Includ-ed, red europea de educación inclusiva

The Centre for Studies on Inclusive Education (CSIE), one of the six incluD-ed associated members, works towards promoting equality and eliminate discrimination in education. Next to supporting inclusion through lobbying and campaigning activities, CSIE offers also training and consultancy services and challenges exclusion in the educational context.

In 2015, CSIE will offer a whole day of Disability Awareness Workshops for groups of pupils throughout schools in the UK.  Engaging and thought-provoking, these disability awareness workshops are a must for schools that want to challenge prejudice and promote disability equality.

Workshops will help pupils to:

• - learn more about disability and human rights
• - be clear on law and policy for disabled children’s education
• - hear disabled people’s perspectives
• - identify common stereotypes and some of the prejudices disabled people face
• - explore a range of views of what disability is, who is disabled and what disables them
• - reflect on a range of disability labels
• - review language and terminology used and the effect this can have on disabled people’s identities
• - ask sensitive questions anonymously
• - understand, and respond to, society’s “culture of indifference”
• - learn about disabled people who have made a difference
• - become advocates for disability equality
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Pupils and staff who have taken part in similar workshops said: “Excellent and informative”, “Brilliant”, “Inspirational”, “It certainly made me consider the way I think.”

Cost: Special offer for Disability History Month: price for 2015 bookings confirmed before the end of December 2014: £500+vat plus expenses (normal CSIE price: £800+vat) 

To request a booking and take advantage of this offer, please email with the name and address of your school, a contact telephone number, preferred date(s) for workshops and the age(s) of pupils that will take part.

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The Disability Awareness Workshops for Pupils are CSIE’s 2nd contribution to the 1st pilot European Inclusive Education Week taking place from 24 – 28 November 2014, a pilot initiative promoted by the European Network on Inclusive Education and Disability (incluD-ed). The week aims to highlight the diversity of actions taking place throughout Europe to promote inclusive education and to acknowledge the efforts done by organisations, institutions and experts to foster inclusive education systems in Europe.

HOW TO PARTICIPATE?

If you have any action or event taking place during the week that promotes inclusive education, you only need to send us up to three paragraphs describing the action, event or project (what?, who?, where?) as well as a photo or logo so that we can promote your contribution to the 1^st pilot European Inclusive Education Week in form of an article on the incluD-ed website.

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We will also share all events of 1st pilot European Inclusive Education Week via twitter @incluD_ed Hashtag #InclusiveEducationWeek14 

The most inspiring events will additionally be promoted in the next incluD-ed newsletter reaching a community of over 3000 experts and organisations throughout Europe.