IRIS Improvement through Research in an Inclusive School

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IRIS Improvement through Research in an
Inclusive School

• EU-Comenius-project......

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Partners (7)

• Jean-Claude DeVreese, Service général de
  Iinspection, Inspection de l'enseignement
  spécialisé, Belgium
• Eva Bernat, Sonder Pädagogisches
  Zentrum-Sprachheilschule Graz , Austria
• Jenny Evans, Pre-school Advisory Service Exeter,
  Devon County Council, UK
• Joan-Lluís Valls Calzada, Generalitat de
  Catalunya Department dEducació, Tarragona,
  Catalonia, Spain
• Adelinda Maria Araújo Cadeias, Centro de
  Investigação em Educação e Psicologia
  Universidade de Évora , Portugal
• Natalia Cabral, Escola E B 2 3 de Paranhos,
  Porto, Portugal
• Jane Brodin Anna-Lena Ljusberg, Department of
  Child and Youth Studies, Stockholm University,
  Sweden
• The partners represent both research and
  practical work

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Aim of the project

• The overall aim is to develop, implement and
  disseminate materials for initial and in-service
  training of teachers and other educational staff
  
• Focus is on developing a multi-dimensional
  approach to improve participation and learning of
  ALL CHILDREN

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A multi-dimensional approach

• Improve understanding of the potential or
  multiple skills of children
• Improve teachers capacities for research,
  evaluation and assessment
• Support collaborative work between teachers,
  families and other professionals
• Support effective planning and intervention,
  including the use of IEP (Individual Education
  Plans)

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IRIS project activities

• Two project meetings a year
• Dissemination through
• workshops
• poster sessions on conferences
• web page www.irisproject.eu
• articles
• Final conference in 2009 in Evora, Portugal
• In-service training in the partner countries

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Concrete results

• Brochure CD containing
• Teacher trainings course
• Aide Memoire Fit to learn bookmark

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TEACHER TRAININGS COURSE
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Classroom climate

• Presented by Mrs. Ana-Lena Ljusberg and Mrs.
  Graca Santos
• Content

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TEAM WORK

• Presented by Mrs. Natalia Cabral and Mrs. Carme
  Negrillo
• Content
• Value of team work for inclusive schools
• concepts and general procedures of teamwork
• formation, definition of the tasks and members
  roles in teams
• characteristics of effective participation in
  teams
• detect and redirect dysfunctional behaviours in a
  work group
• team building resources
• examples of teamwork in inclusive schools in
  Europe

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SUPPORT SYSTEMS

• Presented by Mrs. Jane Brodin
• Content
• This presentation is based on three counter
  stones
• The right to education,
• Disability policies and
• the Availability of support system in school
• It will contain
• brief reports from the partners about the
  situation in the partner countries
• will highlight some of the main results of the
  support systems
• highlight some critical aspects concerning
  support in inclusive education

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INCLUSIVE ASSESSMENT
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IEP Curricular adaptations
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PRACTICAL APPROACH

• Presented by Mrs. Clarinda Pomar
• Content

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AIDE MEMOIR(Bookmark)

• Presented by Mrs. Jenny Evans
• Four main areas
• Am I including?
• Environment - Is my classroom inclusive?
• Collaborative approach Have I involved?
• How can I adjust my teaching?

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MOTO OF THE IRIS PROJECT

• A child with disability has
• the same rights as all children and
• inclusion will promote participation and equal
  opportunities in
• a school and society for all
• Further information www.irisproject.eu