The COVID-19 outbreak has translated into a major education due to school closure and the interruption of regular education services. When it comes to learners with special educational needs, the current coping measures to the COVID-19 pandemic such as school closures, confinement and social distancing have been compounding challenges in spite of exerted efforts to provide continued access to education for them.

This online seminar aimed to share regional good practices on inclusive education since the COVID-19 outbreak; discuss the main concerns of vulnerable learners, especially children and youth with disabilities, during the COVID-19 crisis as well as the major challenges of practicing inclusive education; exchange expertise on how to ensure and promote ‘education for all’ in such specific times.

During this online seminar, a panel of experts will try to answer questions such as:

• How education support services can adapt to meet the needs of learners and their families while homeschooling.
• The specific training needs of teachers to provide inclusive online schooling to learners with special educational needs.
• The key actions that must be taken to ensure that online learning platforms are fully inclusive in the future.

Speakers:

Uliana Pcholkina – civic activist, programme manager of NGO “Active rehabilitation group”, inclusion coordination manager of StarLightMedia

Prof. Dr. Jan Šiška - is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Education, Charles University. He is a member of the Government Board for Persons with Disabilities, Education Section. For the last decade he has been serving as a country representative for the Academic Network of European Disability Experts and an independent consultant for Inclusion Europe, the National and European Association for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities and their families.

30 July
Starting at 17:00 (Kyiv time)

Facebook Live on the House of Europe page

Source: https://www.facebook.com/events/648938695717894/