<< Background >>The four partner structures welcome special-needs pupils, within a medical institution or through inclusion units inside standard schools. These students are hindered on their educational path by various challenges (somatic or psychiatric issues, social anxiety, school phobia.) Through this Erasmus + project we have the ambition to raise awareness on these impediments and trigger a collective work around the following issue : BODY, LANGUAGE, ABSTRACTION : TOWARDS A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF COMMUNICATION PROCESSES BY SPECIAL NEEDS PUPILS TO ENSURE MORE INCLUSIVE EDUCATIONAL PATHWAYS.We've singled out three fields of language – thought / speech / body - that encompass all possible subjects we teach and all students' profiles possible :- How can we help students with a mental situation or suffering acute anxiety grasp abstraction better and a more conceptual mode of thinking ?- How can we help them use their voice and say out loud their opinion - How can we integrate more boby language and physical exercise in our teaching ?<< Objectives >>This project will be fruitful ground for exchanging on our institutions, on our practices and our strategies regarding these issues. The European dimension appears as an ideal boost as the contrasted approaches from our partners will bring a dynamic working context to tackle these issues. The resulting material will help us take a critical critical look on our teaching. The outputs will pave the way for innovation and better opportunities to ensure better school achievements in a more inclusive environment.<< Implementation >>The main activities that we are going to implement are job shadowings in all the institutions involved. Each of our structures will send three teachers to visit and observe the way every partner school works, how the pupils are taken care of, where teaching innovations reside, and these events will nurture the overall questioning of the issue we've decided to tackle. Welcoming our European colleagues will be a chance to organise an output event in the form of a conference (with key speakers and workshops) on a local or national scale.The job shadowing periods, along with the transnational meetings will unable each partner organisation to set up meetings with pupils within a class context or round-table discussions so as to reinforce thair European sensitivity.<< Results >>The project results and outcomes will take various forms. Each organisation will be in charge of setting up a conference and workshops based on the issues that brought us together in this project. They will result in written productions (brochures, reports or published material) so that all the relevant leads and interesting intellectual outputs will benefit to all parties involved.During each job-shadowing session all visiting teams will be appointed to write down an observation report in various forms (poster, slideshow, leaflet) in order to submit it to all partners. The target here is to provide a feedback on our practices and make it available to all members of staff. This material will widen the perspective we have on our practices.