Inclusive Development Partners

On this International Day of Persons with Disabilities, I am proud to share the recent publication of a new WHO toolkit. This comprehensive guide aims to help countries identify and address barriers in their health systems, ensuring that persons with disabilities have equal access to quality health services. For more information click here https://bit.ly/417LJYm

Today is #InternationalDayofPersonswithDisabilities and I am pleased to share a recent blog post I wrote on USAID’s EducationLinks website titled “Partnering for More Inclusive and Equitable Education: Celebrating International Day of Persons with Disabilities.” Back in September, I led a webinar called “Make Reading Possible for ALL Children.” If you missed it, this post is a great summary of three practical ways to strengthen #inclusion and #equity in #education drawn from that event. Thanks again to USAID, our own staff, Inclusive Development Partners, FUSALMO, and FHI 360 for contributing keen insights from Rwanda, Malawi, and El Salvador. As an organization that strives toward disability inclusion as we serve the world’s most vulnerable, World Vision USA is proud to honor this day. In fact, World Vision has committed to increasing the number of people we serve with disabilities by five times between 2022 and 2026. “Nothing without us” is a core principle guiding our approaches to co-designing and implementing education programs that serve persons with disabilities. As we celebrate #IDPD the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, let’s commit to strengthening #inclusiveeducation systems and ensure that every learner has the opportunity to succeed!

IDP joins the global community in celebrating the 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀! 🌎 This year's theme is "Amplifying the leadership of persons with disabilities for an inclusive and sustainable future." In the field of disability-inclusive development, this means fostering collaboration with organizations of persons with disabilities (OPDs), along with educators and other stakeholders, when monitoring and evaluating programming. This ensures we: - 𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 - 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝘅𝘁 - 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 - 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗳𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 Check out IDP's 𝘌𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘎𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘔𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺-𝘐𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘌𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 to learn more about how to create inclusive monitoring and evaluation within education programming. We encourage you to consider how you can adapt the guidance to other sectors so we can continue to generate evidence to support disability-inclusive development and help raise the voice of the disability community. https://lnkd.in/e_Kzkvp3 #IDPD #IDPD2024 #Evaluation #DisabilityInclusion #InclusiveEducation #Inclusion #DisabilityRights

A growing number of countries now realize the importance of #disability #inclusion in education--including in their #math curriculum. But what are the minimum requirements of a disability-inclusive learning environment?IDP was honored to provide technical support to RTI International in developing report to answer this question: https://lnkd.in/eZHSZ--X #SDG4

🌍 "All learners learn differently. It's all about understanding each learner's needs—then that's how we help them." - Dalitso Ntambalika, Primary Teacher in Malawi Dalitso’s words capture the heart of #InclusiveEducation. Recognizing and addressing individual needs is the foundation of a supportive and effective learning environment. #UDL empowers educators to embrace these differences, ensuring that every student has the opportunity to succeed. https://lnkd.in/dScJ73as #InclusionMatters #Teaching #UDL @Inclusive Development Partners

USAID Equity and Inclusion in Education Activity, with its technical partner, Inclusive Development Partner (IDP), conducted a five-day Master Trainer of Trainers (MToT) for government representatives, teachers, representatives from the Organization of People with Disabilities (OPDs), and implementing partners. Twenty-five participants from Madhesh, Karnali, and GoN agencies developed themselves as trainers in Universal Design of Learning (UDL), Universal Design of Assessment (UDA), Social Emotional Learning (SEL), and Gender Responsive Pedagogy (GRP). These master trainers are equipped with the skills and resources to cascade the ToT program to teachers from local governments on UDL, UDA, SEL, and GRP. The training provides an opportunity to redesign teaching and learning materials and approaches of the Government of Nepal's Remedial and Accelerated Learning (ReAL) program to meet the needs of all learners by following universal approaches to learning and assessment.  

We, too, are excited to share this episode featuring a teacher who is involved with an activity we've helped implement in Malawi!

Pictures tell the story as higher education teacher training faculty met last week at a professional development training in Ganta, Liberia. The training is provided through the U.S. Agency on International Development (USAID) Transforming the Education System for Teachers and Students in Liberia (TESTS) Activity in partnership with RTI International and IDP. Faculty are displaying their Picture Exchange Communication Systems (PECS) which they learned to use for the first time to support children with communication disabilities. Learn more about IDP's involvement with TESTS: https://lnkd.in/e_8e95nf #Liberia #InclusiveEducation #AAC #Inclusion #DisabilityInclusion #CommunicationDisabilities #GlobalDev

IDP is excited to share the latest graphic on School-Based Screening developed under the USAID-funded Multi-Country-Study on Inclusive Education (MCSIE), is now live on our website! This visual guide emphasizes that screening isn’t just a one-time or simple activity—it's the first step in a comprehensive system designed to ensure all children, especially those with disabilities, receive the support and services they need to thrive. Our graphic highlights: ✔️ How school-based screening acts as an initial flagging tool for further referral and identification by medical professionals 🏥. ✔️ Collaboration between families, educators, administrators, healthcare, and community workers is vital 🤝. ✔️ In USAID-funded education programming, screening activities should result in the provision of educational supports to create an inclusive learning environment for all students 🏫. ✔️ The importance of ongoing monitoring to ensure that students receive tailored interventions and services. 📊 💡 Whether you're a teacher, administrator, healthcare provider, community advocate, implementing partner, or a donor this graphic is a powerful resource to enhance your understanding of the screening process and your role within it. 👉 Visit our webpage to explore the graphic and learn how you can contribute to a more inclusive and effective education system: https://lnkd.in/e2bJfYs6 #DisabilityInclusion #InclusiveEducation #Inclusion #MCSIE

I am so excited the Inclusive Development Partners, Chemonics International and U.S. International Council on Disabilities (USICD)are joining together to help launch the new USAID disability policy. The event will offer both in person and remote attendance. It will be a great opportunity to discussion how international programming will need to change to ensure that persons with disabilities are fully included.