IARP Conferences
It gives me immense pleasure to inform you that Indian Association of Rehabilitation Professionals is organizing a National Conference of "Policies and Practices for Inclusive Education of Children with Different Abilities". A lot has been done worldwide in the last few decades especially after the declaration of International Year of Disabled Persons in 1981. In this series of events, the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) takes to a new height of recognizing the rights of individuals with disabilities and bringing pressure on civil society to change their way of thinking towards them.
It is the collective responsibility of persons with disabilities, parents and rehabilitation professionals to play a major role for creation of awareness, delivery of services and building of infrastructure for ensuring rights based inclusive society for the persons with disabilities. The challenges are enormous as the issues concerning disabilities are yet to be prioritized. The conference will provide an opportunity to discuss the recent trends and come out with strategies for ensuring rights based inclusive society for persons with disabilities.
This International Conference seeks to provide a forum for sharing of best practices and various challenges pertaining to life cycle needs of persons with disabilities.
I invite stakeholder across the country to participate in the conference and place the disability sector in the forefront of developmental issues of the world. Let us collectively witness the "National Conference on Policies and Practices for Inclusive Education of Childrens with Different Abilities" at Swatantrata Bhawan, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi from 17-18 November, 2017.
Yours Sincerely,
Dr. J.P. Singh, President IARP
Objective and Theme of the Conference
The objective of convening the 2 days conference is to share the best practices adopted in India to facilitate inclusion of persons with disabilities. This conference will throw light on national & international policies and practices for empowerment of persons with disabilities. It will further focus on challenges and strategies concerning various issues of educational, psycho-social, medical and vocational aspects leading to independent and dignified life of persons with disabilities. It will also highlight concerns in optimal use and mobilization of resources, life-cycle approach for inclusion and researches. It also intends to concentrate on team approach towards sustainable inclusion, universal design and evidence based models & practices in intervention. Approach to embracing diversity, empowering families and communities & economic empowerment will also get significant attention as per the need of the new millennium. The professionals involved in providing such services can exchange and interact to optimize the new visions and horizons in the services for the persons with disabilities in the perspective of UNCRPD, RTE and RPD Act, 2016.
The National Conference on "Policies and Practices for Inclusive Education of Children with Different Abilities" will focus on the following sub-themes:
1. National and International Policies and Practices for Inclusive Education;
2. Universal Design towards Information & Communication Technology;
3. Redefining Partnership: Individuals with Disability, Families, and Other Stakeholders;
4. UNCRPD: Rethinking the Relationship between Disability and Society;
5. Role of RTE in inclusion of children with different abilities;
6. Role of RPD Act for Education and Rehabilitation of children with disabilities;
7. Models and Practices in Early Intervention towards inclusion;
8. Roll of Skill Development in Vocational Education;
9. Embracing Diversity and Crossing Barriers;
10. Team approach towards promoting Inclusion;
11. Universal Design for Learning in Inclusive Education.
Invitation for Papers
Participants desirous to make presentations on any of the sub-themes are expected to send their abstracts, not exceeding 200 words through online/email on or before 20th October, 2017.
The intimation regarding the selection of the abstracts for presentation will be made before 30th October, 2017.
The full paper- vides soft-copy (MS-Word, 'Times New Roman' Font, Size 12: not exceeding 10 pages, typed in double space) should be submitted online or emailed to iarpnrsc@gmail.com before 5th November, 2017.
All abstracts received before 20th October, 2017 will be published in the Conference Souvenir. Abstracts received after 20th October, 2017 will not be considered for publishing in the Souvenir.