Comments on: Armenia: Inclusive Education http://blog.oneworld.am/2008/11/03/armenia-world-vision-child-development-center/ News, Photography, Blogs & Analysis Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:34:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Global Voices Online » Armenia: Inclusive Education http://blog.oneworld.am/2008/11/03/armenia-world-vision-child-development-center/#comment-9661 Global Voices Online » Armenia: Inclusive Education Fri, 07 Nov 2008 04:38:28 +0000 http://blog.oneworld.am/?p=994#comment-9661 [...] in Armenia. Part of a voluntary project on child protection and disabilities, the first post details a return visit to the World Vision Child Development Center in Yerevan while the second takes a closer look and accompanies social workers on home visits. Posted by [...] […] in Armenia. Part of a voluntary project on child protection and disabilities, the first post details a return visit to the World Vision Child Development Center in Yerevan while the second takes a closer look and accompanies social workers on home visits. Posted by […]

]]> By: Armenia & the South Caucasus | The Caucasian Knot » Blog Archive » World Vision Armenia Child Development Center http://blog.oneworld.am/2008/11/03/armenia-world-vision-child-development-center/#comment-9659 Armenia & the South Caucasus | The Caucasian Knot » Blog Archive » World Vision Armenia Child Development Center Fri, 07 Nov 2008 03:56:36 +0000 http://blog.oneworld.am/?p=994#comment-9659 [...] mentioned in a previous post, The Caucasian Knot has now started to work on shooting images for an exhibition on disabilities [...] […] mentioned in a previous post, The Caucasian Knot has now started to work on shooting images for an exhibition on disabilities […]

]]> By: Steve Brown http://blog.oneworld.am/2008/11/03/armenia-world-vision-child-development-center/#comment-9625 Steve Brown Wed, 05 Nov 2008 13:18:41 +0000 http://blog.oneworld.am/?p=994#comment-9625 A great supporter of World Vision is AIDtoCHILDREN.com. AIDtoCHILDREN.com is a dual-purpose site for building an English vocabulary and raising money for under privileged children in the most impoverished places around the world. Check it out at http://www.aidtochildren.com A great supporter of World Vision is AIDtoCHILDREN.com.

AIDtoCHILDREN.com is a dual-purpose site for building an English
vocabulary and raising money for under privileged children in the most
impoverished places around the world.

Check it out at http://www.aidtochildren.com

]]> By: Onnik http://blog.oneworld.am/2008/11/03/armenia-world-vision-child-development-center/#comment-9621 Onnik Tue, 04 Nov 2008 14:40:38 +0000 http://blog.oneworld.am/?p=994#comment-9621 Myrthe, I'll be visiting as many such centers as I can over the coming weeks and months. Some I've been to before, but others I haven't. Who runs the one you mention? Myrthe, I’ll be visiting as many such centers as I can over the coming weeks and months. Some I’ve been to before, but others I haven’t. Who runs the one you mention?

]]> By: Myrthe http://blog.oneworld.am/2008/11/03/armenia-world-vision-child-development-center/#comment-9620 Myrthe Tue, 04 Nov 2008 13:49:14 +0000 http://blog.oneworld.am/?p=994#comment-9620 Looking forward to your stories and pictures. I have visited the Children's Rehabilitation Center in Noragyugh (behind the American embassy) many times, where many children with cerebral palsy from all over the country are being treated as well. Looking forward to your stories and pictures. I have visited the Children’s Rehabilitation Center in Noragyugh (behind the American embassy) many times, where many children with cerebral palsy from all over the country are being treated as well.

]]> By: Onnik http://blog.oneworld.am/2008/11/03/armenia-world-vision-child-development-center/#comment-9613 Onnik Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:37:03 +0000 http://blog.oneworld.am/?p=994#comment-9613 Just found a whole load of black & white photos taken five years ago when accompanying World Vision to see inclusive pre-school projects in Sisian and Gyumri. Might as well include them here as well until I make some return visits and shoot in color. <blockquote>Education and child development professionals have begun work in 24 kindergartens in the Armenian capital Yerevan, and surrounding regions as part of a World Vision Armenia drive to support inclusive education for children with special needs. The specialists will work one-on-one with each child in the classroom, and be available to speak with the parents of children with and without special needs in an important step to begin encouraging a positive view towards inclusive education in the country. Approximately 600 children will benefit from the trainings of some 300 special educators, psychologists, and speech therapists that will visit the kindergartens on a daily basis. 'This collaborative approach offers parents the opportunity to be involved with teachers and specialists as they jointly address the educational needs of the children,' says Zara Aslanayan, World Vision Armenia's senior social worker. 'Our role is to help parents discover the important role they play in their children's education.' [...] Inclusive education benefits all children in an inclusive classroom. Children with and without disabilities learn academic, social, and communication skills. They also learn to appreciate individual differences and to empathise with one another. [...] 'I encourage the professional development of my teaching staff to be able to accept more children with disabilities into their classrooms and to effectively work with them,' she says. Inclusive education in kindergartens enables children with disabilities to begin a life of integration into their communities, a right of which many children with disabilities are deprived.</blockquote> http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/wvmeero/50b8eeb488c5987a0da7489b76760208.htm <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/24674184@N00/3000271054/" title="sisian 0023 by onewmphoto, on Flickr" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3142/3000271054_bcd3dfed6e_o.jpg" width="450" height="301" alt="sisian 0023" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/24674184@N00/3000278328/" title="sisian 0042 by onewmphoto, on Flickr" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3206/3000278328_7b6deba9c0_o.jpg" width="450" height="301" alt="sisian 0042" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/24674184@N00/3000269874/" title="sisian 0021 by onewmphoto, on Flickr" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3073/3000269874_ba6bce0299_o.jpg" width="450" height="301" alt="sisian 0021" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/24674184@N00/3000271924/" title="sisian 0026 by onewmphoto, on Flickr" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3166/3000271924_77730003bd_o.jpg" width="450" height="301" alt="sisian 0026" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/24674184@N00/3000273792/" title="sisian 0031 by onewmphoto, on Flickr" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3055/3000273792_e1db5b1526_o.jpg" width="450" height="301" alt="sisian 0031" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/24674184@N00/3000279926/" title="gyumri 0027 by onewmphoto, on Flickr" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3058/3000279926_a31f4efc3e_o.jpg" width="450" height="301" alt="gyumri 0027" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/24674184@N00/2999436067/" title="sisian 0036 by onewmphoto, on Flickr" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3193/2999436067_24e0d90372_o.jpg" width="450" height="301" alt="sisian 0036" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/24674184@N00/2999440205/" title="sisian 0046 by onewmphoto, on Flickr" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3280/2999440205_709b10b18a_o.jpg" width="450" height="301" alt="sisian 0046" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/24674184@N00/2999427841/" title="sisian 0010 by onewmphoto, on Flickr" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3191/2999427841_3436b3fa5e_o.jpg" width="450" height="674" alt="sisian 0010" /></a> <blockquote>World Vision Inclusive Pre-School Education Visits, Republic of Armenia © Onnik Krikorian / Oneworld Multimedia 2003</blockquote> Just found a whole load of black & white photos taken five years ago when accompanying World Vision to see inclusive pre-school projects in Sisian and Gyumri. Might as well include them here as well until I make some return visits and shoot in color.

Education and child development professionals have begun work in 24 kindergartens in the Armenian capital Yerevan, and surrounding regions as part of a World Vision Armenia drive to support inclusive education for children with special needs.

The specialists will work one-on-one with each child in the classroom, and be available to speak with the parents of children with and without special needs in an important step to begin encouraging a positive view towards inclusive education in the country.

Approximately 600 children will benefit from the trainings of some 300 special educators, psychologists, and speech therapists that will visit the kindergartens on a daily basis.

‘This collaborative approach offers parents the opportunity to be involved with teachers and specialists as they jointly address the educational needs of the children,’ says Zara Aslanayan, World Vision Armenia’s senior social worker. ‘Our role is to help parents discover the important role they play in their children’s education.’

[…]

Inclusive education benefits all children in an inclusive classroom. Children with and without disabilities learn academic, social, and communication skills. They also learn to appreciate individual differences and to empathise with one another.

[…]

‘I encourage the professional development of my teaching staff to be able to accept more children with disabilities into their classrooms and to effectively work with them,’ she says.

Inclusive education in kindergartens enables children with disabilities to begin a life of integration into their communities, a right of which many children with disabilities are deprived.

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/wvmeero/50b8eeb488c5987a0da7489b76760208.htm

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World Vision Inclusive Pre-School Education Visits, Republic of Armenia © Onnik Krikorian / Oneworld Multimedia 2003

]]> By: Armenian News, Analysis & Photography — Oneworld Multimedia :: Armenia: World Vision Child Development Center :: November :: 2008 http://blog.oneworld.am/2008/11/03/armenia-world-vision-child-development-center/#comment-9612 Armenian News, Analysis & Photography — Oneworld Multimedia :: Armenia: World Vision Child Development Center :: November :: 2008 Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:53:00 +0000 http://blog.oneworld.am/?p=994#comment-9612 [...] full post accompanied by photographs and where comments can be left is available on The Caucasian Knot. Posted by Onnik @ 9:50 pm. Filed under: Armenia, Children, Photography, [...] […] full post accompanied by photographs and where comments can be left is available on The Caucasian Knot. Posted by Onnik @ 9:50 pm. Filed under: Armenia, Children, Photography, […]

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