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RESOURCE BOXES FOR INCLUSION

RESOURCE BOXES FOR INCLUSION. Pam McLaren Disability Action Research Team (DART) dart@sai.co.za. DESCRIPTION OF BOX. Cardboard box (43 x 32 x 30cm deep) with decorative fitted lid Contains flip-files with brochures & photocopies plastic files with photocopied documents books

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RESOURCE BOXES FOR INCLUSION

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  1. RESOURCE BOXES FOR INCLUSION Pam McLaren Disability Action Research Team (DART) dart@sai.co.za

  2. DESCRIPTION OF BOX • Cardboard box (43 x 32 x 30cm deep) with decorative fitted lid • Contains • flip-files with brochures & photocopies • plastic files with photocopied documents • books • videos • policy documents

  3. BACKGROUND • Designed for DANIDA Pilot Study on Inclusive Education: Estcourt, KZN, 1999. • Used and adapted for Inclusive Education Project by REHAB: East London, 2003. • 50 boxes ordered by prov. KZN Dept Education for PGSES district offices, 2004. • 25 boxes ordered by a rural district, KZN Dept Education for schools, 2004. • One-day training workshop held for KZN district education managers, 2005.

  4. AIM OF RESOURCE BOXES • Provide information on: • barriers to learning & how to address these barriers • available resources to support children & educators in promoting inclusion, e.g. • Accessibility to the Built Environment • Assistive Devices • Interviewing & Counseling • Resource Centres • Success Stories.

  5. Access & Assistive Devices Barriers to Learning Curriculum Health & Nutrition Inclusion General THEMES: RESOURCE BOX

  6. BARRIERS TO LEARNING • Behaviour & mental health • Child abuse, sexual abuse & HIV/AIDS • Disability • Poverty & poverty alleviation

  7. BOOKS • Welcome Book L. Brummer • All Children Can Learn G. Winkler • Principles of NGO Management CORE • On the Road of Hope Zanempilo Disability Project • Nothing About Us Without Us David Werner • Disabled Village Children David Werner (Zulu translation of 24 chapters in lever arch file) • Helping Children Who Are Blind Hesperian • Helping Children Who Are Deaf Hesperian • Black or White: Does it matter? My journey with AlbinismM. Ngidi

  8. VIDEOS • DANIDA Consortium (Eastern Cape): “Learning Together” • Deaf Child Centre: “Video Dictionary for Early Learners”

  9. EVALUATION OF TRAINING WORKSHOP • Contents pages & guidelines helpful • Information easily accessible & relevant • Easy to understand & reader friendly, well indexed & colour-coding useful

  10. RECOMMENDATIONS FROM TRAINING WORKSHOP • Training to use the Box essential to become familiar with contents, indexing and colour-coding • Information on individual topics should be grouped & cross referenced • Box must be durable & hard wearing • Scan information onto a Compact Disk (CD)

  11. ORDERING INFORMATION • COST OF RESOURCE BOX R3 000 (excluding VAT & delivery) Pam McLaren dart@sai.co.za 033-330 5693 083 456 9202 • ORDER FROM: • DISABILITY ACTION RESEARCH TEAM (DART)

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