Working closely with parents and carers

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (12) ◽  
pp. 37-39
Author(s):  
Claire Hewson

Parent partnerships are integral to an educator's role, even more so when working with children with SEND. But what does this actually mean? Claire Hewson touches on explaining your inclusive practice to parents and identifying and overcoming barriers to communication.

2021 ◽  
pp. 009182962110275
Author(s):  
Matthew Aaron Bennett

For 1400 years, Muslims and Christians in interfaith dialogue have encountered a perennial impasse surrounding the historical account of Jesus’ death. For most Muslims who hold a traditional interpretation of the Qur’an, Jesus did not die on the cross, but was assumed to heaven and another was crucified in his place. For Christians, however, the cross and subsequent resurrection are the center of gospel faith. This article recognizes the impasse over the crucifixion, but proposes that the conceptual distance surrounding the concept of atonement is a prior concern that needs to be addressed before one overcomes the historical question. In order to consider the barriers to communication and mutual understanding surrounding Jesus’ cross, we must first recognize that the qur’anic understanding of atonement presents linguistic, ritual, narrative, and worldview barriers to a biblical understanding of atonement. As such, before one answers the question, “Did Jesus die on the cross?” it is imperative to ask, “Why would Jesus’ death on the cross matter?” This article seeks to explain the distinct understanding of atonement represented in the Qur’an and to propose that the Book of Hebrews is uniquely suited to present a biblical understanding of atonement to one who is influenced by the Qur’an.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 166
Author(s):  
Tiina Kivirand ◽  
Äli Leijen ◽  
Liina Lepp ◽  
Tiiu Tammemäe

Significant and effective implementation of inclusive education (IE) has been a major challenge in many countries during the last decades. Although teachers’ knowledge and skills are considered a key factor for successful inclusive practice, the whole school staff commitment and contribution to implementing IE policies are equally important. Collaboration between different professionals such as teachers, school leaders, and support specialists is crucial. This study aimed to design and implement an in-service training course for school teams (teachers, support specialists, school leaders) on IE in the Estonian context and to explore how participants experienced learning as a team in this course. The results of this study showed that the main aspects of the in-service training for school teams valued by participants were: (1) All topics covered in a systematic and coherent way gave a good opportunity to focus on relevant issues, which should be considered in the schools’ self-development activities in the field of IE; (2) practical approach to training structure helped to identify priority areas that need to be developed in particular schools; (3) learning from each other both within their own school team and across school teams contributed to finding the best solutions for meaningful implementation of IE. The implication of these findings is further discussed in the paper.


2013 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucy Healey ◽  
Cathy Humphreys ◽  
Keran Howe

Women with disabilities experience violence at greater rates than other women, yet their access to domestic violence services is more limited. This limitation is mirrored in domestic violence sector standards, which often fail to include the specific issues for women with disabilities. This article has a dual focus: to outline a set of internationally transferrable standards for inclusive practice with women with disabilities affected by domestic violence; and report on the results of a documentary analysis of domestic violence service standards, codes of practice, and practice guidelines. It draws on the Building the Evidence (BtE) research and advocacy project in Victoria, Australia in which a matrix tool was developed to identify minimum standards to support the inclusion of women with disabilities in existing domestic violence sector standards. This tool is designed to interrogate domestic violence sector standards for their attention to women with disabilities.


Inclusion ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 237-247 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karrie A. Shogren ◽  
Michael L. Wehmeyer

Abstract This article analyzes the relationship between the core concepts of disability policy and the three generations of inclusive practices. Specifically, we review the three generations of inclusive practice, highlighting the core concepts that have been most strongly emphasized during each generation of inclusive practices. Because we are early in the third generation of inclusive practices, we conclude by examining how the core concepts can guide and direct third generation inclusive practices and how future research, policy, and practice can actualize the aspirational values of all of the core concepts to enable desired outcomes.


2021 ◽  
pp. 1035719X2110436
Author(s):  
Jeffery Adams ◽  
Stephen Neville

Evaluators are committed to practice that is high quality and conducted ethically. Despite this, gender and sexually diverse populations are not always adequately considered in evaluation practice. Ensuring fuller inclusion of gender and sexually diverse people is required to give effect to human rights obligations and to enable comparatively poorer wellbeing outcomes for these groups to be addressed. Based on our experience conducting evaluation (and research) with both general populations and gender and sexually diverse populations, we suggest a need to build inclusive practice among evaluators. To guide inclusive evaluation practice, we outline three domains for consideration – terminology and language, processes of research inclusion and implications of inclusion. These are not offered as a checklist but as a way to encourage reflexive practice among evaluators. Given evaluators are often concerned with promoting equity and social justice, we are hopeful that actions taken by evaluators can enhance the inclusion of gender and sexually diverse people in evaluation activities and contribute to better wellbeing outcomes for them.


Author(s):  
Alevtina Gennadievna Ryapisova ◽  
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Svetlana Olegovna Yakushenko ◽  

The article presents the main results of research activities devoted to the implementation of the labor function of a teacher-psychologist – psychological enlightenment in an inclusive practice. The key concept is defined: psychological enlightenment is understood as a type of professional activity of a teacher-psychologist, which provides for the dissemination of scientific psychological knowledge, contributes to the expansion of horizons and the development of the value attitude of individuals and groups of people to the phenomena in the educational space. The purpose of the study is to characterize the actual aspects of the content and adequate forms and methods of psychological enlightenment in the context of inclusive practice. Thematic content, various forms and methods of psychological enlightenment of subjects of inclusive education – teachers, parents and students of different ages-are proposed. As an author’s result, a project of the activity of a teacher-psychologist on the organization of psychological enlightenment on the basis of a calendar of events related to inclusive education was developed. On the basis of calendar and thematic planning, recommendations for organizing outreach activities in an educational organization that implements inclusive education are proposed.


2015 ◽  
Vol 105 (03) ◽  
pp. 119-122
Author(s):  
A.-C. Fleischmann ◽  
P. Brosch ◽  
P. Brunkow ◽  
F. Jelich

In Zeiten der Globalisierung sowie kürzer werdender Produktlebenszyklen mit zunehmender Dynamik sehen sich Automobilhersteller immer mehr dem Druck ausgesetzt, schnelle Anpassungen und Änderungen in sämtlichen Planungsphasen umzusetzen [1]. Infolgedessen entstehen hochkomplexe, teilweise unübersichtliche Planungssysteme, die lediglich von Experten bedienbar sind. Das erschwert eine Zusammenarbeit zwischen Planung und Mitarbeitern des Shopfloor; Änderungen nach dem Produktionsstart (SOP) werden nur in seltenen Fällen an die Planung zurückgespielt. Der Fachbeitrag beschreibt ein intuitives Bedienkonzept, um bei dieser Kommunikationshemmschwelle Abhilfe zu schaffen. Dabei wurde insbesondere der Einsatz von Consumertechnik im industriellen Umfeld überprüft. Potentiale für zukünftige Entwicklungen werden aufgezeigt.   In the wake of globalization and shorter product life cycles, automobile companies are forced to adapt more quickly to challenges and to allow changes in early planning phases. To cope with these requirements, the manufacturers introduced highly complex and partially confusing planning systems, which can only be operated by experienced experts, thus making communication between shopfloor and planning more difficult. Changes occurring after start of production (SOP) are only returned to the planning department to some extent. To overcome existing barriers to communication, intuitive operating options, mainly from consumer technology, shall be examined.


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