The document outlines a project aimed at establishing and sustaining an inclusive education learning community in Ukraine, targeting diverse education professionals, students with disabilities, and their families. It focuses on implementing evidence-based inclusive education practices, providing training, and creating a national consortium of universities committed to inclusive education. Key activities include workshops, seminars, and the development of resources for teachers and parents, with a vision to foster collaboration and share successful inclusive education methods across the nation.

1. Grand Report
Without Borders:
SUSTAINING AND SUPPORTING
INCLUSIVE EDUCATION LEARNING COMMUNITY
supported by the Public Affairs Section of the
U.S. Embassy in Ukraine
implemented by NGO ’Step into Life’’, members of
Ukraine "USG Exchange Alumni small grants
program", Inclusion without Borders community,
Global Resource Center on Inclusive Education,
Institute on Community Integration, University of
Minnesota

2. • create and support a dynamic, inclusive education learning
community of diverse education professionals to work
with students with disabilities and their parents, with the
overall goal of enhancing the implementation of inclusive
education practices across Ukraine.
• develop, implement and sustain a coordinated training
program focused on the high fidelity implementation of
promising and evidenced-based inclusive education
practices.
The project is designed to reach regions beyond large cities
to assure that teachers and parents of children with
disabilities living in more remote areas are part of the
inclusive education reform in Ukraine.
The primary goals of the project are to:

3. Long term results
• A dynamic inclusive education community composed of a network of
education professionals in field of inclusive education and parents.
• A Ukrainian National Inclusive Education Consortium composed of
multiple universities committed to the implementation of inclusive
education policy and practices with the capacity to both produce both
new educators with an understanding of and ability to effectively
implement IE practices and a capacity to serve as a resource center
for schools.
• A variety of inclusive education schools located in the targeted
regions that can serve as model sites that have been supported to
showcase inclusive practices.

5. Focus-group in Vyhoda.
1st Western Workshop «School
changing: co-mission of special and
inclusive education»

6. Focus group in Ivano-Frankivsk. Seminar Without borders.
Collaborating in focus groups educators, students and parents discussed
successes and barriers in introducing inclusive education practices,
identified and analyzed training and resource needs as well as pre- and in-
training of teaching staff. The recommendations were transcribed,
translated, sent to all project participants and published online.

7. Focus groups in Kharkiv, Khmelnytskiy, Pokrovske and Lviv

8. Inclusive Education
week@PNU
258 participants

9. The New Ukrainian school – access for all. Inter-regional workshop
Defining ways and methods of cooperation between general and special schools,
setting objectives for supporting inclusion. 3 days, 140 participants.

10. Inclusive Aspects of Educating Children
a seminar and workshop in Khmelnytskiy

11. Inclusive
education
week in
Pokrovskiy
region

12. Educational Forum "Learning for All” in Kharkiv
presentation of the project and textbook, signing the
Memorandum of Agreement

13. UKRAINIAN NATIONAL INCLUSIVE EDUCATION CONSORTIUM
The aim - to provide both leadership and resources
to further the advancement of inclusive education in Ukraine.
wishing to strengthen their academic and scholarly links and cooperation 9
universities agree to enter MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT

15. Project’s activities and resources online
Bringing together a learning community of professionals and parents
to share information, experiences and materials
Sustaining and Supporting Inclusive Education Learning
Community http://inclusion.org.ua
Without borders: розвиток та підтримка інклюзивної освітньої спільноти
www.facebook.com/groups/InlusiveEducationCommunity
Inclusion Without Borders / Інклюзія без кордонів
www.facebook.com/groups/InclusionUA 2,585 members
Inclusive Education community
www.youtube.com/channel/UCH3qdw1BGc_R7jUt9Q2Vacw

16. A text-book for practicing teachers, specialists, parents and
teachers-in-training
Topics covered:
• Universal design for learning:
• Cooperation of a multidisciplinary team of specialists in inclusive settings;
• Transition from school to adulthood;
• Building professional and psychological capacity of teachers;
• Positive behavior management;
• Some aspects of teaching hard of hearing students;
• Building a partnership with parents.

17. Inclusive Education Teaching Training curriculum: discussion

18. Pre-service training of teachers capable to work in inclusive settings started

19. Regional workshops
with U.S. mentors
Leadership in inclusion, UDL,
Creating Positive environments to
support all students, Transition,
Social inclusion, Synergy of
special and inclusive education

22. maintaining effective cooperation between universities, schools, kindergartens, parents,
NGOs; professional communication; recommendations for teachers, and parents

23. Aligning the materials and trainings being developed with the Ministry of
Education agenda and approach to the implementation of inclusive education

24. Regional workshops on co-teaching

25. • Radio shows
• Two hundred
publications

26. Practicing inclusion with the youngest and keeping the curriculum in mind

27. Developing a team of dedicated inclusive education trainers of the project

28. • Remote learning: Challenges of inclusion at this
challenging time - what have you experienced?
• How are children with disabilities and their
families managing under the circumstances?

29. Antivirus online conference
TREADING INCLUSIVE SPACES 4.0: Ukraine-U.S. cooperation
(March 19-24, 2020)
https://www.facebook.com/events/204915937496580/
Digital resources, video streams and recordings on:
• Tools for teaching children human rights
• Assistance for the children with behavioral disorders
• Instructional strategies for inclusive education
• Art and music therapy and techniques
• Storytelling
• UDL
• Understanding autism
• Supporting parents
Thank you Ukrainian colleagues, international fellows and U.S. friends and mentors:
Brian Abery, Renáta Tichá, Kristi Rudelius Palmer, Stephanie Fitzgerald, Joy Lee
Fredrikson, Clay Keller, Nolan Patrek, Don Lavin, Kelly Merchant for supplying resources
and support

30. Developing strategies and resources for distance teaching students with special educational needs

31. Students videos and digital resources

32. Webinars, online videos and PPT presentations

33. Printed
resources
for the
curriculum

34. The inclusive education project will go on