ERASMUS+ Training Courses - Special needs and inclusive education

                                           

                 ERASMUS TRAINING COURSES

Special needs and inclusive education, the Italian experience of overcoming segregation

PARTICIPANTS:  

     Ana Paula Rodrigues Santarém 

    Matilde Nídia Farinha

    Sónia Cristina Lapa dos Santos 

    Vera Cristina Rebocho Borralho

                                                           
                                                                       Main objectives

This training course is aimed at getting to know strategies, methodologies and tools to include all students in education and at learning how inclusive education works in Italy and how overcoming segregation of students with special needs is indeed possible.

The general aim of this course is to foster excellence and inclusion in education by providing teachers, headmasters, education staff and policy makers with knowledge and inspiration to make inclusive education a reality in their school.
Thanks to this course the participants will:

• Get to know the key principles, benefits and values of inclusive education;

• Learn about the Italian inclusive education model of overcoming segregation and including students with special needs in mainstream education;

• Get acquainted with ICT tools and platforms that support and ease the learning process of students with special needs;

• Get to know and discuss teaching strategies and practical activities to foster participation and enhance the learning of special needs students;

• Discover the power of peer-involvement and peer-education;

• Visit Italian schools and institutions active in the field of inclusive education and students with special needs;

• Exchange good practices and discuss challenges with Italian teachers as well as education staff from other EU countries participating in the training course.