Strategy of social inclusion of the youth with special needs: Moscow experience

Strategy of social inclusion of the Strategy of social inclusion of the youth with special needsyouth with special needs: :

Moscow experienceMoscow experience

Prof. Mikhail Nikitin,Prof. Mikhail Nikitin,Director of Institute for VET Research, Director of Institute for VET Research,

Moscow, RussiaMoscow, Russia

Профессиональное образование Профессиональное образование МосквыМосквы

People with special needs

3,279

Disabled people -1,487

Students with special needs at Moscow Students with special needs at Moscow collegescolleges (2010) (2010)

Categories of students with special needs at Categories of students with special needs at Moscow collegesMoscow colleges

With somatic diseases – 29,4%With learning and behavioral problems –

7,9%With intellectual retardation – 40,2%With locomotor problems – 6.6%With speech problems – 0.3%With eyesight problems – 1.1%With hearing problems – 14.7%

Types of special general schoolsTypes of special general schools

Type I – for deaf children and children with hearing problems;

Type II - for children with hearing and speech problems;Type III - for blind children;Type IV – for children with eyesight problems; Type V – for children with serious speech defects; Type VI - for children with locomotor problems; TypeVII – for retarded children; Type VIII – for children with mental problems.

Education and training opportunities for Education and training opportunities for youth with special needs (to address their youth with special needs (to address their individual needs, capabilities and interests) individual needs, capabilities and interests) to ensure their social inclusionto ensure their social inclusion

General secondary education

Initial and secondary VET

Higher/university education

Continuing education and training

Formats of VET offered to students Formats of VET offered to students with special needs at VET collegeswith special needs at VET colleges

Inclusive formatIntegrated format (partial, full and

temporary integration)Separate (special) groups

Occupations of training for people with special Occupations of training for people with special needs at Initial VET schoolsneeds at Initial VET schools

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14assembly mechanic

слесарь механосборочных работ(10%)computer operator

carpenter

shoemaker

house painter

plasterer

cook

furniture maker

automechanic

dress-maker/seamstress

Occupations of training for students with Occupations of training for students with special needs at Secondary VET schoolsspecial needs at Secondary VET schools

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специальности

librarian

law and social protections

arts and draftsmanship

organisation of cateringand restaurant services(6,7%)

banking (19%)

social work (3%)

accounting (18%

Occupations most favoured by Occupations most favoured by students with special needsstudents with special needs

Translator into sign language;Insurance sector;Self-employment in the social sector.

Innovative models of VET for Innovative models of VET for students with special needs at students with special needs at Moscow collegesMoscow colleges

Workplace learning/training (crafts centres, e.g. for students with mental and psychic problems) followed by employment opportunities

Small enterprises for graduates with special needs set up at colleges

Social and occupational adaptation by means of vocational orientation and career guidance

Use of distance-learning Structural units established at colleges

specifically for students with special needs (e.g. for deaf students)

Integration of vocational, correction and Integration of vocational, correction and developmental teaching and learningdevelopmental teaching and learning

Training teachers to work with students with special needs

Identification of learning needs, interests and capabilities of individual students

Designing individual learning paths Psychological, methodological, medical

and social support to learners all along the way

Problems awaiting resolution

- Unbalanced territorial distribution of VET schools that train students with special needs - Lack of a comprehensive programme integrating efforts of various ministries and stakeholders- Lack of structured anticipation of demand for training students with special needs- Lack of adequately trained teachers- Problems with jobs for graduates with special needs

Thank you for attentionThank you for attentionResearch Institute for VETResearch Institute for VET

3, 2-nd Baltyisky pereulok, Moscow, 3, 2-nd Baltyisky pereulok, Moscow, 125315125315

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