3.1.3. Slovenia
disability
RECRUITMENT
In Slovenia, the recruitment strategy was built on liaising with high schools as well as with non-governmental organisations and care services dedicated to the disability and mental health fields concerning young people and adults. The majority of the recruitment was carried out via school presentations and direct recruitment within classrooms during the first wave and in the second wave the same approach was applied in student dormitories (these are institutional facilities for students that prefer to stay at the place of school during week days, for instance if they live in remote areas and would otherwise have to commute to school). The COVID-19 pandemic led to the need for recruitment in the third and fourth waves to move to online platforms used by schools to communicate with students. During the second and fourth wave, schools also directly recruited participants via school advisors. COVID-19 hindered the recruitment of participants especially for the intervention groups.