Richard attended the Conference of State Parties(3) to the United Nation Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities as the delegate of United Kingdom Disabled People’s Council. This was held from 1st to 3rd September at the UN in New York.
Attached is Richard’s report – download.
Richard was asked to contribute from the floor to the Roundtable on Article 24 and its implementation.
His contribution can be downloaded from this website
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After Richard’s trip to Bhutan in December 2013, the United Nations asked him to write a short article summarising the speech that he gave there.
To read it, see below:
Preparing teachers to include children with disabilities
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In 2013, UNICEF produced ‘The State of the World’s Children’ report which focussed on children with disabilities. As part of that project, Richard was asked to write an essay for UNICEF. It can be read below:
http://www.unicef.org/sowc2013/focus_inclusive_play_spaces.html
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2nd to 4th July 2013 – Southern Africa Ministerial Conference on Inclusive Education
Richard was a keynote presenter at the joint SAALED Ministerial and Teacher Development Conference and facilitator at the Ministerial Conference developing a plan for implementing Inclusive Education across the SADC area. He also contributed to the OSISA Regional Education Ministers Seminar.
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Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 26th–30th April.
Richard was invited by the Victor Peneda Foundation to take part in leading training for Principals, teachers and supervisors from 10 primary schools. These will form a pilot scheme for inclusive schools from 2009. The course was well received and there was a high level of interest with participants staying past the end time with lots of questions.
Richard’s presentation is available for download.
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Richard led a four day seminar on developing inclusive Education with participants from 5 Russian Cities:- St Petersburg, Moscow, Arkhangelsk, Ukhta, Tomsk. This was the third seminar led by Richard under this collaboration with Perspektiva funded by the European Union. A follow up of visits to each City and one day seminars and meetings with officials will take place in Autumn/Winter 2009/2010.
Richard’s presentation is available for download in both English and Russian
Also available for download are –
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