Center for the Development of Inclusive and Special Education
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About the Center
- The Center for the Development of Inclusive and Special Education provides:
- Methodological assistance to university faculty teaching students with special educational needs (SEN);
- Training and education for faculty, graduate students, and students in the basics of applied analysis and ADOS-2 for corrective support for children with SEN;
- Advisory support on psychological and pedagogical assistance for students with SEN;
- Corrective assistance for children with SEN.
Services:
- Conducting advanced training courses for university faculty;
- Advanced training courses for general and special education teachers on the topic: "Speech therapy work with children with severe speech disorders";
- Corrective sessions with children with SEN;
- Consultations for university faculty;
- Consultations for students with SEN;
- Consultations for parents of children with SEN.
Events:
- Training seminars for general and special education organizations;
- Exhibitions and fairs featuring children and students with SEN;
- Events providing support for students with SEN;
- Events focused on creating conditions for successful internships and future employment;
- Festive events for children with SEN;
- Seminars, group consultations, and training sessions for parents of children with SEN.
Contacts:
Almaty 114 Gogol Street, Room 107
Mission and Values:
Goals: To support education for all, with a special focus on removing barriers to participation for students with disabilities and SEN, ensuring real accessibility for them, fostering their socialization and integration into society.
Objectives:
- Educational and methodological support for students with SEN in higher education institutions;
- Conducting advanced training courses for managerial staff, university faculty, teachers, and specialists in general and special education organizations;
- Conducting corrective sessions with children with SEN, providing them with timely comprehensive support;
- Providing advisory assistance to parents of children with SEN through the Parent Club "Together is Warmer."
Beliefs and Principles for Ensuring Equal Opportunities in Higher Education:
- Accessibility Principle:
- Creating a barrier-free environment.
- Adaptability Principle:
- Creating a database of students with SEN;
- Organizing a psychological and pedagogical support service to provide accompanying assistance;
- Testing and surveying students with SEN;
- Providing advisory support and assistance to faculty, administration, and other participants in the educational process.
- Methodological Support Principle:
- Ensuring methodological support in the education of students with SEN.
- Professional Readiness Principle:
- Informing and training university faculty to implement inclusive education.
Approaches to Education:
- For students with SEN and disabilities, if necessary:
- Adapting educational materials (describing the inclusive component in the syllabus considering the psychophysical development disorders of students with SEN);
- Using special technical tools and teaching technologies.
- Selection of teaching methods.
- Ensuring a special approach to mastering the discipline "Physical Education" while adhering to principles of health preservation and adaptive physical culture.
- For students with mobility impairments, organizing activities in table and intellectual sports.
- Identifying appropriate locations for academic and professional internships for students with SEN.
- Determining the format for current, intermediate, and final assessments for students with SEN.
Resources:
Materials for teachers, video lessons, articles, information on support and adaptive teaching methods;
Articles, books, and videos for educators.
News and Events:
Information on past events with photos.