Ensuring quality and friendly-disability education for
children with special needs
children with special needs
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From 2020 to 2024, VNHIP, in collaboration with the Research Center for Inclusion (RCI) and local partners, implemented a project aimed at improving access to quality education for children with disabilities in Quang Tri and Quang Nam provinces, Vietnam.
Recognizing the barriers that children with disabilities face in mainstream schools, the project focused on: ✅ Enhancing teacher capacity through specialized training on inclusive education strategies. ✅ Establishing Support Units for Inclusive Education (SUIE) within schools to provide tailored support. ✅ Promoting student engagement through leadership programs, outdoor learning activities, and life skills development. ✅ Advocating for policy implementation by strengthening collaboration with education authorities. By directly benefiting 240 children with disabilities, 70 teachers, and 240 parents, this initiative created sustainable models of inclusive education, ensuring that all children—regardless of ability—have the opportunity to learn and thrive. |
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Key Activities of the Project
The project focused on four main areas to enhance inclusive education for children with disabilities:
1. Strengthening Teacher Capacity & Inclusive Education Support
The project focused on four main areas to enhance inclusive education for children with disabilities:
1. Strengthening Teacher Capacity & Inclusive Education Support
- Training teachers on disability identification, inclusive teaching strategies, and individualized education plans.
- Establishing and running Support Units for Inclusive Education (SUIE) within project schools.
- Organizing exchange and learning visits for teachers to gain experience from successful inclusive education models.
- Providing intensive training for selected teachers at national-level special education institutions.
- Improving school facilities, making classrooms, playgrounds, and restrooms more accessible.
- Encouraging children with disabilities to participate in student-led activities, leadership programs, and school assemblies.
- Organizing educational trips and extracurricular activities to promote life skills and social integration.
- Recognizing outstanding achievements of children with disabilities and teachers who contribute significantly to inclusive education.
- Conducting training for parents on how to support their children's learning and development at home.
- Hosting community dialogues and support sessions for families of children with disabilities.
- Launching awareness campaigns like "We Ring the Bell" to advocate for the rights of children with disabilities.
- Collaborating with education authorities to scale up inclusive education models across the provinces.
- Evaluating the impact of national education policies on children with disabilities and advocating for improvements.
- Documenting best practices and lessons learned to influence broader policy changes and replication of successful models.
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