Fundacion Siñami Paso pa Paso Aruba is organising an intensive training programme for professionals who work with people with mild intellectual disabilities, NoticiaCla reported on October 27.
The programme runs from November 16 to 27, 2026, organised through LVB-Kenniscentrum Aruba, with international experts from the Netherlands. It focuses on identifying and supporting people with mild intellectual disabilities (LVB/MID).
Topics from trauma to cyberbullying
Topics include trauma, behaviour, communication, exploitation, human trafficking, cyberbullying and the transition from education to employment. Prof. Dr. Xavier Moonen and Dr. Gabriëlle Mercera will be in Aruba in person to lead part of the training, while other Dutch experts participate online.
For professionals across sectors
The programme targets professionals in the education, health, social and labour sectors, aiming to strengthen local knowledge and prepare participants to share what they learn within their organisations.
Courses take place at Van Leeuwenhoekstraat 2, Oranjestad, generally from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Places are limited, and registration for individual courses is possible, NoticiaCla reported on October 27.
Building local expertise
The training is designed to outlast the two weeks themselves. Alongside identifying and supporting people with mild intellectual disabilities, the programme aims to strengthen local knowledge in Aruba and to prepare participants to share what they learn within their own organisations — spreading the expertise across the education, health, social and labour sectors whose professionals the courses target.
The format mixes in-person and remote teaching: Moonen and Mercera will be in Aruba in person to lead part of the training, while other Dutch experts participate online. Courses generally run from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at Van Leeuwenhoekstraat 2 in Oranjestad, places are limited, and professionals can register for individual courses rather than the whole programme, NoticiaCla reported.
The breadth of the topic list — from trauma and behaviour to exploitation, human trafficking and cyberbullying, alongside communication and the move from education into employment — reflects how widely mild intellectual disability touches the work of the professionals the programme is aimed at.
Sources: NoticiaCla
