The International Conference and DisAbuse Workshops aims to present the project outcomes at the end of the training programme implemented in Ireland, Italy, Spain and Portugal.

From the 4th to the 6th of June the World Anti Bullying Forum 2019 will take place in Dublin, Ireland. With 3 full days of seminars and activities, Dublin and the Forum will host over a 1000 delegates from around the world at the Helix in Dublin City University. With the President of Ireland and politicians and dignitaries from 15 countries in attendance, it is a huge and prestigious event with a great deal of competition for presenting places.

The Stop DisAbuse training course on combatting Disablist Bullying aimed at educating and empowering SEN/D users and those who work alongside them, is a modular course.

Final details for the sessions, the numbers, locations/dates all together for the pilot training phase were discussed. The next step is to start to prepare materials to advertise to target users.

The 3rd DisAbuse Partner Meeting went ahead today hosted by the Universidad de Murcia, finalsing plans to begin the piloting of the new course on countering Disablist Bullying for SEN/D users and Teachers/Trainers.

The 3rd DisAbuse Project National Conference discussing bullying and cyberbullying of people with SEN/D and what avenues are available to them, hosted by the University of Murcia, in Spain on the 15th of October.

Fiona Weldon and Lian McGuire of the National Anti-Bullying Research Centre and UNESCO Chair on Tackling Bullying and Cyberspace, presented on Disablist Bullying and the DisAbuse Project to a joint Norwegian / Irish 2 Day Seminar. 

The Seminar was part of the joint masters module group specialising in the prevention and intervention of bullying in learning environments between the University of Stavanger Norway and Dublin City University, Ireland.