The importance of socio-emotional competences - private as well as professional - has been increasingly recognized in recent years. In pedagogy, there are numerous concepts that explicitly deal with those with the development of social-emotional skills.

The importance of social and emotional skills is generally acknowledged and concerns all situations in life. Emotional and personal skills are explicitly listed as areas of competence in the competency framework for training schemes. Great emphasis is placed on the importance of these skills during vocational rehabilitation. However, no systematic procedure currently exists for comprehensively diagnosing participants’ skills and for providing targeted support.

The situation concerning diagnosis and promoting social and emotional skills for young people with cognitive impairments who are undergoing vocational training is unsatisfactory. Due to the lack of appropriate tools, the type of support on offer is somewhat random.
This project illustrates the significance of social and emotional skills during the professional rehabilitation process. A resource-oriented process is followed. This project aims to strengthen the idea of empowerment and inclusion.