MAKING IT HAPPEN: Examples of good practice in SPECIAL NEEDS EDUCATION & COMMUNITY-BASED PROGRAMMES

This monograph presents 12 reports of successful programs serving children with special needs in various nations. The program locations and the program report titles and authors are as follows: (1) Austria: "Integration Models for Elementary and Secondary Schools in Austria" (Volker Rutte)&#59; (2) China: "Integrated Education Project, Anhui Province" (Janet C. Holdsworth)&#59; (3) Ghana: "The Community-Based Rehabilitation Programme in Ghana" (Lawrence Ofori-Addo)&#59; (4) Guyana: "Involvement of Volunteers, Parents and Community Members with Children with Special Needs" (Brian O'Toole)&#59; (5) India: "Teacher Development Initiative To Meet Special Needs in the Classroom" (N. K. Jangira and Anupam Ahuja)&#59; (6) Jamaica: "Early Intervention and Education Initiatives in Rural Areas" (M. J. Thorburn)&#59; (7) Jordan: "The Role of Institutions in Community-based Rehabilitation and in Community-based Special Education" (Andrew L. de Carpentier)&#59; (8) Jordan: "The Resource Room at the Amman National School" (Hala T. Ibrahim)&#59; (9) Netherlands: "Individual Integration of Children with Down's Syndrome in Ordinary Schools" (Trijntje de Wit-Gosker)&#59; (10) Norway: "In Harmony We Learn" (Marna Moe)&#59; (11) International: "INITIATIVES for Deaf Education in the Third World" (Andrew L. de Carpentier)&#59; and (12) Sri Lanka: "The Integrated Education of Visually Impaired Children in Sri Lanka" (B. L. Rajapakse).