Disability Inclusion in Education: Building Support Systems

This module covers disability inclusion, models of disability, disability rights and policies, and the evolution of special and inclusive education. It explores how mainstream schools can become inclusive and how special education fits into an inclusive framework.

This module focuses on teacher empowerment and what teachers need to know to better support learners with disabilities. It includes research findings from the TEDI project and personal testimonies of individuals with disabilities about their schooling experiences.

This module explores the systemic support structures available to teachers and educators for supporting learners with impairments. It covers education support systems, school and district-based support, and family-professional partnerships.

This module discusses making the curriculum accessible for all, focusing on learners with severe to profound disabilities. It covers causes of specific impairments (hearing, visual, and intellectual) and their impacts on learning, as well as principles and approaches to support these learners.

This module introduces universal design for learning as an approach to inclusive teaching. It covers teaching strategies for including and supporting learners with specific impairments and provides an opportunity to create a support plan using universal design principles.