Inclusive Education in Schools

This workshop will focus on developing inclusive education in schools, and provide educators the history of disabled persons. Various ways of thinking about disabled people-models such as the traditional, medical and social/human rights model will be examined and looked at in terms of how they can be mapped into education based on exclusion, segregation, integration and inclusion. It will then identify barriers to disabled students who are fully included in Saudi schools. Key elements of inclusive education will be identified and elements of an inclusive classroom will be examined - including the stereotyped attitudes to disabled person and how these can be challenged in the school curriculum. The UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities will be discussed. An explanation of Article 24 will be given to clarify what is meant by reasonable accommodation and individual support. It also will show ways of developing empowerment for young disabled person.