Inclutrain projects and partners
There have been three successive Inclutrain projects: Inclutrain: January 2018 – June 2020 This project focused on developing the content and refining the methods. Inclutrain connect: June 2021 – February 2023 The focus of this project was on international, inclusively designed exchange. Inclutrain extends: September 2023 – February 2026 Here, the methods were further developed […]
Inclusion
Person-centred training Inclusive training is possible if there is no fundamental division into groups. This is because any division into groups is defined by group characteristics and thus carries the risk of exclusion. The problem is that conventional vocational qualification profiles are based on group divisions. The result is that many people with support needs […]
Inclutrain
Inclutrain is a fusion of the terms inclusion and training. It means inclusive training. The Inclutrain project focuses on person-centred vocational training for people requiring support. The training process is designed to do justice to the concept of inclusion. The methodological foundations were developed within the project. What makes it unique is that the starting […]
New Approaches at Weide-Hardebek
The Weide-Hardebek Farm Community Ltd is a social-therapeutic, non-profit living and working community. Around 100 people, both with and without support needs, live and work on the three farms in the fields of biodynamic vegetable growing and agriculture, as well as animal husbandry, baking, housekeeping, building trades, marketing and sales. Inclutrain at Weide-Hardebek Since the […]
New Approaches at Urtica de Vijfsprong
Urtica de Vijfsprong is a therapeutic residential and working community for people requiring support, located in Vorden, the Netherlands. The residents are people with intellectual or mental disabilities who receive support through living and working on the farm. At the heart of the community is the 70-hectare biodynamic farm. There are around 70 dairy cows […]
Pausing as a corporate culture
An example from the Loidhold Integrative Farm Community When things get busy, days on our farm can sometimes be quite stressful. I rush through the house, from one appointment to the next. If I bump into Victoria somewhere, she comes running towards me, beaming, hugs me and holds me tight. It used to annoy me […]
The Birkenhof’s guiding principle
‘Creating while upwarding’ As part of the Inclutrain project, we sought the impulse to act behind our farm. I gave a tour of the farm and afterwards we asked what the others had experienced as movement. Various verbs emerged, yet all were united in their movement, in their impulse: ‘opening while constructing’, ‘nurturing while soothing’, […]
“I don’t have time!”
In collaboration, one repeatedly hears the reply: “I don’t have time.” There is a positive motivation behind this reply too. Methodologically, one approaches such a question in exactly the same way as one would the behaviour of a person that one does not understand. One seeks out one’s own experience: Where did I have a […]
“Nobody wants to get involved!”
“Preparations for the Advent celebrations and the Christmas party are currently underway again. The problem is that hardly anyone wants to get involved in the planning and organisation. It’s always the same three or four people who organise the celebrations for everyone. I’d like to see more people taking the initiative so that the celebrations […]
“Others aren’t interested!”
“No matter how hard I try to involve my colleagues in the meetings, they just watch but don’t contribute.” When working with colleagues, situations can frequently arise where colleagues do not engage. There is a positive motivation behind this behaviour too. Methodologically, one approaches such a problem in exactly the same way as one would […]