eEarlyCare-T project held its last transnational meeting

The eEarlyCare-T Project, co-financed by the European Union, whose objective is the development of materials, virtual learning environments and practical virtual laboratories in the field of early care, has held its final meeting. The project involves the University of Burgos, which is leading the project, the University of Roma Tre (Italy) and the University of Sveuciliste u Rijeci (Croatia), as well as the Spanish companies Gestionet Multimedia S.L. and Kveloce I+D+i.

During this meeting, an overview of the project, its achievements and results were presented. The first result consists of 8 virtual modules that address the following contents:

• Module I - Introduction to the Concept of Early Childhood Care and Intervention in Different Contexts.
• Module II - Early Neurodevelopment.
• Module III - Pathologies in early ages.
• Module IV - Observation and Assessment Techniques using intelligent resources.
• Module V - Cognitive, social, communication and language development.
• Module VI - Psychomotor Development and Development of Personal Autonomy.
• Module VII - Early intervention and application of intelligent resources.
• Module VIII - Early Intervention Programmes (0-6 years).

The second outcome includes 12 virtual laboratories that refer to:

• Virtual laboratory 1 - Prematurity.
• Virtual laboratory 2 - Maturational delay.
• Virtual l laboratory 3 - Communication and language delay.
• Virtual laboratory 4 - Lennox-Gastaut syndrome.
• Virtual laboratory 5 - Cerebral palsy.
• Virtual laboratory 6 - Autistic Spectrum Disorder.
• Virtual laboratory 7 - Eye tracking technology applied to Early Intervention.
• Virtual laboratory 8 - Eye tracking technology applied to Early Intervention II.
• Virtual laboratory 9 - Systematic observation techniques in Early Intervention.
• Virtual laboratory 10 - Data mining applied to Early Intervention.
• Virtual laboratory 11 - Design of Intelligent Assistants applied to therapy in Early Intervention.
• Virtual laboratory 12 - Brain damage due to herpes encephalitis.

All this documentation can be consulted in open access in the Virtual Learning Classroom of the previous project login in Spanish, Croatian English and Italian and two e-books related to the contents of the training modules and two e-books related to the elaboration of self-regulated virtual laboratories , both in Spanish and English. These materials are published in free open access by the Publications Service of the University of Burgos and can be downloaded from the following links Training and specialisation in early childhood care: use of technological resources and artificial intelligence Manual for the development of self-regulated virtual laboratories.

In addition, two multiplier events were held throughout the project, a Multiplier Event at the University of Roma Tre in Italy, 7 June 2024, with the participation of 44 professionals in early care and from different areas of Italian society related to education and associations, and a Multiplier Event held at the Faculty of Health Sciences of the University of Burgos on 2 and 3 October, with the participation of 44 professionals in early care and different areas of Italian society related to education and associations, and a Multiplier Event held at the Faculty of Health Sciences of the University of Burgos on 2 and 3 October with the participation of 44 professionals in early care and associations, on 2 and 3 October with the participation of 150 professionals from different fields [Universities (Salamanca, Valladolid, Granada, Extremadura, Castilla la Mancha, Universidad del País Vaso, Complutense de Madrid and Burgos, UNED, Santander), different Hospitals (HUBU, Hospital Universitario de Ourense, Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria is located in Santa Cruz de Tenerife), Health Centres and Units of Burgos, Unit of assessment and care for people with disabilities of Burgos; Associations (Miradas Foundation. Autismo Burgos, ONCE Sevilla, Madrid, Aranjuez, Leganes, Ourense, Alicante, Asturias, Murcia, Pontevedra, Vigo, Palma del Río Cordoba, Illescas Toledo, A Coruña; APACE Burgos, ASPACE Salamanca, APROMPSI Jaen, APROSMO Granada, ADISUR Granada Servicios, Asociación AMDIB ESMENT Palma de Mallorca, Institutions Servicio Canario de Salud, Osakidetza de San Sebastián, Servicio de salud público del principado de Asturias, Sergas Servizo Galego de Saude de Ourense); Educational Institutions and Centres (responsible for Structure, Organisation and operation of the Educational Programmes Area and the Diversity Care Area and the Hospital Classroom and Home Care of the Provincial Directorate of Burgos and representatives of the Educational Guidance Teams of Burgos, CPEE María Soriano of Madrid, José Antonio Rodríguez Temiño Nursery School of Burgos, CEIP Los Vadillos of Burgos); Professional Associations (Professional Association of Occupational Therapists of the Canary Islands); Clinics and rehabilitation centres (Fonema Clinic, Vaivén Clinic, Atenea Team of Occupational Therapists of the Canary Islands). Occupational therapy, Equipo Atenea Autismo de Ponferrada, NeureD de Burgos, NEURES Valladolid, STOI Jerez de la Frontera (Cádiz), Asociación Discapacitados del Sur].

The development of this last multiplying event took the form of the 1st International Conference on Early Intervention and Technology in the 21st Century, which was broadcast in streaming by the University of Burgos Television. The interest aroused by these conferences is reflected in the 1225 views recorded to date. These videos can be consulted at the link.

. During the development of these conferences, the following research papers were awarded prizes:

‘Development of predictive algorithms using neural networks to detect autism before the age of three in male and female babies’.

• María Merino Martínez, Fernando Terradillos, Joaquín Pacheco Bonrostro, Silvia Casado Yusta and José Luis Cuesta Gómez. Miradas Foundation. Autismo Burgos. University of Burgos. University Hospital of Burgos.

‘Evaluation of the Satisfaction of Teachers in Training in the Implementation of Gamification for the Development of Emotional Skills in Early Childhood Education’.

• Wendy Lilibeth Arteaga Cedeño. Department of Psychology. University of Valladolid.

‘Occupational therapy in Rett Syndrome’.

• Nuria Yela González. APACE BURGOS. Neuro+ early care and neurological rehabilitation.

‘Physiotherapy in positional plagiocephaly’.

• Ana María González Seijas and Carlos Miguel Pérez Millán. University Hospital of Burgos.

‘Teaching training in the early care of fetal Alcoholic Syndrome’.

• Marina Muñoz-Arranz, Luis Jorge Martín Antón, Miguel Ángel Carbonero Martín, Wendy l Arteaga-Cedeño, Paula Molinero González, Carla María Moreda Alonso. Department of Psychology. University of Valladolid.
• Similarly, two Learning Teaching, Training Activities have been carried out, the Learning Teaching, Training Activities -C1 was held at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Rijeka in Croatia on 5-7 April 2023, where the first learning outcome was validated. Similarly, the Learning Teaching, Training Activities -C2 was carried out at the Faculty of Health Sciences of the University of Burgos on 4-6 June 2023, where the second outcome was validated, both products were evaluated by 21 early care professionals from Croatia, Spain and Italy.
• In the latter, financial and administrative issues of the project were addressed by Miriam Manrique Domingo, head of the Science and Technology Section of the OTRI of the University of Burgos. Similarly, all the partners dealt with aspects related to the Dissemination and Communication of the Project; Quality and Ethical factors of the project which were led by the head of Kveloce, Gabriela Munares, aspects of Sustainability of the project addressed by all the members of the Collaboration Association.
• In this event participated from the University of Burgos: Dr María Consuelo Sáiz Manzanares, Dr María del Camino Escolar Llamazares, Irene González Díez, Celia Toribio Casado, Miriam Manrique Domingo and Estíbaliz Isla; from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Rijeka, Dr Darko Roviš and Ivana M. Roviš from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Rijeka. Darko Roviš and Ivana Godnič; on behalf of the University of Rome Tre Dr Vincenzo Piccione, Dr. Romina de Cicco, Dr Amelia Broccoli; on behalf of the SME Gestionet Estibaliz Pérez González and Judith Laforga. Also, on behalf of the international consultancy firm specialising in European funding programmes for Research, Development and Innovation (R+D+i) projects. Kveloce, Gabriela Munares, Lorena Aguilar and Jessica Suarez.
• The project coordination of the University of Burgos would like to thank ASPACE SALAMANCA for their continuous support in the implementation and assessment of the learning outcomes.
• The results of the project will be used as universal materials in the Master of Lifelong Learning in Early Childhood Assessment and Intervention from the Application of Intelligent Systems (IoT, IPA, Health Smart, AI) (Online), and in different subjects of the Degree in Psychology, Degree in Health Engineering and Master in Biomedical Engineering taught by the UBU.