Digital Tools for Students with Special Needs

Why this is Erasmus+ eligible

Structured, multi-day programme (5 days) with a pre-defined schedule and learning outcomes — not a passive lecture format.

Built around interaction: participants engage directly with the trainer and with peers from other countries throughout the course.

Transnational by design — open to participants travelling from outside the host country, a core requirement of Erasmus+ mobility funding.

Overview

This course helps teachers select, customize and use digital tools to support students with special needs, matching different learning styles and specific requirements. Participants work with practical examples — audiobooks, adaptive apps and games — and build the skills to create digital materials suited to individual students’ interests and needs.

Methodology

A Dedicated Day on Security and Privacy

Data privacy and digital security get a full day of practical guidance, alongside hands-on tool practice throughout the rest of the course.

Customize Real Tools

Teachers practise adapting selected digital tools to specific student needs, including discussing real sample cases.

Hands-On With Named Assistive Tools

Sessions work directly with real assistive-technology apps, not abstract categories.

What you'll take home

Select and customize digital tools suited to students' individual special needs.

Apply named assistive-technology apps — such as Read&Write, Proloquo2Go, Immersive Reader and Choiceworks — with students.

Create digital materials aligned with students' specific interests and needs.

Apply security and privacy practices when using digital tools with students.

Daily programme

Icebreaker: introduction, icebreakers and trust-building activities for effective, positive interaction throughout the course
Participants' school introductions
Overview of assistive-technology categories: text-to-speech, AAC (augmentative and alternative communication), visual-schedule and dyslexia-support apps

Warm-up: quick team-building activity to reconnect the group
Effective use of selected digital tools with students
Hands-on practice with Read&Write (text-to-speech and literacy support) and Proloquo2Go (AAC/communication support)
Developing teachers' skills in teaching digital tools to students

Customizing digital tools for students' special needs, using Immersive Reader (dyslexia/reading support) and Choiceworks (visual schedules) as working examples
Adapting settings and content in these tools to match individual student needs
Discussing sample cases to build skills in understanding and solving students' special needs

Building awareness of security and privacy issues related to digital tools
Guidance on security measures and protecting data privacy
Examples of how teachers can support students' digital security
Recommendations for responding to students' special needs using digital tools

Course evaluation: discussion and evaluation of acquired competencies, feedback and course content
Sharing course documents and records
Giving out the Course Participation Certificate

Materials & digital tools

Assistive technology used in the course: Read&Write (text-to-speech/literacy support), Proloquo2Go (AAC/communication), Immersive Reader (dyslexia/reading support) and Choiceworks (visual schedules).

Certificate & assessment

This is a Certificate of Attendance, not an exam-based qualification — recognition comes from completing the structured programme, not from passing a test. The real, lasting value is in the competencies listed above under What you'll take home.

Erasmus Mobility Academy

Certificate of Attendance

Digital Tools for Students with Special Needs · 5 days · 25 hrs

+ Europass Mobility document

Type your name above — clearly marked "SAMPLE" in the PDF, not an official document.

The real certificate is signed by your trainer and EMA's authorised signatory. Your own signature isn't on this document — it's captured separately, on the Europass Mobility document.

Need to verify a real certificate? Check it online using the serial number and participant's full name, or contact us directly — [email protected], OID E10304561.

Attendance

Tracked using a sign-in sheet with one signature per participant per day (paper or digital). This record is used to issue your Certificate of Attendance and Europass Mobility document. View sign-in sheet (PDF)

Output

Every participant leaves with a completed Dissemination & School Impact Plan — a step-by-step template for applying the course back at your school (see below).

Feedback

An end-of-course evaluation form is sent to every participant after the course ends — a chance to reflect on what you've learned and how you'll apply it, and it helps us keep improving the course for future participants.

Your paperwork

Keep your travel tickets, boarding passes and (if you used green travel) any related receipts — your school or National Agency may ask for these for their own Erasmus+ reporting.

Practical information

Registration & documents

Not sure how registering works or what paperwork is involved? See our full Registration & Documents guide — from applying to your Certificate of Attendance, in one place.

Invitation letter

Need a formal invitation letter for your school or embassy? Request one — we send it within 2 business days. See a sample (PDF).

Learning Agreement

Prepared by our staff and sent to you and your school once your registration form is submitted — see what it looks like. See a sample (PDF).

Billing & invoicing

We issue official invoices/proformas with the participant's name and course details — ask us. Payment is due in full by bank transfer before the course start date. See a sample (PDF).

Airport transfer

Guidance on getting from the nearest airport to the venue is included in your welcome information.

Accommodation

We can recommend partner hotels close to the venue in the host city — ask us when you apply.

For your school / proposal

School impact

After completing this Inclusive Education course, the participating staff member can transfer outcomes directly to their school: a short briefing for colleagues sharing the key takeaways, applying relevant tools or strategies from the programme in their own role, and inclusion of the course materials in the school's professional development resources — turning one person's mobility into a wider institutional gain that supports the school's European Development Plan. Use the Dissemination & School Impact Plan below to fill in your own — it saves as you go and can generate a one-page summary for your coordinator too.

Prefer a blank, course-independent version of this template? Get it here →

After the course

Participants will receive their certificates (Certificate of Attendance + Europass).

Participants will complete a general course evaluation and event survey.

Participants will receive course materials, videos, photos, and PDF documents in both digital and print formats.

Follow-up support: an email group is created for idea exchange, self-evaluation materials are provided, and participants receive a follow-up check-in after 3 months to discuss progress on selecting and customizing digital tools for their own students with special needs.

Frequently asked

Yes. The course fee, travel and subsistence are all eligible costs under an Erasmus+ mobility grant or accreditation. We issue all invoices and certificates your national agency requires.

B1 or above is comfortable. Trainers speak clearly, materials are written in plain English, and mixed-nationality teams support each other.

Absolutely — group bookings of 3+ from one school receive priority placement, and we can schedule a dedicated session for groups of 12 or more.

Our courses run on request at our centres in Antalya, İstanbul, İzmir, Mersin, Budapest and Bremen. Tell us your preferred city and dates and we will arrange a session.

Tuition, all materials, certificates (attendance + Europass) and the guided cultural programme. Flights and accommodation are booked separately — we send a vetted hotel list.

You can move to any later session free of charge. Cancellations made 30+ days before the start date receive a full refund; a reduced refund applies closer to the date — see our full Cancellation & Refund Policy for the exact schedule.