Inclusive Community Forum

In April 2019, the ICF started the topic of education as a transition to active life.

With the main goal of “empowering people with disabilities for working life”, the ICF and its community began to develop solutions with the aim of transforming the current landscape in this area.

Find out about the set of initiatives that have emerged, together with the community, as a response to the challenges identified in the area of education. 

Information and awareness-raising sessions for Higher Education teachers on Special Educational Needs, as well as the provision of guides and support resources relating to these needs. 

What is it and for whom?  

Clarification and awareness-raising sessions on the subject of Special Educational Needs (SEN) and the provision of online guides and support resources for teachers on the same subject, for the training of higher education teachers.  

Objectives:  

• A more inclusive higher education community for people with disabilities;    
• Teachers equipped with tools and strategies to help them teach their students with SEN, thus providing richer learning experiences for all;  
• Ensuring that students with SEN attend higher education.  

Numbers impact:  

• 3 schools held sessions  
• 190 teachers trained 

Meetings for teachers and technicians to discuss practical cases on the inclusion of students with curricular adaptations in the classroom, with the aim of promoting more inclusive educational practices. 

Who is it for?  

These sessions are aimed at all teachers and technicians who work with students with curricular adaptations in the classroom, in schools. 

Goals: 

Disseminate good practices - tools, strategies - that teachers and technicians can apply in the classroom for greater inclusion; 

Raise awareness in the educational community about the inclusion of students with significant curricular adaptations and improve their ability to respond to these cases. 

Improve the quality of school life for the educational community, providing richer learning experiences for all. 

Impact numbers:  

• 3 Sessions
• 50+ Participants

Promotion of socio-professional experiences as part of the Individual Transition Plan, through a mediation platform between schools and companies. 

What is it and who is it for?  
comPIT is a mediation platform between schools and companies that aims to the promotion of socio-professional experiences for students with significant curricular adaptations from the age of 15, within the scope of the Individual Transition Plan (ITP).  

How does it work?  
comPIT automatically matches students with an ITP with the socio-professional experiences offered by companies.   

This platform is run by a team of technicians specialized in the transition to an active life.   

Goals
Promote and streamline socio-professional experiences in a real work context for students with Individual Transition Plan. 

Simplify and make more efficient the work of special education teachers by automating the matches between profiles and opportunities.  

Enable more direct and up-to-date action by increasing the connection between all those involved.   

Impact numbers:  

• 11 companies provided internships  
• 19 students with disabilities who benefited from internships 

Training in essential skills for the labour market, for people with disabilities and technicians from the social organizations that support them, in order to improve their employability potential.

The Inclusion LABs consisted of working sessions for the co-creation and implementation of solutions to strengthen the empowerment of people with disabilities for an active life.

Get to know the path taken by ICF on education.