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Faculty of Education and Social Work

1ST INTERNATIONAL
CONGRESS ON
TRANSITION OF
YOUTH IN THE
SOCIAL PROTECTION
SYSTEM TO
ADULT LIFE

2023
29-30 NOV.
01 DEC.

The Mentoring Program has been working for 25 years on the transition of youth in the social protection system towards an independent life. The progress in this area has been substantial in some regions of the Spanish State but many challenges must still be tackled in that journey towards independence.

The 1st International Congress on Transition of Youth in the Social Protection System to Adult Life aims to address these challenges from both an academic and professional insight, and that of the administration, companies and other stakeholders involved in the process.

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WEDNESDAY 29- MORNING

ATTENDEE ACCREDITATION

9:00H

OPENING

10:00H

Introduction by Carlos Rosón, chairperson of IGAXES

SPEAKERS:

  • Fabiola García Martínez – Director of Social and Youth Policy Departament
  • Manuel Joaquín Reigosa Roger – Chancellor of the University of Vigo
  • Víctor Manuel Santidrián Arias – President of IGAXES
  • Josep Marí Cervera – European Commision. Directorate General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion.

OPENING CONFERENCE

Supporting young people in their transitions from care: An international perspective on key issues and developments

Robbie Gilligan – Trinity College, Ireland

10:30H

COFFEE BREAK

11:30H

SIMULTANEOUS TALKS

12:00H

EDUCATION- Room A
Factors facilitating the school inclusion of children in the protection system

  • María Carme Montserrat Boado – University of Girona

SEXUALITY – Room B
Training in sexual equality and diversity, and cis-heteronormative attitudes of minors in Spanish protection system

  • María Victoria Carrera Fernández – University of Vigo

ROUND TABLE “Good practices for labour integration”

13:00H
SPEAKERS – TABLE A

  • María Escribano Romero – Director of corporate communications and ASG, Alsea Group
  • Cristina Segura Talavera – Social Inclusion Director at La Caixa Foundation – Program Incorpora
  • Joaõ Pedro Nunes – Cooperativa Kairos – Azores

SPEAKERS – TABLE A

  • Elisa Catoira – Asociación de Familiares enfermos Alzheimer A Coruña – AFACO
  • Gabriel Conde Cordal – Portovello Restaurant, Ourense
  • Pedro Barrio – La Urbana Restaurant, Lugo

BREAK

14:30H

WEDNESDAY 29- AFTERNOON

SIMULTANEOUS TALKS

16:00H
SEXUALITY – Room A
Prevention of sexual violence against youth

  • Ricardo Barroso – University of Tras-os-Montes and Alto Douro

EDUCATION Room B
Variables affecting educational success in contexts of vulnerability

  • Santa Lázaro Fernández and Belén Urosa – Comillas Pontifical University

PRESENTATION

17:00H

Núria Diéguez – “Results of the Transition to Adult Life Program in not urban Areas”

COFFEE BREAK

17:30H

PAPER PRESENTATIONS

18:00H

END OF THE FIRST DAY

19:00H

Presentation of the Exhibition Resalire

Discussion group led by Fuco Reyes: “The Process of Creating Resalire”
From 1 to 30 December in the A room

20:30H

THURSDAY, 30 NOVEMBER – MORNING

RECEPTION

9:00H

SIMULTANEOUS TALKS

9:30H
MENTAL HEALTH- Room A
Promotion of an affiliate mindset in the foster care of children and youth at risk: results of a clinical trial with an impact on caregivers and emotional climate in foster care homes

  • Daniel Rijo and Laura Santos – University of Coimbra

SOCIAL-AFFECTIVE RELATIONSHIPS, WELL-BEING AND BOND – Room B
Leisure and social-affective relationships – youth after the protection system

  • Ángel De-Juanas and Jorge Díaz-Esterri – UNED

ROUND TABLE “Good practices for the participation model”

10:30H
SPEAKERS – TABLE A

  • Identidad para Ellos y Ellas (Identity for Them) – Asturias. (Marcos Madrigal)
  • UPV – Basque Country. (Ikhlas Seddik)
  • Asociación Doncel – Buenos Aires. (Quequi Jessica Waksmann)
  • Militants Des Savoirs (Knowledge Activists) – France. (Seraphin Alava)

SPEAKERS – TABLE B

  • Cooperativa Redes – Madrid. (Silvia Diana)
  • FAIM – Aragón. (Falo García Álvarez)
  • Itaca – Catalonia. (Lidia González)

COFFEE BREAK

11:30H

TALK

12:00H

THE CHALLENGE OF DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION
Cristina Blanco – Deputy Director-General of Policies for Family, Children and Adolescents of Galicia’s Regional Government

SIMULTANEOUS TALKS

12:45H
MENTAL HEALTH – Room A
Therapeutic intervention in young people in foster care homes – needs and intervention model

  • Amaia Bravo – University of Oviedo

AFFECTIVE RELATIONSHIPS, WELL-BEING AND BOND – Room B
Socio-educational ecosystems and support in transitions: community strength

  • Jordi Longás – University of Ramon Llull, Barcelona

PAPER PRESENTATIONS

13:45H

BREAK

15:00H

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30 – AFTERNOON

SIMULTANEOUS TALKS

16:00H
THE FAMILY ROLE – Room A
Transition from foster care system to adult life: chances and challenges for foster care

  • Paulo Delgado – Education Higher School of Porto’s Polytechnic Institute

RESILIENCE IN AUTONOMY PROCESSES – Room B
Weaving Resilience in Common: Socio-Educational Narratives of Youth in Transition

  • Cristóbal Ruiz Román – University of Málaga

SIMULTANEOUS TALKS

17:00H
THE FAMILY ROLE – Room A
After goodbye… My Goodness! – Journeys after foster care

  • João Pedro Gaspar – University of Coimbra and paje – Support Platform to Former Foster Care Youth

AUTONOMY FLATS – Room B
Family’s role in the emerging autonomy and in the transition of young people in and out of care to adult life

  • Juan Carlos Martín Quintana – University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

COFFEE BREAK

18:00H

ROUND TABLE “Good practices in transition programs to adult life”

18:30H
SPEAKERS – TABLE A

  • Fundación Natzaret – Balearic Islands. (Guillem Cladera)
  • San José de Braga Office – (Mafalda Malheiro)
  • Porto’s Social Security Institute – (Sandra Pinto)
  • Social Segurity institute of Madeira – (Paula Mesquita)

SPEAKERS – TABLE B

  • Amés Foundation – Balearic Islands. (Sebastià Cladera)
  • Agintzari – Basque Country. (Unai Zabala)
  • University of Oviedo – (Laura García Alba)
  • Asociación Engloba – Andalusia (Diego Heredia)

END OF THE SECOND DAY

19:45H

THEATRE PLAY “SOÑOS” (Dreams)

20:30H

MAIN THEATRE HALL

A play created to eradicate the stigma associated with boys and girls in the protection system. (Theater play in Galician language).

Script: Fernando Epelde
Director: Tamara Canosa
Producer: Artefeito
Distribution: Culturactiva
Initiative: IGAXES

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1 – AFTERNOON

RECEPTION

9:00H

SIMULTANEOUS TALKS

9:30H

PROFESSIONAL CARE – Room A
Foundation for professional development, pedagogical knowledge and participation in the context

  • Víctor Martín Solbes – University of Málaga

EDUCATION – Room B
Higher education as a key to other future scenarios in the transition to adult life: The university is also for the former foster care youth

  • Joana Miguelena – University of the Basque Country

ROUND TABLE “Good practices for social networks of support and participation”

10:30H
SPEAKERS

  • References Program – IGAXES, Galicia. (Carlos Rosón)
  • Enlace Program – ASECAL, Castilla y León. (Mª Auxiliadora López)
  • Rusiñol – SERVEI SOLIDARI, Catalonia. (Joan Prat)

COFFEE BREAK

11:45H

TALK

12:15H

“Transition to Adult Life Housing Model of MENTOR Program”
Pilar Ramallal – MENTOR Program Coordinator

CONFERENCE AND CLOSING

13:00H

Transition to Adult Life from Protection System – Results of Research.
Jorge Fernández del Valle –
University of Oviedo

CLOSING AND AWARDS CEREMONY “25th ANNIVERSARY
OF THE MENTOR PROGRAM”

14:00H

Jacobo Rey Sastre – Director of Family and Childhood and Demographic Dynamism

Víctor Manuel Santidrián Arias – President of IGAXES

END OF THE CONGRESS

14:30H