Submitted
2020 Elevate Prize

Emotional Literacy.

Team Leader
João Pedro Cambeiro Barrulas
About You and Your Work
Your bio:

I acquired enthusiasm and curiosity, for the frequency and completion of the degree and master's degree in Sociology,at the University of Évora in specialization,in Human Resources and Sustainable Development,in the area of social entrepreneurship, non-formal education in social promotion,of a new paradigm in pedagogical work autonomous and independent,aiming to develop emotional and social skills,creatively in Alentejo

To consider that path, either by consulting management or consulting social and educational entrepreneurship projects: with IPDJ, with CASES; IAPMEI in partnership with ADRAL and EFES,aiming to contribute to the development of the circular social economy,locally (in Évora) in Alentejo,in order to provide opportunities for access to social innovation, emotional literacy methods and techniques,aiming at the valorization of immaterial resources of the local social capital (Évora) and also of the community of people in Évora, which shows how emotional and also social competencies are essential to the mental health of the populations.

Project name:
Emotional Literacy.
One-line project summary:
Learning: knowledge, skills and emotional literacy skills for mental health.
Present your project.

The problem that is attempted to solve with this project, is based on the application of methods and techniques,is that of emotional literacy for mental health, being oriented towards socio-cultural inclusion and that are necessary,its application in the local community in the Alentejo,giving a fair opportunity in the development of: knowledge;aptitudes and practical practices and social inclusion,without promoting integration,insertion,socio-cultural of young people/adults who separate with social barriers that perform anti-social practices and attitudes and also at risk -,as well as those who live on specific educational difficulties,namely-failure and / or school dropout,such as those with disabilities-physical, mental,sensory-and cultural selection(immigrants/refugees by example),as well as ethnic minorities,who are handicapped accessible to a variety of opportunities,who live in poverty or at risk of it,who adopt anti-social attitudes and attitudes in promoting their well-being and star and personal and interpersonal dignity,their quality of life in the local community).

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What specific problem are you solving?

The lack of teaching emotional literacy for mental health, which is oriented towards socio-cultural inclusion, in local schools identified as a structural problem to be addressed,a resolution with the intention to:Allow or learn about mental health,for learning innovative,enhancing the possibility of learning,the preservation and cure of mental health,allowing to understand the ideal social,cultural context that influences it,on the other hand, to learn about mental health,through the potential of inclusion-oriented attitudes and behaviors socio-cultural,and the practice of isolated and collectively comprehensive mental health exercises ensure quality of life.

The target group,which will train a participant in the project in particular, and the community in general(if it promotes the social inclusion of young people and adults at risk,of exclusion and poverty who face social barriers - who suffer from anti- at risk-as well as those who live on specific educational difficulties-in teaching/or dropping out of school, such as people with disabilities-mental,physical-and immigrants, as well as those who suffer from cultural segregation in ethnic minorities,in relation to access to opportunities in personal and professional life,in promoting their personal well-being and dignity),by: knowledge,skills and competences in emotional literacy, which they capture or exercise and exercise, a defense and application of aggregate solidarity values practiced.


What is your project?

Innovation in teaching and learning (especially in the emotional paradigm), through development and dissemination,in the application of methodological practices,in teaching and emotional learning techniques,through support and preservation, in the fullness of mental health(through prevention and also in healing)of fragile social audiences,in getting involved in a set of didactic activities such as the development of motivation, by promoting the encouragement of civic participation and the exercise of active citizenship in the local community (promoting social inclusion for young people and adults at risk of exclusion that separates with social barriers-that perform antisocial and deviant actions and attitudes - as well as people living with specific educational difficulties - failure and/or school dropout,such as people with disabilities-physical,mental, sensory-as well as cultural segregation in ethnic minorities,who have less access to an activity of opportunity,promotion of their well-being and dignity) in in particular,and in regional society in general.as well as those who live on specific educational difficulties such as unsanitary and/or school drop-out,such as people with disabilities- physical,mental, and sensory - as well as cultural segregation in ethnic minorities,who often suffer difficult access to a situation of access to opportunities,promotion of their well-being and dignity)in particular,and in regional society in general.

Who does your project serve, and in what ways is the project impacting their lives?

In local communities,in the interior areas of Alentejo (Évora), as well as other young people are directly benefited,young people aged between 16 and 30 years of age who are studying and/or working (or not), in the normal education,or recurrent,basic and secondary education.

The beneficiaries of the communities intend to serve young people and adults,(mainly those who are subject to social and cultural exclusion,as well as those who are in a situation of poverty(absolute and/or relative),as well as those who are at risk in these situations required conditions.

It is intended to benefit the local community in Évora(mainly young people and adults at risk of socio-cultural exclusion)to access an opportunity to train themselves through emotional and social skills,a set of educational and playful activities,with participation in a logic of non-formal education,for its own purposes of promotion and development of emotional and social intelligence(and its inherent competences)applicable in the relationship and social interaction to increase this form,conditions and conditions, for prevention and treatment of mental health ,in these communities in particular and for a society in general,a whole.

Which dimension of The Elevate Prize does your project most closely address?
  • Elevating understanding of and between people through changing people’s attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors
Explain how your project relates to The Elevate Prize and your selected dimension.

Relate to the concrete effects of the project, on emotional literacy for mental health oriented to socio-cultural inclusion, aiming at the participants of the following processes: conceptualizing or elevating the participants to: emotional self-knowledge; emotional self-control; an orientation; a positive perspective; an empathy; an organizational awareness; an influence; the coach and mentoring; an administration of conflict management and resolution; cooperative and supportive teamwork; inspired leadership; perceiving as emotions (their and others), to reason beyond that as emotions (also as yours and as forums); understand what emotions mean and manage emotions.

How did you come up with your project?

The context in which the current project arose,occurs in the interior of the Alentejo,demographically occurs a region,with low population density(few young people)due to the occurrence of occurrences,and migrants, economically assuming a territory,poor(decreasing in existing resources and immaterials )culturally, a teaching model,and traditional learning,used by a logical-rational paradigm,without a complementary approach,that promotes the balance of a teaching and emotional learning model and,therefore,is not the development of:knowledge;inclusive and emotional and social skills for young people without promoting mental health for socio-cultural inclusion of young people who are separated with social barriers -which perform in anti-social and risky behaviors and attitudes-,ess access to equality of opportunities,promoting their well-being and personal and interpersonal dignity).who had less access to opportunity opportunities,promoting their well-being and personal and interpersonal dignity),who had less access to experience opportunities,to promote their well-being and personal and interpersonal dignity),as well as, less access to an opportunity opportunity, promotion of their well-being and personal dignity and interpersonal).

Why are you passionate about your project?

At the origin of the project,verified,by inspiration, and motivation to participate in the Association of Liberated Youth,with the participation of awareness and training actions of the local community:schools;NGOs;social solidarity institutions,about educational innovation in new methods and practices(especially emotional),as well as the need to promote and contribute to an innovation in teaching and learning(particularly emotional teaching),by developing and disseminating, a practice through methods,and teaching and learning techniques of innovators emotional,able to apply and preserve,in the fullness of mental health(its prevention and also in the cure of mental illnesses)of people who are impaired in participating,using a set of ludic-didactic activities such as the development of motivation,intrinsic and extrinsic.

Why are you well-positioned to deliver this project?

The interior region of Portugal, being an area that receives job offers, due to the effects of rural growth and general mortality of the population, originating young people abandoning school/university life,to enter the limited labor market.However, there are few young people who stay in their homeland,giving rise to the same rights for urban areas with more offers.

On the other hand,we have young adults,adults who reach situations of unemployment,precarious employment,poverty and social and economic need.These factors sometimes give rise to a feeling of deprivation/ exclusion/poverty(absolute and/or relative) society and potential,or worsening of mental illnesses,namely:psychoses;neuroses;paranoia, depression,schizophrenia(due to the fact that there is still emotional illiteracy).
We try to organize our project of an interventional and preventive nature, in its application in order to train an upstream community,and a just society, with an innovative offer perspective,regarding the teaching method and technique in the region in general and local in particular.


Provide an example of your ability to overcome adversity.

Emotional literacy for mental health, oriented towards socio-cultural inclusion in three essential stages:allowing to learn about mental health,why and for what, and how to preserve and rehabilitate(or develop);understand their ideal social,cultural context that influences mental health;on the other hand,to learn for mental health,to enhance attitudes and behaviors,in how to use skills oriented to socio-cultural inclusion,to perform mental health exercises and collectively understood(with a view to participation and increase social inclusion -cultural).

As a key challenge,they have motivation and involvement,a project group for the participants, a manifestation of their feelings and thoughts, part of their emotional experiences in relation to the state of mental health;promoting a predisposition of attitudes and executing and understand the role of emotions in everyday life, stimulate them to share insecurities and fears, in relation to revealing emotions,to others,establish a connection between they manage, and react to emotions according to the reality they live in;develop critical and reflective questioning about prejudices and emotional stereotypes;for promoting awareness of the added value(benefits)of emotional intelligence for health and for empowering participants of current possible mental illnesses.

Describe a past experience that demonstrates your leadership ability.

Intends to benefit a local community,giving them access to an opportunity to train themselves as emotional and social skills through a set of pedagogical activities,the logic of non-formal education,which in turn,aims to promote and develop emotional intelligence and social(and its competences)applications in the relationship and social interaction to increase forms,general conditions,for a treatment and treatment of mental health,communities in particular(to promote a social inclusion of young people who are separated with social barriers-who present behaviors and antisocial and also risky attitudes,as well as those who live on specific educational difficulties and early school leaving,such as people with physical, mental,sensory disabilities-and their socio-cultural segregation communities in particular(promoting the social inclusion of young people who are separated by social barriers-who exhibit anti-social behaviors and attitudes and also at risk of poverty and exclusion.

My past experience,the way it was created,starting from this project,is constituted as follows:having acquired experience in the construction of socio-organizational,and socio-educational diagnoses(in the detection of social/cultural and educational problems and needs)in Private Social Solidarity Institutions(IPSS),social entrepreneurship cooperatives and socio-cultural associations.

In the organization of strategic planning,directly of emotional intelligence(based on the methodology of non-formal education),on the other hand the application of transforming social impact assessment in local communities.

How long have you been working on your project?
5 years.
Where are you headquartered?
Évora, Portugal
What type of organization is your project?
  • Nonprofit
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Solution Team:
João Pedro Cambeiro Barrulas
João Pedro Cambeiro Barrulas
Sandra Abelha
Sandra Abelha
João Pedro de Almeida Pisco
João Pedro de Almeida Pisco
Presidente do Conselho Fiscal
João Inverno
João Inverno
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