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Mindenkinek Becsengettek! - koragyermekkori intervenció és iskolai együttnevelés integrált gyakorlati protokollja a fogyatékkal élőkért

Funder: European CommissionProject code: 2015-1-HU01-KA201-013575
Funded under: ERASMUS+ | Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices | Strategic Partnerships for school education Funder Contribution: 227,344 EUR

Mindenkinek Becsengettek! - koragyermekkori intervenció és iskolai együttnevelés integrált gyakorlati protokollja a fogyatékkal élőkért

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"Segregation in education has long traditions in Hungary and in partner countries. Early childhood intervention (ECI) is not widely available, school integration is scarce, and the education system basically lacks the concept of inclusion, especially as linked with early childhood intervention.One of the main objectives of our project was the geographical expansion of the programme School4All, 2nd prize winner of the social innovation tournament of the European Investment Bank in 2014, to other regions in Hungary, as well as in partner countries. Another objective was to explore ECI methods which allow the inclusion of significantly more children with Special Educational Needs (SEN) into the ECI system, and to transfer ECI practices between the partners. Our 3rd objective was to join our School4All protocol and ECI methodology by the means of an integrated complex protocol, encompassing intervention for and education of children with SEN from early childhood to school age. Our longer term objective is the inclusion of children with SEN participating in ECI, in mainstream kindergartens and schools.The project was coordinated by Down Association, in partnership with Satu Mare Caritas Association from Romania and Centrum Liberta non-profit organisation from Slovakia. During the project, we cooperated with 7 educational institutes for children with SEN, 2 county organizations in the Hungarian public school system, 40 kindergarten and school classes of typically developing children, a number of non-governmental organizations representing people with disabilities, the network of Hungarian visiting nurses and local authorities at the locations of ""School4All"" programmes.The final output of the project was an intellectual property: a protocol integrating ECI and school inclusion methodologies, quality assured multiple times and tested in practice. The final form of the protocol was reached through activities which resulted in immediate positive effects on several target groups. Partners transferred know-how to each other and defined the areas which needed to be included in the new protocol. The new protocol was quality assured multiple times, and adapted to the legal and institutional environment of the specific countries. In Hungary, the programme was carried out according to the pre-existing School4All protocol, while all three partners implemented pilot programmes according to the newly developed, integrated protocol. The content of the protocol was finalised after incorporating the lessons learned and good practices developed. The project contained an impact assessment comparing programmes implemented according to the pre-existing and the new, integrated protocol, analysing the development of children with SEN participating in the programmes and changes in teachers' and students' attitudes.The project most directly impacted children with SEN. Learning together with their typically developing peers resulted in improving social, physical and cognitive skills, strengthening self-confidence, accepting their differences, and bringing them closer to the perspective of an active and productive life integrated in society. Teachers of mainstream schools gained experience in competence based, inclusive education. They were trained by special education teachers in workshops, which strengthened interprofessional cooperation. Last, but not least, typically developing children gained life-long experiences, which help them become tolerant adults who accept differences and cooperate with people with disabilities. A previously unplanned result has been the compilation of a ""Guidebook for parents of children with SEN"", as an appendix to the protocol. The publication is also suitable for independent use, reinforcing communication within the programme and outside of it.Long term effects of the project are strengthened by the fact that the intellectual property created, that is the protocol and the joined Guidebook for parents, are distributed for free on our webpages. After closing the project, the publications and the programme were introduced and well received at workshops and conferences. The publications were distributed through the full network of Hungarian visiting nurses, receiving positive feedback.Finally, as a result of our dissemination activities, we expect a multiplier effect, that is further non-government organisations, health care, social care and public education institutes joining in the implementation of the integrated protocol. We believe that the more these programmes are carried out, the closer we get to the social, legal and institutional changes necessary to achieve inclusion in education."

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