Lecture on Early Childhood Intervention programs and “Inclusion Training in Intellectual Disability for Educators in Europe (ITIDE)” project

In the frame of the interuniversity Master program “Educational Treatment of Diversity” (http://www.lu.lv/eng/istudents/degree/study/master-educationaltreatment/) run at the Scientific Institute of Pedagogy of the Faculty of Education, Psychology and Art of the University of Latvia, this Friday 17^th June from 17.00-19.30 an open lecture will be held at the Library of the University of Latvia (4 Kalpaka Boulevard, Riga LV-1050, conference hall, 2^nd floor, see here map for location: http://www.biblioteka.lu.lv/eng/about-library/structure/kalpaka-blvd/)

Topic: Early Childhood Intervention programs and “Inclusion Training in Intellectual Disability for Educators in Europe (ITIDE)” project.

Lecturer: Dr. Víctor del Toro Alonso, professor at the Universidad Complutense of Madrid.

After a short introduction about the project Inclusion Training in Intellectual Disability for Educators in Europe (ITIDE, see http://www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/research/research-areas/research-centres/centre-for-social-and-educational-research-across-the-life-course-serl/itide/), the focus of the lesson will be on Early Childhood Intervention programs, that is the topic of this module. The lector will guide us in the practical understanding of:

1. the basis for this type of intervention (with emphasis in Spain context he knows best);

2. presentation of how they work in the early intervention team with preschools and schools according to types of especial educational needs (with real case studies), in order to develop:

• the plan for diversity;

• classroom programming; and

• adaptations curriculum;

3. Insight on how the intervention plan is developed.

The lecture will be in English. Free entrance.

More information: Manuels Fernandezs: +371 26253625. manuels.fernandezs@lu.lv