Building an Inclusive school for All

Building an Inclusive school for All

Training program in Inclusive Education

Athens, 24-28/4/2022

EASPD – AMIMONI

 

The 8th Organization of the Educational Program “Building an Inclusive school for All” will be held this year in Athens, by the European Organization EASPD (European Association of Service Providers for People with Disabilities) and Amimoni (Panhellenic Association of Parents, Guardians and Friends of People with Visual Impairments) and Additional Disabilities), with the aim of enhancing participants’ understanding and expertise in the inclusive education of people with disabilities.

Dates: April 24 – 28, 2023

Venue: Amalia Hotel, 10 Vasilissis Amalias Avenue, Athens

Hours: 09:00 – 18:00

Provided: Training Certificate from the European Organization EASPD

Language of proceedings: English

 

Information

The program provides the theoretical framework for the further development and promotion of inclusive education as well as the practical experience of designing this approach.

 

The program includes the following:

The UN treaty on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
The European Inclusion Index
Universal Instructional Design
Cooperative teaching
Visiting a school: Inclusive education in practice
Strategic planning and change management
Practical applications for promoting inclusion

See the program here

 

Method of conducting the program

Theoretical modules will alternate with discussion groups, information exchange and feedback from professionals in the field. The chosen training methods are initially based on individualized learning and then reinforced through feedback and review.

 

Target Audience

The program provides useful educational tools and approaches to school principals, education administrators, teachers and teaching assistants, school counselors, students of humanitarian and social professions, who are interested in participating in a process of active learning and discovering together with their colleagues, at an international level , the way to move towards inclusive education. It is also addressed to professionals who offer support and consulting services (e.g. special educators, psychologists, social workers, occupational therapists, etc.).

 

Speakers

The coordinator of the program is the Education Forum of the EASPD, while the organization has been undertaken by a partnership of European organizations and universities that participates in the design and development of inclusive Education throughout Europe. For example, the professors: Annemie Jennes (VSKO, Belgium), Marleen Clissen (VSKO, Belgium), Wolfgang Plaute (Pädagogische Hochschule Salzburg, Austria).

 

Registrations

To sign up for the program, click here

Maximum number of entries: 30. Priority will be given.

 

Participation fee

€70 for countries with low GDP*

€220 for countries with high GDP*

The participation fee includes training, lunches, coffee breaks and a dinner.

For more information, please contact rachel.vaughan@easpd.eu

 

*Countries with low GDP (countries with GDP up to 85 according to Eurostat): Albania, Armenia, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Estonia, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Kosovo**, Latvia, Lithuania, North Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Turkey and Ukraine.

** This designation is without prejudice to the respective political regime and is in accordance with the resolution 1244/1999 of the United Nations Security Council (UNSCR) and the International Council of States (ICJ) on the declaration of independence of Kosovo.