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🌍💙 After a disaster, emotional recovery also needs a path
Adolescents may experience fear, confusion, or intrusive thoughts after living through a traumatic event. Understanding that these reactions are normal - and that recovery is not linear - is a key first step towards wellbeing.
Through the RESPONDS project, we work to support teachers, families, and educational communities with practical tools to help young people in their emotional recovery process.
📌 Today’s infographic presents:
🔹 The phases of emotional recovery, from the initial impact to gradual adaptation.
🔹 The key idea that moving forward and backward is part of the healing process.
🔹 A simple and effective technique: Name - Separate - Ground, which helps young people recognise thoughts, separate them from reality, and return to the present through the senses.
These strategies can be used at school or at home to create safe spaces where adolescents feel supported and understood.
💬 Supporting mental health after a disaster is not only a clinical task: it is an educational and community responsibility.
📍 This resource is part of the work developed by the European project RESPONDS, co-funded by the European Union, to strengthen emotional resilience in educational settings.

🌍 Seis organizaciones de España, Italia, Grecia, Irlanda y Chipre unen fuerzas en el proyecto europeo 3D–YES (3D Youth Empowerment & Social Entrepreneurship), una iniciativa Erasmus+ que apuesta por la inclusión social, la innovación digital y el emprendimiento juvenil.

🎯 El proyecto ofrecerá formación práctica en:
✅ Economía social y emprendimiento
✅ Diseño CAD e impresión 3D
✅ Creación de soluciones inclusivas para personas con discapacidad motora
💡 Además, los participantes desarrollarán y probarán ayudas técnicas personalizadas utilizando tecnología 3D, combinando creatividad, aprendizaje práctico e impacto social.

👥 ¿A quién va dirigido?
🔹 Jóvenes vulnerables de 16 a 29 años
🔹 Trabajadores y formadores juveniles
🔹 Organizaciones de inclusión y empleabilidad
🔹 Personas con discapacidad motora
🤝 3D–YES busca fortalecer la empleabilidad, la participación juvenil y la autonomía personal mediante soluciones accesibles y centradas en las personas.
🇪🇺 Proyecto cofinanciado por el programa Erasmus+ de la Unión Europea.

In 3D-YES, the partnership is also working on the wider training foundation through the preparation of content, motivating graphics and supporting resources that can strengthen the learning journey. These elements play an important role in making training more accessible, engaging and meaningful for participants. They help transform project ideas into educational material that is not only informative, but also inviting and easier to connect with.

By preparing these resources alongside the learning modules, 3D-YES continues to build a training approach that combines structure, creativity and inclusion, supporting the project’s wider goal of giving vulnerable young people practical and inspiring opportunities to learn.

Understanding the emotional and psychological phases experienced after a disaster.

3D-YES brings together six organisations from Spain, Greece, Italy, Ireland and Cyprus, each contributing different expertise to a shared goal: supporting vulnerable young people through social entrepreneurship and 3D innovation for inclusion. Batá coordinates the project, while the wider partnership combines experience in youth work, disability inclusion, innovation, training and dissemination.

From Córdoba and Huelva to Larissa, Cerignola, Dublin and Limassol, this consortium connects local knowledge with European cooperation. Together, the partners will work on entrepreneurship training, 3D printing learning, customised devices for people with motor disabilities, piloting activities, communication and project visibility.

This partnership is the foundation of 3D-YES, a project built on collaboration, inclusion and practical innovation across Europe.

What is 3D-YES all about? 3D-YES is a European project that promotes inclusion and digital innovation among vulnerable young people through social entrepreneurship and practical training in 3D printing. The project is designed to help young people build useful skills while contributing to solutions that can support the autonomy of people with motor disabilities.

Through 3D-YES, participants will strengthen entrepreneurial thinking, develop capacity in CAD design, 3D printing and rapid prototyping, and take part in a process that connects learning with real social impact. At the same time, the project promotes inclusion, youth participation and European values.

Among the expected results are training modules on social economy and entrepreneurship management, training on 3D printing and customised devices for people with motor disabilities, piloting activities, a youth creativity competition, a project website, and ongoing dissemination across partner countries.

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🚀 Introducing 3D–YES: Innovation, Inclusion and Youth Empowerment through 3D Printing

🌍 The European project 3D–YES (3D Youth Empowerment & Social Entrepreneurship) is officially underway. Co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme, the project brings together organisations from Spain, Italy, Greece, Ireland and Cyprus to empower vulnerable young people through practical training, digital innovation and social entrepreneurship.

💡 What will 3D–YES do?
🔹 Provide training in social economy and entrepreneurship
🔹 Develop skills in CAD design and 3D printing
🔹 Create personalised solutions for people with motor disabilities
🔹 Organise pilot activities and a Youth Creativity Competition
🔹 Launch an accessible project website and dissemination activities across Europe
🤝 3D–YES connects technology, inclusion and youth participation to create real opportunities for learning, employability and social impact.

👥 Who will benefit?
✔ Young people aged 16–29
✔ People with motor disabilities
✔ Youth workers and social inclusion organisations
📅 Project duration: September 2025 – July 2027
🇪🇺 Together, we are building a more inclusive, innovative and accessible Europe.

3D-YES officially started last November.

The project partners met in Córdoba, Spain, for the kick-off meeting and the formal launch of the project. During the meeting, the consortium introduced the partner organisations and presented the first core work packages, covering project management, entrepreneurship, dissemination, 3D printing, piloting activities, the youth competition and the project website.

3D-YES brings together partners from Spain, Greece, Italy, Ireland and Cyprus with a shared goal: to support vulnerable young people through social entrepreneurship and 3D technology, while promoting inclusion and useful solutions for people with motor disabilities. This first transnational meeting marked the beginning of a collaborative journey focused on learning, innovation and social impact.

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Youth Empowerment & Social Entrepreneurship Project.

📢 RESPONDS is advancing in the development of its post-disaster mental health training materials
The RESPONDS project is currently finalizing the first of its key project results: R2.1 – Theoretical Modules and Practical Exercises in Emotional Management and Mental Health in Post-Disaster Situations.
This training resource will consist of 12 modules designed to provide practical tools and essential knowledge to help understand and address the emotional and psychological impact following a disaster.
🧠 What topics will these modules cover?
Throughout this learning pathway, participants will explore key areas such as:
✔️ Understanding the emotional and psychological phases experienced after a disaster.
✔️ Identifying and understanding emotions and feelings that arise in crisis situations.
✔️ Managing intrusive thoughts, hopelessness, and feelings of abandonment.
✔️ Coping with chronic stress, anxiety, sleep disturbances, and hypervigilance.
✔️ Reorganizing daily life, routines, and personal meaning after the impact.
✔️ Developing effective post-traumatic resilience.
✔️ Applying strategies to prevent intense emotional reactions.
✔️ Using resources to prevent maladaptive cognitive, behavioral, and physical reactions.
✔️ Identifying and reinforcing positive and protective factors.
✔️ Strengthening intrapersonal resources.
✔️ Applying useful guidance during the first weeks following a disaster.
✔️ Reprocessing the lived experience and detecting warning signs that may require specialized support.
🌍 With this result, RESPONDS moves forward in its mission to strengthen emotional and psychological response capacities in post-disaster contexts, contributing to the recovery and well-being of individuals and affected communities.
🔜 More information about the availability of these modules and the next phases of the project will be shared soon. Stay tuned for updates!