This work package aimed at developing the training modules and has been coordinated by the University of Vienna. The outcomes from the previous WP have helped in the drafting of the training modules.
Work package III consisted of:
- Identification of module topics based on WP2- outcomes of the focus groups
- Production of module drafts and the modules
- Integrating these modules into a common curriculum
- Feedback on the curriculum
- by experts (Delphi Process)
- professional carers (Face to Face testing).
The focus groups consisted of experts, front-line staff, family members and people with ID, with the aim to identify the needs of the user, and provide services which will better meet users’ necessities.
The AGID Training platform features a series of 6 Modules on the topics of:
- Ageing Process
- Person- Centered Planning
- Social Networking and Communication of Elderly People with ID
- Emotional Regulation for Front-line staff
- Pathological Ageing in People with ID
- Taking Care: a Complex Professional Stance
Once the first draft of the modules has been produced by each partner, and the whole Consortium has individuated the Common Curriculum, two-step- testing process took place: by experts during a Delphi process; by at least 2 partners during face-to-face testing of the modules.
The Delphi process (Delphi experts whose identity stayed anonymous during the validation) took following structure;
Round I consisted of open Questions on each Module regarding: strengths, weaknesses of the module; suggestions to increase applicability and ratio exercises - theoretical input
Round II consisted of collection of all suggestions from Round I; grading of each suggestion on a 7 point Likert scale: Agree -Disagree and Important - not important
Round III was formulated in the following way: collection of the weighted suggestions from Round II; last feedback: additional suggestions and goodness of fit between opinion of each expert and the collected feedback
The last milestone of WP 3 has been the conduction of face-to-face testing of two modules by each partner.
To see the Training Manual of the Common Curriculum
please click here 
UNIVIE-Training-Manual
