Convention on the Rights of the Child - Pocket book in Uzbek
Inclusive education for children with disabilities in Montenegro
1. Inclusive Education
for Children with Disabilities in Montenegro
Inclusive Education for Children with Disabilities in CEE/CIS
New York, February 2013
2. Pre-reform bottlenecks in inclusion of
children with disability
• Situation in 2002:
→Outdated education system
→Lack of inclusive classrooms and services for
children with disabilities (e.g. day care centres for
children with disabilities)
→Stigma against children with disabilities (CwD)
Sector reform
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3. Inclusive education today
• The Constitution guarantees the right to education under equal conditions
• Law on education of children with
special educational needs (SEN)
harmonized with European
legislation and the Resolution of the
Council and the Ministers for
Education of 31 May 1990
• Education for all children
• Children with special educational
needs: children with disabilities
(CwD), learning difficulties and
disadvantages
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4. Principles of inclusive education
Child stays
with his/her
family
Children
exceptionally Individual
referred to Inclusive development -
resource centers principles educational
(former special program
schools)
Parents as
partners
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5. Inclusive Education for children with disabilities in
Montenegro
→ Inclusion into regular classes as first
choice
→ Special classes in regular schools with
joint teaching and activities in some
subjects with peers in regular classes
→ Resource centre only if in the child’s
best interest
• Day care centres (for children with
moderate, severe and combined
disabilities)
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6. Inclusive Education for
children with disabilities
in Montenegro
• Commissions for orientation of
children with special educational
needs at the local level
• Individual Development
Educational Plan (IDEP)
• Teaching assistants
• Mobile teams to support regular
schools
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7. Orientation of children with special
educational needs
Increase in the number of children with special educational needs (SEN)
with commissions' decisions/referrals
1200
1109
1000
960
800
654
600
400
247
200
0
2009 2010 2011 2012 - Dec
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8. Resource centres
Resource centre: Decrease in the number of children with
disabilities (CwD) in special educational
institutions
• Provides education if in 500
the child’s best interest; 450 443
400 405
• Provides expert and 350
advisory support on a
300
specific disability to other
257 Number of CWD in
250
educational institutions; special educational
institutions
200
• Trains teachers who 150
educate children with 100
special educational needs. 50
0
2005/06 2008/09 2011/12
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9. It’s about ability campaign - Montenegro’s Behaviour Change Campaign
Promoting Inclusion of Children with Disability
Campaign objective:
Increase awareness of Montenegro’s general public on the rights of children with disabilities
and stimulate inclusive attitudes and practices towards children with disabilities in the society