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Understanding Exclusion and Inclusion Concepts

The document discusses the concepts of exclusion and inclusion. Exclusion refers to individuals being unable to fully participate in society due to unequal power dynamics across economic, social, political and cultural dimensions. Inclusion aims to address exclusion by providing quality education and services that respect diversity. Key principles of inclusion include identifying and removing barriers, ensuring participation of all, and focusing on those at risk of marginalization. The benefits of inclusion are also outlined.

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Understanding Exclusion and Inclusion Concepts

The document discusses the concepts of exclusion and inclusion. Exclusion refers to individuals being unable to fully participate in society due to unequal power dynamics across economic, social, political and cultural dimensions. Inclusion aims to address exclusion by providing quality education and services that respect diversity. Key principles of inclusion include identifying and removing barriers, ensuring participation of all, and focusing on those at risk of marginalization. The benefits of inclusion are also outlined.

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The concept of Exclusion

1. Exclusion

-Desceibe a sate which individuals are unable to participatefully in economic,political,social and cultural.

=> Consists of dynamic,complex,multi-dimensional process driven by unequal power relashinships


interacting across four main dimensions(economic,social,political,cultural)at different levels including
individuals,family,group community,country global levels.

[Link] envolves or symptoms

-Lack of denail of resources,rights,good,services

-Inability or unequal participation

-Unequal access

-Combination of linked problems(unemployment poor housing,high creame,poor health and family-


break down

-Denail of opportunities

[Link] for Exclusion

[Link] nature [Link] startification [Link] [Link] [Link](human capital,land and


machinery)

=>Nature of social structure

->Institution and interactions(family,religion,edication,economy politics)-health -psychological

[Link] of exclusion

[Link]:-stability,peace,unity,effective

[Link]:-less no of participation -marginazation -unemployment -inequality -under achievement -less


quality -unimprovement

[Link] of exclusion
-Economic - Background - social - political - psychological - cultural - environmental

[Link] of exclusion

-Age - sex/gender - disability - race/ethnicity - orgin - economic - other status - discrimination - lack of
shared exprience which is membership and relationship

Chapter One

The concept of Inclusion

[Link] of Inclusion

-> Ongoing process to provide quality education and services.

-> It is a process to address or responed for=all persones and respecting diversity- needs - abilities -
behavior - expectations(ግምት)

-> it is a response and strategy for exclusion

-> It consists-enactment(medengeg) - acknowledgement(ewukina mestet) - Accomodation(wuto meyaz


or acceptance ) - treatment(sine libona mirmera) - rehabilitation(magegemiya) - education - creating
awareness - participation - consultation(mikikir) - identification,reduction, or removal of barriers.

[Link] concepts(Components) of inclusion

=> as per the functional defination of inclusion,it has the following components

[Link] about learners

- It considers education as a fundamental human rights for every one

-Learning is a life time

-Everyone can learn fromvthe society,exprience and environment.

[Link] about the education system and schools

-It considers broader than formal schooling

-It is flexible ,responsive system


-Creates enabling and welcoming environments

-Promots school improvement

-Involves pervasive approach and collaboration

[Link] about diversity and discrimination

-Provides combating measures

-Enabling responding diversities

-Helps to prepare for inclusive envirinment and cilture

[Link] about process to promote inclusion

-Create real participation,collaboration and partnership

-Helps to identify qnd over coming barriers

-Promotes participatory methodologies and researches

[Link] about resources

-Promotes unlocking,full utilization and redistribution

-Helps to perceive people as key resources

-Helps to use appropriate resources and support

[Link] of inclusion

[Link] is a process

[Link] with identification and removal of barriers

[Link] presence ,participation and achievement of all

[Link] greate emphasize on those who may be at risks of marginalization,exclusion,under achievement.

[Link] for inclusion

[Link] rationale
-Efficient utilization of educational resources

-To have a better accadamic,social and psychological inclusive setting.

To decrease dropout and repetitions to boost teachers competency knowledge,skills,collaborations


andvsatisfactions

[Link] rationale

- To reduce fear

-To build friendship,respect and understanding

[Link] rationale

- to promote,fulfil,respect and promote human rights([Link] right to education,participation,.)

No legitimate reason to discriminate and exclude.

[Link] rationale

-For economic benefits

-Inclusion is cost effective than independent special schools accross the country

-For better employment

[Link] inclusive society

-Formulate mutual understanding of inclusive

-To appropriate diversity

- Building up empathy,tolerance and cooperation

-Promotion of sustainable development

[Link] force/factors for development of inclusion

5.1. Communities

5.2. Activist and advocates


5.3. The quality education and school improvement movement

5.4. Special education needs movement

5.5. Involvement of:-

-Internationl agencies

-NGOs

-Networks

-Compaigns

6. Benefities of Inclusion

6.1. For students with special needs

#. Observe and imitate socially acceptable behavior

#.Improve friendship,social skills,initiation interactions,relashinships and networks

#.Improve skills and acadamic achievement

6.2. For persons without special needs.

#. Have avariety of opportunities for interaction.

#. Learn about uniqueness,tolerance,individual differences and human exceptionality

#.Learn about a positive characterstics and ablity of special needs

#.Learn about many human services profissions

#.Learn to appreciate,accept,respect and understand diversity

#.Learn to communicate,help and support

6.3. For teachers

#.Have more opportunities to learn new ways,ideas and to exchange information

#.Develop new knowledge,skill and attitude


#.Exprience a greater satisfaction

#.Learn to encourage,teamwork and to be creative

6.4. For family

-Learn more about children and inclusion

-Feel a greater sense of salued,accomplishment,equal partners in providing quality education to


children.

-Learn how to deal with children and techniques

-Learn to interact and provide solution

6.5. For society

-Creates equality

-Good sociatal transformations,social skills,interaction

-Creates opportunity for every one to participate on social matters

-Avoid discrimination and marginalization

7. Ultimate goals of inclusion

-Craete inclusive society and quality education.

-Understanding differences and diversities

-Prevalance of participation

-Avoiding a negative aspect of exclusion

[Link] of inclusive environment

-Participation

-Provision of equal,fair,equitable services and resources

-Ensuring respect and diginity of individuals


-Proviaion of willingful accomodations

-Equal access

-Justice

-Quality

[Link] environment

-The place where individual needs differences,diversity and interests are not a problem or
acknowledged

-Where inclusive culture is practiced

[Link] inclusive Environment characterstics as:

-responsive to individual and diverse needs

-Allow participation

-Promote social activities

-Involve mobilizing resources

-Serve all individuals without distiniction

-Utilize multi- skilled personnel

-Create links on different profissionals and stakeholders

-Develop,social skills

11. Barriers to inclusion

-Hindrance/obstackle

[Link]

¡.Attitudial

-Sociatal barriers-stigmal
¡¡.Physical

-Environmental

-Lack of stair

¡¡¡.Policy

-Systematic

[Link] types

-Sociatal values and beliefs

-Economic factors-poverity

-Lack of taking appropriate measures to ensure conformity of implementation of inclusion

-Lack of stakeholders responsibility

-Lack of skills and knowledge (among teachers)

-Conservative traditions

-Rigid curriculum,teaching methods and examination system

-Fragile dwmocratic institutions

-Inadquate to and inaccessible resources

-Globilization,free market

- Lack of profissionals

-Policy,strategy and ideology problems

Chapter Two

Understanding disablities and vulnurabiltiy

[Link] terminologies
[Link]

-The problem with a structure/organ of the body.

-Lack or loss/abnormality of anatomic/physiological or psychological structure/


function.

-The absence of a particular body part/organ

-The condition in which the body exists but doesn't function.(medical issue)

1.2. Disability

- A functional limitations due to physical,intellectual or psychological problems.

-Hinderance and impediment due to impairment

-Limitation with regard to a particular activity

-Non-medical issue.

1.3. Vulnerability

- A condition at risk of being harmed.

[Link] concept of disability

[Link] concept

-Has two models

[Link] Models

#.Functional limitations due to


-Physical

-Intellectual

-Pyschic impairment

- Disorder

-Health problems

#.It considers people as individual objects to be treated,changed,improved and


normal

[Link] disability as it is a highly varied and complex condition with a range of


implications for social identity and behavior.

#.Depend on the context and a consequence of discrimination,prejudice and


exclusion.

#.Emphasize on the short coming in the environment an in many organized


activities(such as information,communication and education)which prevent
persons with disability(PWD) for participating on equal terms.

[Link] of the models

[Link]

-Child/disability is faulty

-Diagnosis and labeling

-Impairment is focus of attention

-Segregation and alternative services


-Re-entry if normal enough or permanent exclusion

-Society remains unchanged

3.2. Social Models

-Child/disability is valued

-Strength and needs identified

-Barriers identified and solutions developed

-Resources made available

-Diversity wellcomed

-Society evolves

[Link] for disability

[Link]

[Link]-poverty,malnutrition,inaccessibly of physical environments

[Link] causes

[Link] Types of disabilities

2.4.1. Impairment

[Link]. Visual

Classified as Blindness and low vision

[Link]
-Total or partial limitation to sde because of disease or disorder of the eye,optic
nerve or brain.

-Vision loss that is not correctable with eyeglass/contact lense

-Not to mean a total absence of sight.

[Link] - vision

-Moderate vision impairment

[Link] Hearing

-a continuum of hearing loss from mild to profound

=>Sub classiefied as

[Link] of hearing

- Can hear with help of hearing aid

-Fluctuating

[Link]

-Have difficulty of understanding speech,even with hearing aids

-Use sign languages

[Link]. Speech and language impairment

->Communication disorder

->Classified as -Speech impairment and language impairment


=>Adversely affects the ability to - talk -understand - read - write

[Link] impairment

- three Type

1. Articulation disorder(Yemels chigir tikiklegna melis alememeles)

-Errors in the productions of speech sounds(due to physiological limitations)

- >basic types

-Omissions(bo for boat)

-Substitutions(wabbit for rabbit)

-Distortions(shlip for sip)

2. Fluency disorders

- Difficulties with the rhythem/timing speech charavterized by


hesitations,repititions,words,or phrases.

=>Common types

[Link]

-Rapid fire repetations of consonant/vowel aounds

-At the begining of words prolongatmis,hesitations

-Interjections

B. Cluttering
-Excessively fast and jerky speech.

3. Voice disorders

-Problems with quality/use of one's voice

- Abnormal production or absence of local quality,loudness

[Link] imlairments.

[Link] disorders(phonetics)

-Abnormal organization of the phonological system/ a significant deficit in speech


pdn.

[Link] disorders(form)

-Morphological inflections(noun,verb,adjective)

[Link] disorder(meaning)

-Poor vocabulary development

-Inappropraite use of word meaning

[Link] disorder(rules)

-Difficulty in acquiring the rules that govern word order(grammer svo)

[Link] disorder(use)

-Problems in understanding and using language in different social context

-Lack of understanding the rule of eye contact,respecting personal


space,requesting information,introducing topics
2.5.2. Specific learning disability(SLD)

-Disorder in one/ more of psychological processes

-imperfect ability to listen,think,speak,read,write,spell and to do maths

=Types of SLD

[Link] procesding disorder(APD)

-Does not recognize subtle diferences between sounds in words

[Link]

-Inability to understand number and maths

[Link]

-Handwriting problem

[Link]

-Reading problem

E. Visual perception

-Problems in the understanding of information that a person sees,ability to


draw/copy

2.5.3. Autism

A nuero development disorder/a developmental disability significantly affecting


verbal/non verbal communications and social interaction.

2.5.4. Emotional and behavioral disorders


=Characterstics

1. Inability to learn that can not be explained intellectually

2. Inability to build and maintain satisfactory interpersonal relationships

3. Inappropraite types of behavior/feelings under normal circumstances.

4. A general pervasive mood of unhappiness/depression

[Link] associated with personal problems

=Classifications(specific)

[Link] disorder

-Seek attention,disruptive and act out

B. Socialized aggression

-Openly disrespectful

C. Attention problems

- Attention deficit,easily destrixtible and poor concentration

[Link]/withdrawn

-Low self easteem and withdrawn from immediate activities

[Link] behavior

=Hallucinate,deal in fantansy

F. Motor- excess
-Can not sit nor stand,nor keep their attention.

= broad classification

[Link] behavior

-Dis obedience,disruptive,fighting,irresponsible,jeolous,anger and seek attention

2. Internalizing behavior

-Anxiety,ommaturity,shyness social withdraw,inferiority

=Causes

A. Biological

- Genetic disorders,brain damages malnutration

[Link]

-Family interaction,family influence,child abuse,neglect,poor disceplinary practice


at home.

[Link]

-Cultural negative practices

[Link]

-Peer presure,living in improvished areas,schooling practices that are


unresponsive to individual needs.

2.5.5. Intellectual Disability

Limitation in intellectual functioning and adaptive behavior


=>criteria

A. Sub- Average capacity of learning,reasoning,problem solving(IQ 70-75)

B. Significant limitations exist in two/more adaptive skill areas(conceptual


skills,social skills and practical skills)

=Effected by

 General cognition
 Learning and memory
 Attention
 Adaptive
 Speech and language
 Motivation
 Acadamic achievement
 Physical characrerstics

2.5.6 Physical disability

=Classification- mild- moderate -Severe

[Link](v)

 Being at risk/harming
 Causes for impairment and disability

2.1 Dimensions

=>Economic difficulties and lack of financial resources

=> Social exclusion


- Lack of social support from social network

=> Stigmatiztion

=> Health difficulties

2.2. Causes

 rapid population growth


 Poverity and hunger
 Poor health
 Low levels of education
 Gender inquality
 Fragile and hazardous location
 Lack of access to resources and services
 Disintigration of social patterns

2.3 Characteratics of vulnerability people

 Less physical and mental capabilities


 Fewer material and financial resources
 Less knowledge and exprience
 Restriction on growth and development according to needs and potentials

2.4 People who are helped by others,are still vulnerable people,which includes

 Women
 Children
 Minorities
 Poverty
 Disability
 Age
 Sickness
 Gifted and talentedness

Chapter Three

Identification and differentiated services

1. Impact of disability on daily life

A. Factors related to the person

 The nature of disability


 individuals personality
 The meaning of disability to the individual
 Individuals current life situations
 Individuals support system

B. Economic factors

-Financial situations

C. Political factors

D. Psychological factors

 Social cognitive processes


 Self efficiency
 Psychological control
 Coping patterns /mechaniams
 Personality disposition

E. Family

F. Needs of persones

F.1 Economic needs

-Pursuant to maslow,there are 5 categories of needs

1. Physiological needs

- Food,water,shelter,rest

2. Saftey needs

- Security,saftey

=> Both are considered as basic needs

3. Belongingness and love needs

-Initimate,relashinships,friends

[Link] needs

-Prestige and feeling accomplishment

=>Both are considered as psychological needs

5. self actualization

- Achieving ones full potential

=>Considered as self fulfilment needs


F.2 basic needs of personal with disabilities

 Full access to the environment


 Accessible transport and system
 Tevhnical aids,and equipment
 Accessible housing
 Personal assistance and support
 Inclusive education and training
 Adequate income
 Equal Opportunities for employment
 appropriate and accessible information

F.3 Social needs

 Gender
 Identity
 Belongingness

Note:we have to take into acount the issue of intersactionality

G. health care needs

=Vulnerable to

 secondary condition
 Co-mobrid condition
 Age-relate condition
 Engage in health risk behaviors

=> Barries to health care needs


 Prohibitive cost
 Limited availiability of services
 Physical barries
 Inadequate skills and knowledge of health workers

=>Addressing for inclusive barries

 Policy and legislation


 Fanancing
 Service delivery
 Human resources

H. Environmental needs

 External factors that enables/disables PWD


 Physical / social environment

->Physical environment need attributed by

 object availability
 Accessibility

>Types

- Natural and human made environment

-We can create a welcoming include environment via modifying the environment

-Examples of modified environment

>Mobility aids
>Communication aids

>Accessiblevstructural elements

>job accomodation

>Differential use of personnel

=Enabling/disabiling factors

-Culture - psychological - political - economic

=Inclusive Intervention or rehabilitation service

-Addressing needs

-Strategies

= Approaches

A. One size fits all

B. Twin track

-Track 1>Mainstreaming disability as a cross cutting isue

- Track 2> supporting the specific needs of vulnerable groups of disability

=Strategies

1. Preventive

-Prior attention to factors

=Types
[Link] prevention

-Actions to avoid/ remove causes

[Link] prevention

-Actions at an early stages

C. Tertairy prevention

-Rehabilitation

-> Actions to reduce the impact of an already established

[Link] Based

3. Goal Based

4. Community based

5. Rehabilitation

6. Assertive technology

7. Employment

* Barries

 Attitude and discrimination


 Accessibility
 Education and training
 Social networks
 Legal barriers
 Inflexible work arrabgement
8. Anti-discrimination legislation

9. Vocational education and training

10. Wage subsidies

Chapter 4

promoting Inclusive culture

Meaning

A. Inclusion

- A sense of belonginess, connection and community

B. Culture

-The ideas,customs and social behavior of a particular society or person

C. Inclusive culture(IC)

-Involves the full and successful integration of diverse people

2. Core values of inclusive culture

A. Representation

[Link]/respect

C. Fairness

3. Dimenssions/elements of IC

A. niversal design
-Constructions of structures space services,communications and resources

*Building accessible workplaces

*Flexible schedule and work options

[Link] Training and advancement oplortunities

[Link]

[Link] outreach and hiring practice

B. Target recruitment

b.2. Training

b.3. Advancement of opportunities

[Link] place acvomodation and accessiblity:policy and practice

* To reduce

- Procedural justuce

-Interactional justice

* Outcomes(specific positive)

-Reduced expenses relating to low employee taken over

-Increased wirker commitment and identification with organizational success

* Improved

 Productivity
 Employee health and well talking
 Coopration and collaborating

* Increased work performance

*Inclusive organizations benefits

=Higher

 job satisfaction
 Productivity
 employee morale
 Lower turn- over

> Improved

 Creativuty
 Innovation
 Problem solving

>Increased organizational flexibility

4. Building inclusive community

->Under inclusive community

 Respect all its citizens


 Gives full access to resources
 Promots equal treatement and opportunities
 Eliminate all forms of discrimination
 Engage all its citizens in decision making
 Values diversity
 Respond quickly

=> Inclusive workplace/organization

 Appropriately connect with employees


 Interact with different people
 Create employee resource groups
 Place importance on inclusion
 Hold better meeting
 Invest in diversity trainings

Why Building inclusive community?

 to eliminate exclusion
 People have the right to participate
 Diversity enriches our lives.

*Motivation of the community is vital because

It affects

 Types and sequences of stratiegies selected


 Resource available
 Amount of support and obstraction
 Expected outcomes

* Characterstics of inclusive community

1. Integrative and coopratives


[Link]

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[Link] and sensitive

[Link]

[Link]

*Means to establish inclusive culture

[Link]

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[Link]

[Link] admit mistakes

* How to establish inclusive culture?

A. Considering what we want to achieve and what the benefits will be

[Link] an inclusion review of your work place

[Link] where works is needed and create an action plan

 Actively involve all


 Build a culture of inclusion and respect
[Link] the plan with staff and put the plan into action

 Staff survey
 FGD
 Engagement with employee networks

[Link] monitor and evaluate the plans impact and use.

*.What we found to plan the future action

10 Characterstics of inclusive organizations

[Link] diversity and inclusion as away of life

[Link] performance on the basis of observable and measurable behaivors


and comoetences

3. Operates under transparent policies and procedures

[Link]

[Link] and maintains a learning cultures

[Link] comprehensive and easily accessible system of conflict resolution at all


levels

[Link] to serve the community

[Link] its missions and core values

[Link] earned privillages than unearned privillage

10. Accepts and embraces changes


*7 Pillars of inclusion

[Link] [Link] C. Choice D. Policy [Link] [Link] G.


Opportunity

*Inclusive values are

 Appreciating diversity
 Equality and equity
 Cooprativeness
 Participation
 Community
 Sustainability

*Indegenous inclusion features

 Core competencies are embeded into the irganizational culture


 Sharing irganizational exprience and achievements
 Human rights and responsibilities are promoted and respected
 Comprehensive indegenious procuirment,recuirment is corporate social
responsibility

Indegenous people are employed and retained in all areas

Chapter five
Inclusive for peace, democracy and development

Peace:-creating mutual understanding and positive relationship between


individual groups
*Sources of conflict

 Conflict any disagreement or incompatibility of needs interest,ideas and


goals.
 Spiratual - family -individual - histotical - national/ international

=> Peace requires

 Fastering inclusion
 Ensuring accesa to justice
 Strengthening social values and resilence
 Good gevernance and humanities

* Democracy

- The rule of the people,by the people,for the people

*Democratic Values for inclusion

 diversity
 Equality
 Representation,participation and accountability
 Fair and equitable resource distribution
 Rule of law
 Fundamental humanity
 Minorities right

*Develooment

-It is a positive growth/change in economical,social,political aspect of a country


*Inclustion for development

 Support people to learn productivitive,successive live independently


 Creates participation
 Values diversity and unique contribution
 respect diverse needs,Culture and values,demand and ideas

* Diversity

 Age and generation differences


 Ethinicity
 Gender and gender identity
 Disability and ability
 Religions and apiratual belifies
 Socio economical status and background
 Cultural diversity
 Increased/ improved

>Productivity,creativity,profits,and emoloyees engagement and turn over

->Company reputation

-> Wider range of skills

->Cultural insights

-> Performance

-> Reduced fear

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