Inclusive Education Strategies: A Toolkit for Armenia

Description

This toolkit was designed by faculty and staff from the University of Minnesota and Armenian State Pedagogical University (ASPU) in the Republic of Armenia to help educators to include students with disabilities in regular classrooms, schools, and after-school activities. The toolkit includes:

• Inclusive Education Strategies: A Textbook [English version]. 

• Inclusive Education Strategies: A Textbook [Armenian version].

• Webinars on Assessment for Students with Significant Disabilities;  Assessment for Students with Mild Disabilities;  and Peer-Assisted Learning Strategies and Data-based Instruction .
• Learning modules on the topics of Universal Design for Learning, Co-teaching, and Instructional Strategies for Inclusive Classroom. To access these modules, contact Renata Ticha (tich0018@umn.edu).
• Education for Every Child: Armenia's Path to Inclusion (a film).

Funded by UNICEF Armenia, the faculty and staff from the University of Minnesota and ASPU developed these inclusive education materials to be relevant to both U.S. and Armenian contexts. Each chapter in the textbook, for example, was co-authored by U.S. and Armenian authors to ensure the inclusive strategies could be implemented meaningfully in the Armenian education system. Significantly, the textbook is the first inclusive education resource in the Armenian language and co-authored by Armenian academics and educators working in the field. The film, Education for Every Child: Armenia's Path to Inclusion, highlights some of the milestones toward inclusive education in Armenia. All materials are available in both English and Armenian.

Details

Date

2019 

Type

Resource Guide 

Publisher

Institute on Community Integration, University of Minnesota

Co-publisher

Armenian State Pedagogical University

Institute on Community Integration, University of Minnesota

Collaborators

Armenian State Pedagogical University

UNICEF Armenia