Witnessing Domestic Violence, despite its poor social acknowledgement, is widespread and with serious effects on the psychological balance and social integration of minors. In Italy, there are about 690.000 cases, more than 60% of which are cases of direct witnessing of violence. Witnessing Domestic Violence, despite its poor social acknowledgement, is widespread and with serious effects on the psychological balance and social integration of minors. In Italy, there are about 690.000 cases, more than 60% of which are cases of direct witnessing of violence. The effects of witnessing physical and psychological abuses mainly concern adjustment, social integration, behavioral competences, cognitive abilities and problem solving (incompetence and learning disorders along with school maladjustment resulting in poor performance and/or school drop-out). The school context is therefore a crucial point both in terms of pedagogic/relational approach to identify domestic violence witnesses and in terms of agreement and coordination with families and organizations for violence prevention. School operators and mainly teachers, are culturally and professionally sensitive people establishing emotional relationships with their pupils. These elements can be further reinforced in order to educate and sensitize the child against abuses. DIRECT TARGETS: School operators in elementary and middle schools of Italy, Spain, Romania and Portugal.FINAL TARGETS: Elementary and middle-school childrenMAIN AIM: Design of a formative model for school operators to be shared at a European level in order to limit the effects of witnessing domestic violence on schools, and coordinate school interventions with the network of institutions and organizations involved in the prevention of domestic violence witnessing. SPECIFIC AIMS:Promotion of initiatives addressed to school directors and administrators, teachers and assistants in order to enhance relational and communication competences and abilities to cope with the needs of domestic violence witnesses and prevent learning disorders and school abandonment. Promotion, innovation and exchange of good practices among European partners to cope with the consequences and damage of domestic violence witnessing, poor school performance and learning disorders.Definition and implementation of teaching methods for competence enhancement in minors.Definition of communication strategies among operators, parents and stakeholders in order to protect and prevent any abuse witnessing through talking and listening to the minors. The project, lasting 2 years, will produce the following outputs:A report including a comparison among European Countries about the relationship between witnessing domestic violence and learning disorders and school abandonmentMethodological guidelines and didactical materials to train teachers and other school operators in preventing and fighting scholastic difficulties in children victim of witnessing domestic violenceA report about the participation of teachers and school operators in a pilot course of WIDE intervention model A report about the implementation of the WIDE model in the schools participating in the project. The Partnership of the project is constituted by Spazio Donna Onlus – Caserta – IT (as applicant), Istituto Comprensoriale Scolastico L. Van Bethoven – Casapulla – IT, University of Barcelona UAB – ES -, Liceul George Calinescu – Constanta – RO, Institut Escola Industrial - Sabbadel – ES, Agrupamento de escolas Dr Costa Matos – Vila Nova de Gaia – PT.