In the fall, a new group of children with disabilities are awaiting computer literacy courses. The international public organization "Kindergarten Foundation" announces the enrollment of new groups of IT courses for children with autism, the purpose of which is to train computer literacy in preparation for the future profession.
Courses have been working for almost two years. In practice, children have shown that computer literacy is a very interesting as future profession.
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On December 20, a regular plenary session of the “Autism Friendly Ukraine” National Platform was held, it was dedicated to the issues of employment of people with autism. Within the framework of the meeting, issues of additional settlement of mastering the specialty, the training of an assistant master of industrial training within the specialty “special education”, the creation of special workshops, including on-line and other important issues.
Read more ...The Autism Europe Initiative conducted an EU-wide Autism and Education Survey in 2019 to promote access to quality inclusive education for autistic people in schools, universities and vocational training. Thanks to INGO ‘Child with a Future’ (Kyiv) and support of Consul Autism Europe in Ukraine Inna Sergiyenko, Ukraine also took part in survey. We are now happy to present the Ukrainian results.
Read more ...On November 8-9, in Kiev, as part of the First International Practical Conference on Autism, you will learn about psychological test methods and services for training, use and in-depth interpretation of the results of psychological assessment. This is a specialization of the conference partner - the international group of companies Giunti Psychometrics.
Read more ...She will co-chair the Oral Communications: Diagnostic and Assessment (Presentations) session in collaboration with Amar Baghdadli (Montpellier University Hospital · Chair of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry), who will chair this session.
Read more ...The importance of preparing children with special needs for kindergarten was told by Natalya Struchek, director of a specialized kindergarten for children with autism spectrum disorders “Child with future” on the air of the "Golos Stolytsi''. You can watch the full interview here, as well as in the video gallery of our site.
Natalya Struchek primarily explained the importance of preparing a child with autism for inclusion in kindergartens. “If you immerse such a child in the environment of his peers without preparation and give the load that is usually given in standard-type gardens, then the child will become uncomfortable for that microsocium of children and for teachers who in this situation simply cannot educate the child,” she said.
Read more ...An extraordinary meeting of the Ukraine Autusm Friendly platform took place recently, at which issues of conformity of the Ministry of Health documents were considered. In particular, the experts spoke about the compliance with the criteria of order No. 1060 dated 05/05/2019 “On the approval of the criteria for the distribution of subventions from the state budget to local budgets for the provision of state support to people with special educational needs and the primary accounting documentation“ Conclusion on the state of functioning, disability and child health, which requires inclusive education "and instructions for completing it." A report on this issue was made by the Chairman of the Association of Parents of Children with Autism Syndrome Evgenia Panichevskaya. She collected all the comments that arose from the experts regarding the relevant order. It will be processed and in the form of a deputy request to be sent to the Ministry of Health of Ukraine.
Read more ...In the fall, a new group of children with disabilities are awaiting computer literacy courses. The international public organization "Kindergarten Foundation" announces the enrollment of new groups of IT courses for children with autism, the purpose of which is to train computer literacy in preparation for the future profession.
Courses have been working for almost two years. In practice, children have shown that computer literacy is a very interesting as future profession.
Read more ...By the World Autism Awareness Day which is celebrated on April 2, national and regional media are actively preparing stories and publications relating to this issue. It is very pleasant that they help to disseminate information, thereby making the society more tolerant towards people with disabilities, and services more accessible. It is also pleasant to note that regional public organizations are also very active in organizing events on the occasion of disseminating information about autism, which makes it possible to solve the problem not only centrally, but also locally.
Read more ...March, 25-26 in Kiev the second annual All-Ukrainian conference "Education
children with mental disorders. Rights and Problems'' to be held.
The organizers of the event are the International NGO "The Child to the Future" CF and the NGO CF
"Alternative. Harmony".
Read more ...On the first day of spring, on March 1, a presentation of a unique tutoring manual 'Tutor in inclusive school: support for a child with special development' took place in Kiev. The book is a generalized and systematized material on the work of the tutor - a teacher to accompany a child with special needs in an inclusive school.
Read more ...From 5 to 7 June in Vilnius, Lithuania, the Europe in action 2019 conference will be held, entitled "Making decisions - living independently". Already available Western Union registration at https://europeinaction.org/register/
Why this topic?
Making your own decisions is a fundamental human right, but still far from the reality of people with intellectual disabilities. How can different forms of decision support, as well as legislation, can dramatically affect the situation? What improvements have already occurred? Here are some of the issues that will be discussed at the conference.
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