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Title: | Integration of children with intellectual disabilities in More Primary school |
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Location: | Latvia |
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Name of organization: More Primary school Contact information (address, phone, e-mail, and website) Siguldas street 10, Mores pagasts, Siguldas novads, Rīgas rajons, LV 2170, LATVIA Phone.: (371) 64147217 Email: moressk@inbox.lv Governmental |
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Description: | In years 2006.-2008 with support from European Social fund, state budget and Sigulda county a project in two parts “Integration of children with intellectual disabilities in More Primary school” was implemented. The overall aim of the project is integration into society of children with special needs from Sigulda county and surroundings, decreasing their social exclusion and facilitating development of human resources. The direct aim is integration of children with intellectual disabilities into More Primary school by creating a proper learning environment. |
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Innovativeness: More Primary school is one of rare education establishments providing opportunity to children with intellectual disability to educate in a comprehensive school. |
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Effectiveness: The benefits of the project are being used after the end of the project. The development plan of Sigulda county 2007.-2009 defines many aims towards social integration of people with disabilities into society. As a result, third round of the project has been envisaged to broaden scope of the educational programmes provided in More primary school to include further grades (10., 11 and 12.) , focusing on skills needed for independent living: household, technologies and social studies. |
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Satisfaction: The survey showed that the opportunity to educate in a school near by saves financial and time resources of the family as they don’t’ have to spend so much money and time on transport to the school. And this gives opportunity to use this money and time more useful – having more quality time together, having time to find job and return to work. Parents also highly value the co-operation with teachers and their dedication, as they have noticed significant improvements in development of their children during learning process |
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Dissemination: Wide dissemination of project results in local media. An informative material was produced and distributed about the experiences gained during project implementation. |
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Exploitation: Informative material about the experiences gained during project implementation was distributed to Sigulda county NGOs, schools, medical praxis. The information was spread also to universities and other municipalities during study visits. |
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Search criteria: More Primary school, integration, children with intellectual disability |