Almanac #11 · · 2007
Why Integration in Education is Natural and Inevitable
The article analyzes current stage of development of special education in European countries, naturally linked to value orientations and ideals prevalent in the modern European civilization. There are studied and compared national characteristics of special education development in different European countries.
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Why Integration in Education is Natural and Inevitable
civil societylegal consciousness
Europe
the West
values
integration
education
Special Education system of a New Type
The author analyzes the changes taking place at the current stage of SES (special education system) reform. It describes new tasks and challenges faced by the contemporary special school, as well as its prospective development.
Keywords
Special Education system of a New Type
combined educational institutionInstitute for Remedial Pedagogy
special education system
integrative education
mixed groups
Integrated Care and Education for Children with Developmental Disabilities
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The authors describe various models of social and educational integration. Particular attention is paid to the need to transform special (correctional) educational institutions into institutions of combined type, which allows each child with developmental disabilities to choose the integration model available and useful for him. There is also shown for which children learning in the mainstream kindergartens or schools can be effective. Special attention is paid to study of attitude towards integration of educational process participants.
Keywords
Integrated Care and Education for Children with Developmental Disabilities
models of educational and social integrationspecial institutions
mainstream institutions
institutions of combined type
attitude towards integration
From the Experience of Educational Integration: Integrated Education of Preschool Children with Hearing Loss (from work experience), Moscow. SEI KINDERGARTEN No. 1365
In the article the institution head reveals how the idea of co-education of children with normal and impaired hearing originated in a kindergarten of combined type, and how it was implemented.
Keywords
From the Experience of Educational Integration: Integrated Education of Preschool Children with Hearing Loss (from work experience), Moscow. SEI KINDERGARTEN No. 1365
mixed groupsmodels of joint care and education
special groups
mainstream groups
educator
deaf-and-dumb pedagogue
Integrated Education of Preschool Children with Hearing Loss in a Mixed Group (From Work Experience). SEI KINDERGARTEN No. 1365, Moscow
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The deaf-and-dumb pedagogue and educator talk about the country's first mixed group in which 4 children with impaired hearing and 10 preschoolers with normal hearing are raised together from the age of three. It is noted that education in such a group was fruitful for both deaf children and their peers with normal hearing.
Keywords
Integrated Education of Preschool Children with Hearing Loss in a Mixed Group (From Work Experience). SEI KINDERGARTEN No. 1365, Moscow
joint care and educationmixed group
organization of children’s classes and activity
level of psychophysical and speech development
learning outcomes
From Work Experience in Integration of Children with Hearing Loss. SEI No. 1513, Moscow
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The paper describes the experience of integrated care and education of preschool children with hearing loss in kindergarten of combined type, as well as prospects for its further development. The opinions of preschool institution manager, speech pathologists and music director on issues of educational integration are provided.
Keywords
From Work Experience in Integration of Children with Hearing Loss. SEI No. 1513, Moscow
mixed groupsmodels of joint care and education
special groups
mainstream groups
educator
deaf-and-dumb pedagogue
level of psychophysical and speech development
learning outcomes
music director
Integrated Education of Children with Hearing Loss in a Special Correctional Orphanage. Kolomna
The article focuses on the role of special educational institutions in integration of children with hearing loss into groups of hearing peers. It describes the deaf-and-dumb pedagogue’s work on accompanying the child with hearing loss in a mainstream nursery and secondary school.
Keywords
Integrated Education of Children with Hearing Loss in a Special Correctional Orphanage. Kolomna
level of psychophysical and speech developmentspecial educational institution
mainstream educational institution
children with hearing loss
communication training
psychological readiness for integration
Teaching Children with Hearing Impairment at Mainstream School
The article presents an experience of organization of a short stay class for children with hearing loss, who are getting a school education together with their non-disabled peers. The main difficulties in the teaching process and communication which deaf and hearing impaired children meet with are considered.
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Teaching Children with Hearing Impairment at Mainstream School
inclusioninclusive education
tutoring
children with normal hearing and hearing loss
special needs assistance
specialists cooperation
Joint Learning Experience of Hearing and Hearing-impaired Pupils
The paper describes the experience of transformation of a special (correctional) school for hearing-impaired and lately deaf children into the school of combined type with classes for children with normal hearing and hearing-impaired pupils. Unsolved organizational and methodical questions are raised. Positive integration experience in the first year of study is shown.
Keywords
Joint Learning Experience of Hearing and Hearing-impaired Pupils
children with normal and impaired hearingspecial (correctional) school
secondary school
school of combined type
special classes
integrated classes
joint activities and lessons
Integrated education of pupils with disabilities in general education institution. Secondary school No. 73, Chelyabinsk
The paper proposes an original model of joint learning of normally developing children and pupils with speech disorders, mental retardation and mental deficiency - a flexible class. Children with developmental disabilities enter regular classes (by groups of 3 pupils) and study together with healthy children. Considering problematic subjects, pupils with mental retardation or mental deficiency from different classes of the same parallel merge into a flexible class and study according to a special correctional program.
Keywords
Integrated education of pupils with disabilities in general education institution. Secondary school No. 73, Chelyabinsk
speech disordersmental retardation
integrated classes
mental deficiency
regular classes
flexible classes
psychologist’s and deaf-and-dumb pedagogue’s work
Book supplement 1. For mainstream Education Teachers About Children with Special Educational Needs
This book was created as a guidance manual for mainstream kindergartens and schools where there are special children: with hearing disabilities, impaired movement, impaired vision. It is directly addressed to teachers of these mass institutions, as well as to a wider range of readers - all those who care for children with developmental disabilities. The manual was the first step made by pathologists to help specialists of the mainstream child care institutions. It was prepared in 1994 by leading researchers from the Institute of Special Education of Russian Academy of Education ordered by the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation in accordance with the program “Children of Russia” (subprogram “Disabled children”).