LAUNCHING: INEE Pocket Guide to Supporting Learners with Disabilities

INEE’s Task Team on Inclusive Education and Disability is pleased to announce the publication of the INEE Pocket Guide to Supporting Learners with Disabilities!

With the input of many INEE members, this latest INEE Pocket Guide was developed by Ingrid Lewis with Duncan Little and Helen Pinnock. The Pocket Guide outlines some of the common challenges that children and young people with disabilities might face with education in or after an emergency. It discusses some of the constraints of concerns that teachers may have and offers practical ideas for including children and young people with disabilities in education before, during or after an emergency. The Pocket Guide is intended for those working to support teachers, including teacher trainers, school inspectors or supervisors, education programme managers or teachers or facilitators who are able to do self-study.

The Pocket Guide complements the updated INEE Minimum Standards for Education: Preparedness, Response, Recovery, which articulate the right to education for all affected by crisis. Inclusion is a theme that has been strengthened in the updated Handbook, and the Standards state explicitly that no individual should be denied access to and full participation in education because of discrimination based on disability. The Pocket Guide also builds on the guidance within the INEE Pocket Guide to Inclusive Education which provides a quick reference for practitioners working to ensure that education in crisis contexts is accessible and inclusive for everyone.

Download the Pocket Guide to Supporting Learners with Disabilities here. You can order hard copies of the Pocket Guide by emailing {encode="m.santos@ineesite.org" title="m.santos@ineesite.org"} – please include the number of copies you need and your full mailing address.

The Pocket Guide is launched in time for celebrations of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities on 3rd December; we would like to invite you to celebrate by reading the Pocket Guide, sharing it with your colleagues and networks, and join the conversation as we consider:

How can our collective work in emergency prevention, preparedness, response and recovery better include the educational needs and capacities of all children and youth, particularly those with disabilities?

Please take a moment to share your thoughts in the comments below!