Children with SEN
Dissemination
| Children with SEN
Dissemination |
Conference on the education of minority children with special educational needs
18.4 - 97. kl. 21
Dissimination and innovation of the project
Now the partnership work concerning migrant pupils has been running for almost one year, and we are happy to meet you all again to continue the fruitfull discussions which were started in the spring of 1996.
We have enjoyed to have had a possibility to come round visiting all of you and in the news-letters we have tried to pass on information to you concerning issues from the different groups and the feed back we have got from the Commision and other foras, where we have had a possibility to present the action program.
You have received the descriptions which have been presented in the applications sent to the Commision and on the same time we have tried to give you a little notion of what is going on in some of the other partnership groups.
We expect during the coming year to be able to collect valuable material showing examples of good practise concerning the objectives which the groups have chosen to develop.
It is obvious the some of the subjects that the groups chose to work on were ideas that had already been brought forward and developed in one of the countries. That is for example the case when we are talking about the program concerning "Learning social skills", which we are going to have a presentation and demonstration of tomorrow from Rotterdam.
It is well known that the participants directly involved in research projects and different developmental works often are the ones that through the personal experiences benefit most.
It is important that very concrete despritions of ways to solve problems can be given.
It must also be considered that it can be very valuable to get started on the ground where you are within a wellknown frame because it will be easiaer in the beginning to make smaller changes that do not call for a large amount of money to be provided or the presentation of a special group of children before action can take place.
Dissimination:
We have planned to make a catalogue describing new materials and ways of good practise - but we consider it of importance if the different materials can enclose some statements and comments which could reflect the idears of practise with regards to the educational legislation - for instance the national curriculum the social health care or other relevant aspects in your countries.
Many comprehensive reports have been made - they are looked upon and maybe read, but it takes some additional efforts to change good ideas into practice.
Many efforts have been made to create scenes about intercultural education to create possibilities for a better coexcistence in a multicultural society and respect for the mother tongue and the values of the minorities is very important.
For tomorrow we have invited representatives form the parents groups from three ethnic minorities. We hope that they will give us valuable opinions and views upon essential aspects concerning migrant children with special educational needs.
Local coordinators
We wish you gradualy to take the part as ambassadors and local coordinators of the project. Tell about the project in your local area in health clinics, to the educational psychologist teams to social health care to the parents organizations and other important local partners.
Group Work - (you get a list with an overview of the 4 groups)
Representatives from the new partnership schools are suggested to make themselves aquainted with the subjects that have been defined on the last conference and decide which group and subject would fit their own needs.
You are wellcome to contact Erik Magius and Anne Marie Kidde if you have any questions or want suggestions from us.
The members of the four groups are asked to join their groups and go to the comference rooms.
For each group we have beforehand suggested a reporter and the group is asked to point out a chairman for the discussions.
Tasks for the group work:
Make a short presentation of how you presented the idears and subjects from last years conference back in your school.
What was the reaction in your school?
Which new steps were taken according to the subjects your wanted to work on?
Have your reported back to your educational authorities and has that resultated in additional resources given to the school?
Please make short statements on the applicability of the new practises according to your home school.
If possible give examples of how you have been able to use your collegues in the partnership.
Discuss and comment shortly on the work that is presented by your partners and also tell about your experiences of the cooperation.
Having been introduced to the Tess-network we ask you to point out how you expect to cooperate with each other on the internet.
Please note which subjects you consider profitable and worth working with and wich you don't consider worth the trouble.
Please pass to the coordinators discriptions of how you expect to continue the work on the subjects and mention some possible new perspectives. The coordinator and the assistent shall also be interested in some feed back about newsletters and other ways of passing relevant and adaquate informations to you.
You are also invited to put some questions to the other groups.
Many of you have been in contact with each other during the year and have exchanged ideas concerning possible solutions to indiviual cases.
It will be of great importance for us to have as much material as possible. We have brougth with us to this conference leaflets, discriptions, news-letters and different types of assessment material.
The ideas and ways of good practise are now passed on to new members inside the group.
This conference must be considered to be a forum where an internal evaluation of the group work up to now is supposed to take place.
You need not only think of renewal as the representation of some brand new idears - never tried before and some miracle- cure which can be invented to help migrant children with SEN.
It is important that you from your various points of view representing different parts of Europe describe what will work and what causes percusions.
We shall recommend that local initiatives are taken in order to tell partners in your invironment and in the local school districts about the initiatives and outcomes to give inspiration and to make adjustments to your present practices.
But it is often seen that representatives from the ethnic groups are not really involved in the creation of the administrative practises but are more called upon when we create spectacular feasts events special food and so on.
If possible we should also suggest that you write small articles about the project.
We have sent to you the presentation we made in Leyden and we have a few more examples on articles which we present here.
 | Ms Nicole Attinger Ms. Anne Mie de Smet | Begijnvest, Antwerpen. BE. |
| Mr. Heinz Schernick Ms. Heide Kind-Lane | Wartburger Schule Berlin. DE |
| Mr. Poul Klunder Mr. Peter Vriethoff | Martinus School, Rotterdam. NL |
Subjects:
A. Training social skills: Development af curriculum. Exchange of information.
B. Speech training. Development of curriculum exchange of information.
C. Exchange of background information about integration and segregation of disabled pupils in mainstream schools (Berlin).
Integration of pupils with downs syndrom in main stream schools. (The Netherlands).
The GON Project in Antwerpen. Ambulant help by teachers from special schools to teachers in the main stream schools in integration projects.
D. Exchange of information about development of software for training vocabulary and learning conditions for multiligual purpose.
Referent Poul Klunder
 | Ms. Annette Sylvest Ms. Annette Poulsen | Engskolen, Copenhagen. DK. |
| Ms. Baronice Miles Ms. Sandy Wilson | Ealing Education Centre. UK. |
| Ms. Dolores Camarena Mr. Rufino Renegal | CP. Don Quijote, Madrid. ES. |
| Mr. Asad Ahmad | Copenhagen School Directorate. DK. |
Subjects.
A. Improving parents awareness of childrens disabilities and how to help the child to become a full mamber of the society as an adult.
B. Compare which facilities are viable. (Local and national resources).
C. Moderate learning difficulties. How to develop literacy, social development for pupils to get back to mainstream school. Parents accept of their childs problems and accept of the function of the special schools.
Referent Sandy Wilson
| Ms. Laura Gomez Ms. Christina Mombeadlo | CP. Immaculada Conception Madrid ES. |
| Mr. Hans Henrik Herwig Ms. Irmgard Blöchle | Heinrich Steul Schule, Franfurt. DE. |
| Ms. Ursula Walkoviak Ms. Birgitte Gieseke | Touluse Lautrec Schule, Berlin. DE. |
| Ms. Birgit Bartlmae Mr. Bent Henriksen | Friluftsskolen, Copenhagen. DK. |
| Ms. Anna Iengo Mr. Mario Rusconi | Etora Majorana. Rome. IT. |
| Ms. Marie Morgan Ms. Doreen O'Keefe | The Birches school Manchester. UK. |
Subjects:
A. Examin ways of liasing with and providing information for migrant parents regarding disability, its management, prevention, the educational situation, health and social service provision.
B. Look at and support networks for parents especially involving bilingual/bicultural assistance.
Referent Birgit Bartlmae
