INCLUSIVE EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS IN UZBEKISTAN

Current Methodology was prepared jointly with foreign expert Elena Vakhokopusv within the framework of the project “Inclusive education for children with special needs in Uzbekistan” financed by European Commission.

It seems that it was only few days ago that we had hot days, it was summer, but now we already have the golden fall outside, which slowly but surely brings us closer to mother winter. I think my work in the field of inclusive education, probably, can be compared with this natural phenomenon.

Amir is 9 years old, he is now a student of the pilot school No. 13, in the 1st grade. But before that, Amir studied at a specialized school for one year. After learning about the project, the boy’s mother decided to transfer him to the comprehensive school No. 13.

It so happened that as a result of burns, my daughter’s fingers on both hands were partially amputated at the age of 1.5 years. But, despite this, we are getting ready to go to secondary school No. 35. Before the academic year started, we were very worried about the attitudes of the teacher and the children, because Dilnura is not like everyone else, she has special needs.

Here are the small achievements of Sazonova Zoya, the student of the 1st grade of the pilot school No. 13 of Samarkand. Parents have been in doubt for a while which school they should enroll Zoya at.

My name Zilola Jalilova, I worked at a specialized school of Samarkand for children with special needs for six years. I currently work as a volunteer in the Project «Inclusive Education for Children with Special Needs in Uzbekistan» at pilot school No. 13. Below I list the 8 basic facts from a volunteer’s life and work:

In each family the child is considered to be the main value. Only with our children life becomes beautiful. And my life is filled with content thanks to children. Zhuramurod Zhuramurodov is our youngest child. He was diagnosed with alalia. He could not express his thoughts clearly like his peers, and his hand movements were unsure.

At present, many developed countries have made certain progress and gained sufficient experience in the field of inclusive education. Practical measures applied in various countries, taking into account the types of physical and psychological deviations in the development of children and the level of their capabilities are an important factor in their integration and physical rehabilitation.

I am the mother of Abdullayev Islombek. On 14 August 2011, my son was diagnosed with Down Syndrome. Our family reacted to that news from the specialists with a great doubt, and did not believe them. I did not want to believe it either. However, from day to day I noticed that the child is lagging behind in development. We came to Tashkent to make screening examination.