This presentation discusses issues, concerns and challenges about successful educational inclusion of children with disabilities.

1. Inclusion of Children with Disabilities in Regular
Classroom: Some Issues, Concerns and Challenges
Presented by:
Umakant Prasad
Assistant Professor,
Department of Education,
Visva-Bharati

2. “The problem is not how to wipe out the differences
but how to unite with the differences intact”.
-Rabindranath Tagore
“Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if
you can’t help them, at least don’t hurt them.”
- Dalai Lama

3. Don’t see the Disability
See the Abilities.

4. They are not Disabled.
Thy are Persons with Disabilities
They are ABLE in Different
Way

5. Types of Persons with Disabilities
According to PWD Act, 1995
Visually Impaired
Low Vision
Hearing Impairment
Locomotor Disability
Mental Retardation
Mental illness
Leprosy Cured Person

6. Types of Persons with Disabilities
According to National Trust Act, 1999
Person with Autism
Person with Cerebral Palsy
Person with Mental Retardation
Person with Multiple Disabilities

7. Education for Children with
Disabilities
Special Education
Integrated Education
Inclusive Education

8. Special Education
Special education is the practice of educating
students with special needs in a way that
addresses their individual differences and
needs.
It involves of special teachers, special
teaching aids, special equipments and
appliances, specially constructed or modified
curriculum, and special infrastructure for them.

9. Integrated Education
Integration is the process in which
education is provided to children with
disabilities along with their non-disabled
peers by avoiding or reducing restrictions

10. Inclusive Education
Inclusion means all children are welcome
regardless of differences. In this system the
emphasis is not on treating the deficit but on
adapting the environment to accommodate the
disability perceiving it as a normal difference.

11. DIFFRENCE AMONG THESE
CONCEPTS
INCLUSION INTEGRATION SPL SCHOOL
Integral PART of A PART of the APART from the
Gen system Gen system Gen system

12. Factors essential for Inclusion
Positive attitude
Breaking down Barriers
Early identification and Intervention
Classification and Degree of Disabilility
Issuing disability certificate
Equalization of Opportunities

13. Role of Principal/ Headmaster
Curriculum Adaptation
Ensuring Adequate Support in Classroom
Adaptation of Examination System
Staff Development
Parent and Community Participation
Sensitization of Policy Planners
Use of Technology
Vocational Training

14. It’s not end,
it’s beginning…………
Thank You