{"id":9493,"date":"2023-05-04T10:52:21","date_gmt":"2023-05-04T10:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tartuh.ee\/?page_id=9493"},"modified":"2025-10-29T13:53:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T13:53:15","slug":"empowering-puppetry","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tartuh.ee\/en\/research-and-development\/projects\/ongoing-projects\/empowering-puppetry\/","title":{"rendered":"Empowering Puppetry (Nordplus)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"234\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tartuh.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-1-1024x234.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16540\" style=\"width:440px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tartuh.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-1-1024x234.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.tartuh.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-1-300x68.png 300w, https:\/\/www.tartuh.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-1-768x175.png 768w, https:\/\/www.tartuh.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-1.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Leading partner:<\/strong> Kaunas University of Applied Sciences<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Partners:<\/strong> LV-P.Stradins Medical College of the University of Latvia, FI-HAMK University of Applied Sciences, Tartu Applied Health Sciences University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Objectives:<br><\/strong>Overall aim of the network is to educate very flexible and open minded specialists who will be involved in therapeutic puppetry development and use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Activities:<\/strong><br>Project is planned for 3 years with various activities. The aim of intensive course is to enhance cooperation between different study fields \u2013 from technologies to arts and social sciences in order to develop creative thinking, entrepreneurial competences and provide better opportunities in labor market through encouragement of team work, interdisciplinary approach and International cooperation.<br><strong><br>Intensive courses:<\/strong><br>The objective of the IC is to promote student\u2019s skills in problem solving and service development in a multidisciplinary and multicultural environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Duration:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1st period: 1.06.2019 \u2013 30.09.2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2nd period: 15.05.2023 &#8211; 01.10.2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3rd period: 01.05.2024 &#8211; 01.10.2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><mark style=\"background-color:#ffffff\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">4th period: 01.05.2025 &#8211; 01.10.2026<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>International Study Week: Empowering Puppetry: &#8220;Puppet Educator for Sensory Integration Support&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Date:&nbsp;May 4\u20138, 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Location:&nbsp;Kaunas, Lithuania<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The international study week focuses on supporting children with sensory integration disorders through creative and therapeutic approaches. The main emphasis is on the concept of the puppet as an educator (puppet educator) \u2013 using puppets as tools to help children communicate, learn, and participate in therapy more effectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Over five days, the following topics will be covered:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The nature of sensory integration and its disorders;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Various therapy options suitable for supporting children with sensory integration disorders;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The use of puppets in pedagogy and therapy, and creating puppets\/tools;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lectures and group work supporting the application of theoretical knowledge.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Contact person: <\/strong>Maarika Asi, <a href=\"mailto:maarika.asi@tartuh.ee\">maarika.asi@tartuh.ee<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tartuh.ee\/en\/research-and-development\/projects\/ongoing-projects\/\">Back to the ongoing projects page<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><br><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leading partner: Kaunas University of Applied Sciences Partners: LV-P.Stradins Medical College of the University of Latvia, FI-HAMK University of Applied Sciences, Tartu Applied Health Sciences University. Objectives:Overall aim of the network is to educate very flexible and open minded specialists who will be involved in therapeutic puppetry development and use. Activities:Project is planned for 3 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":0,"parent":9224,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_eb_attr":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9493","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Empowering Puppetry (Nordplus) - TARTUH.EE<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tartuh.ee\/en\/research-and-development\/projects\/ongoing-projects\/empowering-puppetry\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Empowering Puppetry (Nordplus) - TARTUH.EE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Leading partner: Kaunas University of Applied Sciences Partners: LV-P.Stradins Medical College of the University of Latvia, FI-HAMK University of Applied Sciences, Tartu Applied Health Sciences University. Objectives:Overall aim of the network is to educate very flexible and open minded specialists who will be involved in therapeutic puppetry development and use. Activities:Project is planned for 3 [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.tartuh.ee\/en\/research-and-development\/projects\/ongoing-projects\/empowering-puppetry\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TARTUH.EE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-10-29T13:53:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.tartuh.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-1-1024x234.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tartuh.ee\\\/en\\\/research-and-development\\\/projects\\\/ongoing-projects\\\/empowering-puppetry\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tartuh.ee\\\/en\\\/research-and-development\\\/projects\\\/ongoing-projects\\\/empowering-puppetry\\\/\",\"name\":\"Empowering Puppetry (Nordplus) - TARTUH.EE\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tartuh.ee\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tartuh.ee\\\/en\\\/research-and-development\\\/projects\\\/ongoing-projects\\\/empowering-puppetry\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tartuh.ee\\\/en\\\/research-and-development\\\/projects\\\/ongoing-projects\\\/empowering-puppetry\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tartuh.ee\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/image-1-1024x234.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-05-04T10:52:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-29T13:53:15+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tartuh.ee\\\/en\\\/research-and-development\\\/projects\\\/ongoing-projects\\\/empowering-puppetry\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tartuh.ee\\\/en\\\/research-and-development\\\/projects\\\/ongoing-projects\\\/empowering-puppetry\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tartuh.ee\\\/en\\\/research-and-development\\\/projects\\\/ongoing-projects\\\/empowering-puppetry\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tartuh.ee\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/image-1-1024x234.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tartuh.ee\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/image-1-1024x234.png\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tartuh.ee\\\/en\\\/research-and-development\\\/projects\\\/ongoing-projects\\\/empowering-puppetry\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tartuh.ee\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Research and Development\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tartuh.ee\\\/en\\\/research-and-development\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Projects\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tartuh.ee\\\/en\\\/research-and-development\\\/projects\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"Ongoing Projects\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tartuh.ee\\\/en\\\/research-and-development\\\/projects\\\/ongoing-projects\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":5,\"name\":\"Empowering Puppetry (Nordplus)\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tartuh.ee\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tartuh.ee\\\/\",\"name\":\"TARTUH.EE\",\"description\":\"Tartu Tervishoiu K\u00f5rgkool on Eestis ja rahvusvaheliselt hinnatud k\u00f5rgkool ning kompetentsikeskus tervise ja heaolu valdkonnas. K\u00f5rgkoolis on v\u00f5imalik \u00f5ppida rakendusk\u00f5rghariduse, magistri- ja kutse\u00f5ppe \u00f5ppekavadel.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tartuh.ee\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tartuh.ee\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tartuh.ee\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"TARTUH.EE\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tartuh.ee\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tartuh.ee\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tartuh.ee\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/cropped-TTKK-2025-logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tartuh.ee\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/cropped-TTKK-2025-logo.jpg\",\"width\":1498,\"height\":755,\"caption\":\"TARTUH.EE\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tartuh.ee\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Empowering Puppetry (Nordplus) - TARTUH.EE","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.tartuh.ee\/en\/research-and-development\/projects\/ongoing-projects\/empowering-puppetry\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Empowering Puppetry (Nordplus) - TARTUH.EE","og_description":"Leading partner: Kaunas University of Applied Sciences Partners: LV-P.Stradins Medical College of the University of Latvia, FI-HAMK University of Applied Sciences, Tartu Applied Health Sciences University. Objectives:Overall aim of the network is to educate very flexible and open minded specialists who will be involved in therapeutic puppetry development and use. Activities:Project is planned for 3 [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.tartuh.ee\/en\/research-and-development\/projects\/ongoing-projects\/empowering-puppetry\/","og_site_name":"TARTUH.EE","article_modified_time":"2025-10-29T13:53:15+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.tartuh.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-1-1024x234.png","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.tartuh.ee\/en\/research-and-development\/projects\/ongoing-projects\/empowering-puppetry\/","url":"https:\/\/www.tartuh.ee\/en\/research-and-development\/projects\/ongoing-projects\/empowering-puppetry\/","name":"Empowering Puppetry (Nordplus) - TARTUH.EE","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.tartuh.ee\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.tartuh.ee\/en\/research-and-development\/projects\/ongoing-projects\/empowering-puppetry\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.tartuh.ee\/en\/research-and-development\/projects\/ongoing-projects\/empowering-puppetry\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.tartuh.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-1-1024x234.png","datePublished":"2023-05-04T10:52:21+00:00","dateModified":"2025-10-29T13:53:15+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.tartuh.ee\/en\/research-and-development\/projects\/ongoing-projects\/empowering-puppetry\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.tartuh.ee\/en\/research-and-development\/projects\/ongoing-projects\/empowering-puppetry\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.tartuh.ee\/en\/research-and-development\/projects\/ongoing-projects\/empowering-puppetry\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.tartuh.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-1-1024x234.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.tartuh.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-1-1024x234.png"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.tartuh.ee\/en\/research-and-development\/projects\/ongoing-projects\/empowering-puppetry\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.tartuh.ee\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Research and Development","item":"https:\/\/www.tartuh.ee\/en\/research-and-development\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Projects","item":"https:\/\/www.tartuh.ee\/en\/research-and-development\/projects\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Ongoing Projects","item":"https:\/\/www.tartuh.ee\/en\/research-and-development\/projects\/ongoing-projects\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"name":"Empowering Puppetry (Nordplus)"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.tartuh.ee\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.tartuh.ee\/","name":"TARTUH.EE","description":"Tartu Tervishoiu K\u00f5rgkool on Eestis ja rahvusvaheliselt hinnatud k\u00f5rgkool ning kompetentsikeskus tervise ja heaolu valdkonnas. K\u00f5rgkoolis on v\u00f5imalik \u00f5ppida rakendusk\u00f5rghariduse, magistri- ja kutse\u00f5ppe \u00f5ppekavadel.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.tartuh.ee\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.tartuh.ee\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.tartuh.ee\/#organization","name":"TARTUH.EE","url":"https:\/\/www.tartuh.ee\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.tartuh.ee\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.tartuh.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/cropped-TTKK-2025-logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.tartuh.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/cropped-TTKK-2025-logo.jpg","width":1498,"height":755,"caption":"TARTUH.EE"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.tartuh.ee\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tartuh.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tartuh.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tartuh.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tartuh.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tartuh.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9493"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.tartuh.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9493\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16994,"href":"https:\/\/www.tartuh.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9493\/revisions\/16994"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tartuh.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tartuh.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}