Colaboratori

Dr. Marius Ungureanu

Dr. Marius UNGUREANU este cadru didactic și cercetător în sănătate publică și sisteme de sănătate. Marius a absolvit Facultatea de Medicină a Universității de Medicină și Farmacie „Iuliu Hațieganu” din Cluj-Napoca. 

Carmen Marcu

Carmen are o experiență de 18 ani de formare și dezvoltare contexte de învățare și resurse educaționale pentru tineri și adulți. A susținut formări în diferite țări din Europa în domeniile: comunicare, politici publice pentru tineret, scriere si management de proiect, managementul voluntarilor și voluntariat corporatist, metode de învățare non-formală, evaluare de programe de învățare, mentorat si coaching.

Roxana Turcu

Roxana activează în domeniul educației și formării de peste 10 ani, dedicată co-creării de contexte de învățare prin diverse metode creative de educație non-formală și cu experiență de peste 3 ani în instructional design.

Ana Rita Camará

Ana Rita Camará combină munca sa socială și pedagogică cu rolul anterior de politician, conectând diferite sectoare către o mișcare socio-pedagogică comună.

Ea a început să lucreze ca trainer în contexte naționale și internaționale în 2010 și este listată pe platforma de traineri SALTO.

În prezent, este considerată expertă în conectarea proiectelor de mobilitate internațională cu comunitățile locale (impact și implicare). Ea este persoana cheie în dezvoltarea proiectului „Buget participativ pentru tineri” din Cascais, care a primit Premiul național pentru proiect participativ din Portugalia în 2018. Pe lângă faptul că lucrează în Produções Fixe, ea și-a înființat și propria întreprindere socială numită „Ministrul imperfecțiunii”. 

Jo Claeys

Jo Claeys este implicat în lucrul cu tinerii la nivel internațional din 1999 ca promotor, antrenor și trainer. În prezent, fiind parte a mai multor grupuri de formatori (BiTriMulti, TicTac, ATOQ, The Power of Non Formal Education, EYE Opener), a acumulat atât o experiență vastă, cât și o rețea internațională de specialiști. Jo a fost și este co-formator pe o varietate de activități de constituire a parteneriatelor pentru Agenția Națională a Danemarcei, printre care și pe KA2. 

El este listat pe SALTO TOY și face parte din grupul de formatori al Consiliului Europei. A proiectat câteva instrumente educaționale renumite referitoare la înțelegerea a ceea ce îi atrage și motivează pe tineri să folosească astfel de instrumente într-un mod eficient și eficace. 

Jo este din ce în ce mai activ în diferite sectoare educaționale, fiind co-autor al manualului educațional privind drepturile copilului al Consiliului Europei: Compasito și adesea participă ca vorbitor la diferite evenimente internaționale.

Adriana Popescu

Adriana iubește să creeze experiențe de învățare semnificative atât pentru copii, cât și pentru adulți. Este pasionată de învățarea prin experiență, gamificare și crearea de jocuri de societate educaționale, inovație și gândire de design. Ea sprijină specialiștii din domeniul social și educațional pentru a deveni profesioniști și oameni mai buni, oferind cursuri de dezvoltare a abilităților de viață pentru profesori, cursuri de conducere pentru asistenții sociali și formare de competențe digitale pentru profesori și lucrători de tineret.

Adelaide Katerine Tarpan

Adela este sociolog și manager de dezvoltare în RAA. Motivația ei este găsirea unor modalități noi, de impact, de a sprijini profesorii să-și îmbunătățească abilitățile de predare online și să descopere cele mai bune metode și instrumente de utilizat cu studenții lor. S-a specializat ca Practician în Dezvoltare Socială,  training nonformal și consultanță pentru organizații comunitare și persoane vulnerabile la London Metropolitan University și în prezent este studentă EMBA la Universitatea din Maastricht în cadrul programului derulat de Bucharest International School of Management.

Martinha Piteira

Martinha Piteira is Assistant Professor at Setubal Polytechnic Institute (IPS/ESTSetúbal), Portugal.

She holds a PhD in Information Science and Technology and a MSc in Information Systems Management at ISCTE-IUL Lisbon University Institute. Her PhD work was about the adoption of Gamification in computer programming learning courses.

She is a researcher in ISTAR-IUL – Information Sciences, Technologies, and Architecture Research Centre.

Currently she is working on gamification design for specific contexts. She is also interested in eLearning systems, educational technologies, ethics in Artificial Intelligence, usability and accessibility.

Lino Ramos

Lino Ramos is Assistant Professor at ESS-IPS (Nursing Department), Nurse Specialist in Mental Health and Psychiatry, he holds a Master degree in Sciences of the Education and currently is conducting his PhD studies in Nursing.

In ESS-IPS he teaches Nursing Mental Health and Psychiatry and is responsible for the Course of Nursing in Mental Health. He is a member of CIIAS / IPS and his research interests are mainly related to the Promotion of Mental Health.

He has previous experience in community projects focusing on the promotion of mental health and the well-being of students (e.g. risk behaviors; promotion of healthy lifestyles).  He is the author and co-author of publications related to the areas of mental health, nursing education, clinical teaching of mental health nursing.

Bogdana Marchis

Bogdana Marchis

She is an administrative technician by Ilerna Online School.

She has a long experience in sustainable projects in tourism on the private sector. She also has experience in projects of the public health system of mental health for children and teenagers.

Now she is working in WUSmed with the management of European Projects, providing support in administration, communication, and development tasks.

Maria Luisa (Magüi) Pérez Cabaní

Maria Luisa (Magüi) Pérez Cabaní has a PhD in Psychology and was Senior Lecturer at the Universitat de Girona in the field of Developmental and Educational Psychology until 2017.

She was the main researcher for the UdG-GRHCS 046 «Quality of the teaching and learning process and teacher training» and has wide experience in several related lines of research such as Curriculum development, Competence based Education and teacher training.

She is also co-author with Dr. Josep Juandó of “Teaching Management Tools”, software that the Universitat de Girona transfers as an educational technology tool.

Josep Juandó Bosch

Josep Juandó Bosch is graduated as teacher of primary school (Girona 1975), in Sciences of Education (Autonomous University of Barcelona, 1980) and PhD by the University of Girona, 2008 (title of PhD thesis: “The teamwork among teachers: causes and effects”).

Experienced in teaching at the primary school level and at the university level. Several years of experience managing and coordinating teaching support services and systems at primary, secondary and university levels (Department of Education of the government of Catalonia-Girona, and University of Girona).

Experienced designing models, systems and software to manage teaching processes based on competences (parameters of the Bologna Process).

Mitch Whitehead

Mitch is a philosopher, teacher, and educational technologist who has worked as a teacher and head of faculty in schools in the UK and Italy. Alongside his work as a teacher, he works in various roles in educational consultancy including examination, curriculum and instructional design, and education philosophy. Beyond the classroom, Mitch gives public lectures, writes and directs plays, and blogs about education, technology, philosophy, and art.

Georgeta Ion

Georgeta Ion currently works at the Department of Apllied Pedagogy, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Spain. Georgeta does research in Educational Management, Higher Education and Evidence based practices. Currently is working on a project related to the use of research in school practices and assessment strategies for self-regulated learning

Cristina Mercader Juan

Diploma in Magisteri d’Educació Primaria, Master in Planning and Management of Education, Master in Research in Education and Doctorate in Education. Cristina teaches in the UAB Department of Applied Pedagogy, participates in institutionally, nationally and internationally funded research targeting the millions of educational organizations, digital technologies for education and assessment for apprenticeships. In addition, she is a member of various working committees focused on the implementation of the digital competence of teachers.

Angelo Marco Luccini

Learner’s Experience Designer & Hacker, who taps into Game Design, Design Thinking, and Liberating Structures principles and co-creation techniques to transform education and corporate training with bespoke blended solutions. He has also designed escape games for digital transformation and game learning awareness and is part of the development team of serios game company Succubus Interactive. Marco builds upon 15+ years in R&D EU-funded projects and in particular on his experience on soft skills development through serious games and community platforms in corporate education at INSEAD business school and at CEDEP executive education centre.

Angelo Marco Luccini

Marco se identifica drept Learner’s Experience Designer & Hacker, care folosește principiile Game Design, Design Thinking și Liberating Structures și tehnici de co-creare pentru a transforma educația și formarea corporativă cu soluții combinate adaptate. Marco a conceput jocuri de evadare pentru transformarea digitală și conștientizarea învățării jocurilor si este parte a echipei de dezvoltare jocuri educaționale Succubus Interactive. Marco se bazează pe peste 15 ani în proiecte de cercetare și dezvoltare finanțate de UE și în special pe experiența sa în dezvoltarea abilităților soft prin jocuri serioase și platforme comunitare în educația corporativă la școala de afaceri IN-SEAD și la centrul de educație executiv CEDEP.

Marinela Rață

Marinela Rață is a Senior Lecturer for Occupational Therapy and Physical Therapy Department, within The Faculty of Movement, Sports and Health Sciences at Vasile Alecsandri University of Bacau, since 2001. She graduated the Physical Therapy programme at the „Vasile Alecsandri„ University of Bacău and workes as a physiotherapist in a private practice. 

Marinela Rață became the president of The Professional Association of Occupational Therapist’s in 2016. Marinela is also the Romanian delegate for the World Federation of Occupational Therapists (WFOT), European Network of Occupational Therapy in Higher Education (ENOTHE) and Council of Occupational Therapists for the European Countries (COTEC). 

Marinela is one of the first occupational therapists in Romania, she has been trained within an ENOTHE project – Joint Action Programme “Facilitation and Participation of Young Persons with Disabilities in an Enlarged Europe” (FPYPDEE), Organised by West University of Timișoara, in 2002. 

She completed her PhD in relation to the role of sensory motor stimulation to improve communication. Marinela’s expertise and commitment  is in the field of pediatrics, and she has travelled internationally to gain further training in Ayres Sensory Integration Therapy, Vojta Therapy, Bobath Method, Castillo Morales Therapy, Padovan Method, Masgutova Method, Sensory Babies approach, SOS Approach to Feeding and Manual Therapy.

Marinela is involved in several international research projects and she has a 15 years of experiance in working with children.

Ilias Michail Rafail

Ilias Michail Rafail is a Counselor/Psychologist (PhD.c at Panteion University and BA at University of Athens) and an Adult Educator (M.Ed at Hellenic Open University). He works – among others, as a Scientific Responsible/Training Director at IASIS NGO, as a Training Director at KEK IEKEP and as a Project Manager in National and European Training and Consulting Programs. He is a member of the European Union’s Experts Group for Education and Vocational Training (DG Education & Training, EC) and is accredited as a trainer of trainers by the National Authorities of several nations’ „SALTO” European programs. He is the director of research and development (R&D) at IASIS NGO and oversees the creation and execution of national and European programs.

Ilias has extensive experience in Adult Education, as a trainer in various European Programs for the last 25 years, with topics related to Empowerment, Team Building, Negotiation, Boundaries, Orientation, Relationships and Counseling (indicative).

Eric Kota

Eric Kota is a Psychologist, Trainer and Youth Worker. He works as a Researcher and Designer of European project of various funded frameworks (Erasmus+, CERV, AMIF, EuropeAid & HORIZON) in the research and development department of AmKE IASIS in the fields of education, social inclusion, digital transformation and sustainable development.

He holds a First-Class Honours degree (BSc Hons)  in Psychology  from the University of East London from where his thesis entitled „Head Rotation as an Indicator on Visuo-Spatial Short Term and Working Memory Tasks” which attempted to “unite” the research of topics of Cognitive Psychology and Computational Systems, was marked as a 1st class standard. He also holds a diploma in Digital Transformation from the University of the Aegean and is currently studying International Business Management (MBA Global) at the University of Derby.

Eric also organized and conducted more than 30 training workshops in over 8 countries.

Gabriel Mareș

Gabriel Mareș is a lecturer at „Vasile Alecsandri” University of Bacău, has a bachelor’s degree in Educational Sciences and a bachelor’s degree in psychology, a master’s degree in Communication and a doctorate in Educational Sciences. His research focuses on the experiential approach to education, adult and parent education, the therapeutic relationship, therapy and education of people with special needs, and also in education and health communication. His research is reflected in articles and book chapters, textbooks and course materials or conference participation. He has clinical expertise in working with HIV-infected people and children with autism, and also has experience as a trainer in life skills development programs for children and youth, critical thinking and career counseling for adolescents and youth. He participated in the implementation of numerous projects financed from the European Social Fund, Erasmus or funds of the Ministry of Education.

Eirini Symeonidou

Holds a Master in International Child Studies, specialized in International Child Rights and Development from King’s College London. She has completed undergraduate studies in the education of people with special needs and she has also worked as a teacher of children with multiple disabilities and autism.

Thelma Rún van Erven

Thelma Rún van Erven graduated as a psychologist (cand.psych) from the University of Iceland in 2017. She has been working at the Counselling and Diagnosis Centre (CDC) since then at the Division of Children and Adolescence. In her work she participates in various activities, including diagnostic work, counselling in schools, social skills training and having lectures about autism spectrum disorder (ASD), intellectual disability (ID) and sexual health. She has a certification as a Peers® trainer and has taught at Keep Safe®. She also runs courses for young people with ASD and ID about sexual health. Thelma Rún has her own practice as well where she treats adolescence with ASD and ID who are dealing with anxiety and depression among other things. She also works for The Icelandic Autistic Society with teenagers with ASD.

María Jónsdóttir

María Jónsdóttir has a MA degree in social work (2010) and certification as a specialist working with disabled people (2016).  She has also certification as a Peers® and Keep safe® trainer. She has experience as a social worker in a non-profit organization that provides service and accommodation for people with learning disabilities and people with autism (from 1997-2012). Since 2013 she has been working at the Counselling and Diagnosis Centre (CDC) and participated in various types of activities, including family support, diagnostic work, and accumulating knowledge in the CDC on support for schools and parents providing sex education for young people with autism (ASD) and intellectual disability (ID). Her dissertation at the University of Iceland (2010) was about sex education in Iceland for people with ID. María has been a part time teacher in social work at the University of Iceland and published scholarly articles on sexual health and autism. She has published workbooks about sexuality for disabled people and  run courses for young people ASD and ID about sexual health. She maintains among others webpage about sexual health for people with ID and ASD; www.leikni.is.

Pop Anamaria Gabriela

Pop Anamaria Gabriela has a Bachelor’s Degree in Special Education since 2008. She has been a school counselor and a partner for Autism Baia Mare Association since 2009 . Her trainer’s degree offered the opportunity to create a course accredited by the Ministry of Education and train over 500 teachers about adapting their teaching strategies when having a student with ASD in the classroom. She has also worked with other ONG`s as a school counselor, mainly with student with special needs.

Iolanda Sztrelenczuk

Iolanda Sztrelenczuk has a Bachelor Degree in Literature and has been teaching for more than 20 years. Ten years ago, she became interested in special education after her daughter was diagnosed with ASD. She attended a variety of courses to better understand the educational needs of students that learn differently. She started a pilot educational project – the first inclusive classes for students with ASD in mainstream Romanian schools – with great benefits for students with ASD but also for the teachers. She is also a trainer helping teachers to better understand the condition and adapt their teaching to the students needs.

Dr. Roxana Cardos

Dr. Roxana Cardos este psiholog sub supervizare în psihologie clinică și psihoterapie, atestat de Colegiul Psihologilor din România (www.copsi.ro) și de Institutul Albert Ellis, SUA (http://albertellis.org/).

Roxana este absolventă a școlii clujene de psihologie, licențiată în psihologie (2011), absolventă a masteratului de “Psihologie clinică, consiliere psihologică și psihoterapie” (2013) și a Școlii Doctorale “Psihodiagnostic și intervenții psihologice validate științific” (2017).

Specializarea pe care aceasta o are include servicii validate științific adresate adolescenților și adulților, administrate individual sau în grup, cu focalizare pe: 1) psihodiagnosticul şi tratamentul tulburărilor de anxietate si de tip depresiv, , 2) consiliere educaţională şi vocaţională, 4) autocunoaștere și dezvoltare personală, și 5) promovarea sănătăţii individuale şi organizaţionale.

Profesor Univ. Dr. Anca Dobrean

Sunt profesor, șeful Departamentului de Psihologie Clinică și Psihoterapie (vezi http://clinicalpsychology.psiedu.ubbcluj.ro/) la Universitatea „Babeș-Bolyai” (BBU), Cluj-Napoca, România, unul dintre cele mai mari și mai prestigioase instituții academice din Europa de Est și Centrală (a se vedea http://www.ubbcluj.ro).

Cercetarea mea se concentrează pe dezvoltarea, investigarea și diseminarea intervențiilor bazate pe dovezi pentru problemele de sănătate mintală ale copiilor și adolescenților.

Programul meu de cercetare a adus contribuții semnificative atât la evaluarea psihologică bazată pe dovezi, cât și la intervenția bazată pe dovezi axată pe problemele comportamentale și emoționale la copii și adolescenți, mai precis pe evaluarea rezultatelor și mecanismelor problemelor emoționale la copii și adolescenți.