentation (K. Van Laere)
  • Presentation at the conference King Baudouin Foundation and departement of Education (Kleine kinderen, grote kansen)
  • Workshop at the Conference Jong in de buurt

2017

  • Katrien Van Laere was the keynote speaker at the Conference on the importance of warm and inclusive transitions to preschool, where she promoted the START project as inspiring practices
  • Presentation on Learning network ‘Kleine kinderen, grote kansen’ in Flanders (K. Van Laere)
  • The word about our project was also spread in an interview with Katrien Van Laere in the Flemish De Standaard, where she promoted the importance of warm transition.
  • Katrien Van Laere participates as consultant in governmental working group of 20 governmental administrators of the Flemish departement of education, welfare, integration. She advocates the START project as an inspiring practice on warm transitions.
  • Visit the partner VBJK’s website and read more about the START project in Belgium.