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Awareness-Raising and Communication “All Children Should Go To School Together,” National Coalition “Education For All”. ROOI “Perspektiva” September 28, 2011. Regional Society of Disabled People “Perspektiva”. Established in 1997 with 4 members and 1 project
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Awareness-Raising and Communication“All Children Should Go To School Together,” National Coalition “Education For All” ROOI “Perspektiva” September 28, 2011
Regional Society of Disabled People “Perspektiva” • Established in 1997 with 4 members and 1 project • January 2010–63 employees and more than 80 projects • 90% –young people with various disabilities
Areas of Activities Support of inclusive education Inclusive access to employment Equal access to sports Activization of young PWDs Leadership program fo CWDa Raising awareness about PWDs Legal support for PWDs and their families
National Coalition “Education For All” www.obrazovanie.perspektiva-inva.ru/?121 Калининград ● Sortavala ● Petrozavodsk ● ● Saint Petersburg ● Voronezh ● ● Syktyvkar ● ● Rostov-on-the-Don Yakutsk ● ● Yekaterinburg ● ● ● Майкоп ● ● Volgograd ● Vladikavkaz ● ● ● ● Назрань Krasnoyarsk ● ● Makhachkala Gorno-Altaysk ● ● ●
National Coalition“Education For All”(26regions,independent and joint projects) Supporting inclusive schools Changing public opinion Sharing best practices Working with parents Advocacy Lobbying
The Coalition’s goal: Improving access to inclusive education for CWDs and developing inclusive education in Russia. National Coalition “Education For ALL”is a network of 26 organizations of PWDs and parents of CWDs, which was created in 2005
Coalition’s Activities ■ Implementing joint projects ■ Organizing joint events and seminars, participating in them ■ Organizing internships ■ Video conferences ■ Early meetings to share experiences ■ Leading the public campaign “Children Should Go To School Together” ■ Synchronized events to support inclusive education (June 1, September 1, Inclusive Education Week) ■ Research about the provision of CWDs’ rights to inclusive education ■ Promoting inclusive education in Russian regions ■ “Echo” of the International Disability Film Festival “Breaking down Barriers”
In May 2007 the Educational Campaign about inclusive education was launched“All Children Should go to school Together" The campaign aims to educate the society about inclusive education, about the need to include CWDs in educational processes and to promote inclusive education in Russia.
STICKERS RADIO PSAs
Launching a campaign about inclusive educationCreating PSAs and posters • Learning about the current situation • Developing the creative direction for the campaign • Defining t6he target audience • Developing the script (images, terminology, etc. ) • Involving people (educators, parents, children, etc.) • Involving bloggers and mass media to stimulate the discussion about the raised issues • PSAs placements in federal and regional media • Placing posters in educational institutions, organizations, etc.
Children Should Go To School Together Outdoor Advertisement Tomsk Moscow
Results of the polls about the script of PSAs on inclusive education February 2011 93 Moscow residents participated in the poll. The selection was differentiated based on the presence of children aged 5 to 10
Perspektiva’s Recipes for Changing Attitudes about Inclusive Education • Raising awareness activities and working closely with media • Educate and actively involve PWDs and their families • Partnerships with schools and professionals • Develop advocacy network/s of Disability and Parent NGOs • Advocacy and Direct services • Публикация материала на тему инклюзивного образования (брошюры, пособия, бюллетени, дайджесты и т.д.)
Promoting Inclusive Educationpublic campaigns, events, activities
Raising Awareness Tools • Media campaigns • Inclusive education weeks • Disability film festivals / screenings • Collaborate closely with the media • Produce and make available good resources: website, publications, films • Use positive images of PWDs living active lives in the community • Colorful, inspiring images • Use a lot of photos and video
Training Teachers: ■ Basic disability awareness and inclusion training ■ Specific seminars and educational workshops (involving experts) ■ Advanced professional training ■ Internships in other cities and countries ■ Video conferences with experts ■ Publishing guides on inclusive education ■ Educators serve as experts for other educators, which are just starting to implement inclusive education
Inclusion and Sports • Athletes speaking about their lives • Teams of disabled and non disabled kids • Adaptive physical education training • It’s fun!
Working with Schoolchildren • Disability awareness trainings • Joint projects and events • Joint sports activities • Films for children • Leadership camps for CWDs • Children participate in events, they work with mass media and participate in the public campaign
Every other year, since 2002, Regional Society of Disabled People “Perspektiva” has organized International Disability Film Festival “Breaking down Barriers.” It’s the most reassuring festival dedicated to people with disabilities.
Success Stories This is Anya Benner. She is 8. This year she went to School #67 in Voronezh together with her friends. The schools, of course, prepared to accept the girl, they furnished an innovational center on inclusive education and thoroughly studied Inclusive Education Guidelines. In this photo Anya is the winner of the creative festival “Among Friends.” Being among friends may be the most important thing in life! And for that education needs to be inclusive!
The first inclusive school in Buryatia welcomed it’s students on September 1
On September 1, 2011 Talalikhin School #480 opened its door for all children without any exceptions. Diana Goryacheva, a wheelchair user, went to the first class in this school
Key Ingredients • Use a comprehensive approach • Portray positive images of children in the community • PWDs and parents of PWDs must play a key role in impacting social change • Provide a useful service for schools, parents and CWDs • Need a skilled cadre of disability and parent activists or you must build this capacity • Important to have advocacy tools to share • Organize national events to build and maintain network
Тел./Факс: +7 (495) 725-39-82 Web: www.perspektiva-inva.ru E-mail: office@perspektiva-inva.ru