Would you like to learn the best practices and strategies to create inclusive communities and environments? In this course, you will get acquainted with the essential methodologies, tools and techniques to provide an integrative and inclusive educational offer. At the same time, you will learn about international legislations and polices concerning learners with special needs.
TARGET GROUPS
Teachers, social workers, NGO staff, youth workers, HR professionals, employees of bodies providing career guidance, professional counselling and information services; students, young people
COURSE OBJECTIVES
The principles taught in this course can be applied not only in educational and employment projects, but also in other areas, such as human rights, active citizenship, health education, culture, research, etc.
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Learn cases of international good practice concerning integration of learners with disabilities;
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Get an overall idea on international legislation and policies concerning learners with disabilities;
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Understand the essential elements for successful planning and management of integration projects;
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Familiarise with techniques, tools and resources for promoting effectively social integration of PwD and facilitate the sustainability;
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Familiarise with techniques for ensuring high quality standards of the results;
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Be able to apply practices for monitoring the project performance and ensure the implementation.
COURSE PROGRAMME
· Introduction to Workshop
· Presentation of organisations taking part in the training course
· Initial Self-Assessment
· Situation concerning integration of learners with disabilities in different countries: from theory to practice.
· Vision, Assets, and Strategies.
· Goals and Objectives, Signs of Success in educational strategies targeted learners with disabilities.
· Building Inclusive Communities
· Educational Project Design: Identifying and Sequencing Tasks, Action Plan
· Good practice cases: educational strategies targeted learners with visual and physic impairments.
· Importance of effective dialogue between educators, family members of learners with disabilities and society in general.
· Monitoring and Evaluation Planning, Resource Identification
· Project Outcomes Dissemination
· Good practice cases: educational strategies targeted learners with visual and physic impairments.
· Peer Discussion and review
· Final self-assessment
· Final evaluation of the course
EXPECTED LEARNING OUTCOMES
- have learned cases of international good practice concerning educational strategies for learners with disabilities;
- have got an overall idea on international legislation and policies concerning people with disabilities;
- have understood the essential elements for successful planning and management of integration projects;
- have familiarised with techniques, tools and resources for promoting effectively social integration of learners with disability;
- have been able to apply practices for monitoring the project performance and ensure the implementation.
CERTIFICATES AWARDED
- Certificate of attendance including description of training content and time input
- Europass Mobility Certificates – to be issued by the applicant’s National Agency
IMPORTANT NOTE
Face-to-face training takes place every day till around 5 pm. However, after that learning and project work continues by the participants working in teams. This team work is an essential way of learning.
Pre-arrival activities, Impact evaluation and Follow up
Before their arrival, all the participants will be requested to complete a short evaluation questionnaire in relation to their competencies in the course topics. They will be requested to complete a similar questionnaire three months later to assess the impact of the skills acquired in the course (e.g. any feedback from their students, their colleagues or other partners or teachers that they have involved by applying the new practices they have acquired).
Our course trainers will act as mentors to all the participants in our course in order to support them in their new professional prospects in the area of training and education.