14th HOPE Congress

The 14th HOPE Congress is dedicated on sharing information, knowledge, and practices in hospital education and exploring ways to improve education for children with medical and mental health needs, with a focus on promoting collaboration between educators, researchers, and practitioners.

Key Topics

• Animal-Assisted Interventions in hospitals.
• Peer Education in Paediatric Palliative Care: Empowering Adolescents for Awareness and Inclusion
• The role of the Hospital Teacher in monitoring Executive Function Skills of Children who undergo invasive treatment: a Life Cycle Care Approach
• Reintegration and Resilience: Navigating the Journey Back to School After and Throughout a Complex Mental and Medical Health Hospital Admission
• Extending Rehabilitative Teaching to Upper Secondary Education in Finland: Addressing Challenges and Opportunities of Extended Compulsory Schooling
• Trauma-informed teaching practices for kids with complex mental illnesses
• Developing a Curriculum for Pedagogy during Illness: Addressing Gaps in Teacher Education for Children with Medical Challenges in German-speaking countries
• Educational interventions for school avoidance: Examining the In2School model
• Sport therapy meets school in hospital: Practical exercises from the PLAYFIELD framework
• Creating the unpleasant, becoming an essential; creating the largest school in a youth psychiatric clinic in a (very) small country
• Applications of VR technology in the Hospital School

Who should Attend

• Teachers working in hospital schools
• Researchers focused on hospital education and child mental health
• Medical professionals involved in child healthcare and education
• Leaders in hospital education programs
• Educational administrators in healthcare settings
• Policy makers in healthcare and education
• Individuals interested in inclusive education for students with medical and mental health needs