Inclusive Education for Children with Disabilities - The Experience of Catholic Relief Services in Vietnam

Eric EversmannSenior Technical Advisor, Education

CRS/Baltimore

Overview

•Timeline

•Beneficiaries

•Partners

Community Based Rehabilitation

A strategy for equitable development of people with disabilities through their own efforts, their families and communities, and locally available health and social services.

Identification

“a physical, mental or psychological condition that limits a person’s activities”

Integrated Services

Doctors evaluate each child and make recommendations for inclusion. These are translated at the school into infrastructure, pedagogic and content adjustments.

Training and Capacity Building

Materials Development

Teacher training materials developed by CRS for inclusive education of children with vision impairments in primary school.

Community and Family Awareness

In the Classroom

Individual Education Plans * Circle of Friends

Who benefits from inclusive education?

• Families

• Communities

• Schools

Lessons Learned for Success

- Time

- A successful partnership between the GoV, USAID and CRS

- Policy impact

- Link between school environment and social environment

Thank you.

CRS/Vietnam:

• Andrew Wells-Dang, Deputy Country Representative and Chief of Party

awells-dang@vn.seapro.crs.org

• Web address for how-to guidehttp://www.crs.org/education/

http://www.crs.org/education/pubs/Edu200704_e.pdf