1. Inclusive Education for Children with Disabilities - The Experience of Catholic Relief Services in Vietnam Eric Eversmann Senior Technical Advisor, Education CRS/Baltimore

2. Overview Timeline Beneficiaries Partners

3. Community Based Rehabilitation A strategy for equitable development of people with disabilities through their own efforts, their families and communities, and locally available health and social services.

4. Identification “a physical, mental or psychological condition that limits a person’s activities”

5. Integrated Services Doctors evaluate each child and make recommendations for inclusion. These are translated at the school into infrastructure, pedagogic and content adjustments.

6. Training and Capacity Building

7. Materials Development Teacher training materials developed by CRS for inclusive education of children with vision impairments in primary school.

8. Community and Family Awareness

9. In the Classroom Individual Education Plans * Circle of Friends

10. Who benefits from inclusive education? Families Communities Schools

11. Lessons Learned for Success - Time - A successful partnership between the GoV, USAID and CRS - Policy impact - Link between school environment and social environment

12. Thank you. CRS/Vietnam: Andrew Wells-Dang, Deputy Country Representative and Chief of Party awells-dang@vn.seapro.crs.org Web address for how-to guide http://www.crs.org/education/ http://www.crs.org/education/pubs/Edu200704_e.pdf