About Inclusive Education Unit
Establishment
Since the establishment of Sharjah City for Human Services, SCHS has sought to systematically integrate people with disabilities and to keep pace with development, starting in 1995 with the integration of visual impairment and hearing-impaired people into public schools. It has also been keen to integrate people with motor disabilities and demand a physical environment that enables them to have easy mobility and access. To complement its career in inclusive education in accordance with the latest global practices, since 2006 the SCHS has worked to inclusive people with intellectual disabilities and autism spectrum disorder and to follow them periodically by specialists and supervisors to achieve the best results.
Because it believed in the rights of people with disabilities in all spheres, including the right to education and integration, the SCHS continued to raise awareness of the rights and pursued their "theoretical and practical" paths. In 2017, it established the "Inclusive Education Unit" based on its firm conviction that inclusion is not only a model of special education but also a method of reflection and practice involving all members of society.
To date, SCHS has been able to include 646 students with disabilities into schools in cooperation with its partners in educational institutions. It has also worked in cooperation with partners to establish inclusive education system that contributes to the promotion of children's rights and provides a supportive and stimulating school environment for inclusion in line with the Emirate of Sharjah's interest in education, reading and continuing education.
Disabilities
- The Inclusive Education Unit seeks to include all students with disabilities regardless of the severity of the disability and in accordance with the student needs.
Age group
From 3 years old to 20 years old.
Curricula and assessment tools
Inclusion unit adopts several curricula and assessment tools
- Gauge of preparedness or school readiness.
- Readiness and preparedness form.
- Learning outcomes approved by the Ministry of Education curricula.
Services
The most important basic services provided
First, School Readiness Services Programs
- School readiness sessions.
- Family Support Sessions and Specialized Counselling.
- Partial Integration.
- Prepare an educational environment for students
Second, School enrolment, support, and follow-up programs for the included student
- The student's enrolment in the appropriate school.
- Periodic follow-up to academic and social achievements with reasonable accommodation.
- Inclusive Education Quality Sessions for included Students.
- Support in providing an educational environment free of bullying and all forms of discrimination.
- Provide easy access and full participation in high-quality education in the curriculum along with their peers of the same age group.
Third, Facilitation Services Programs
- Voluntary sessions within an initiative “together we complete the road”.
- Support in classroom environment specifications.
- Provide resources within educational institutions.
- Providing support in training the support teacher for the integration process within schools.
- Sustainable Development Fund services.
- Provide lists of inclusive educational institutions.
- Provision of guidance sessions for families.
Fourth, Virtual Service Programs
- Virtual follow-up for include student.
- Virtual school readiness sessions.
- Virtual inclusion activities.
- Psychological support for families by providing them with training in support of mental health and positive assurances within the psychological support group.
Achievements
Most important achievements and awards
- Agreements and partnerships with educational institutions involved inclusive education.
- Support for low-income families through the integrated education scholarships initiative.
- Support for low-income families through the Together We Complete the Path to Quality Inclusive Education initiative.
- Holding supportive seminars for inclusive education.
- Holding the virtual international forum on Quality Inclusive Education Virtual 2022.
- Providing specialized training in inclusive education for educational institutions in the public and private sectors.
Admission to SCHS
Registration and Admission at Sharjah City for Humanitarian Services Procedures for registering new students:
- First:
- Attend in person to register at the Social Service Department, in the administration building during official working hours.
- Register using a valid original ID.
- Provide a recent medical report from an accredited entity / Provide a psychological educational report (if available).
- The center is determined based on age group and type of disability.
- Second:
- The school or center's social worker will contact to schedule a personal interview.
- Communicate with the family and inform them of the beneficiary's file acceptance if conditions are met.
- The social worker completes registration data, including filling out the social case study.
- The social worker receives the required documents and health reports as mandatory attachments for the admission process.
- Third:
- The beneficiary pays a non-refundable seat reservation fee of AED 1000.
- The beneficiary pays a non-refundable file opening fee of AED 200 to join the services of the Physical and Occupational Therapy Center or Family Counseling services. For more details regarding school fees and transportation services, click here.
- Fourth:
- The beneficiary joins the services of the SCHS
- Fifth:
- The beneficiary completes the fee payment procedures in coordination with the school or center's accounting department. For more details regarding school fees and transportation services, click here.