Emblematic activity presentation
“Inclusion of children with disabilities in public schools, a pilot and pioneering project in Lebanon. This project was born to meet the needs of children with slight disorders or difficulties in learning and requiring early education. However, these children with intellectual, sensory or motor disabilities, chronic illnesses, mild or moderate cerebral palsy, or with learning disorders or difficulties at school have higher learning abilities than children integrated in special education centres.
Moreover, the country’s school system was not adapted to the needs of these children: class size, traditional teaching method, overcrowded curriculum, lack of para-medical staff. SESOBEL, took the lead and started in October 2006 the School Inclusion of Children with Special Needs in collaboration with the public primary school in Jezzine in South Lebanon. The overall goal of inclusion is to ensure the good development of the child in an inclusive context by working with families, schools and the environment. It has two systems of inclusion:
1- Total Inclusion with learners with disorders or difficulties in a regular class: the student spends all his time in school, except for possible therapeutic supports that could take place in school or outside.
2- Partial Inclusion with learners with an intellectual or motor disability in a specialized class within the school: the student spends only part of the normal school time. At the other time, he follows other activities with appropriate re-education.