March 2025 – Inclusive Futures has produced three reports that provide guidance for ensuring education systems are inclusive for all children, even those with severe disabilities. Their reports are easy-to-read and include practical steps to include children with disabilities at every stage of education.
- Find and enroll children with disabilities in schools: Outreach and identification are two of the most vital building blocks of disability inclusive development programming. They lay the foundation for children with disabilities to be recognized and included in their communities, giving them access to education and providing their families with access to support services and community groups that help them thrive. The report has six practical actions for finding and enrolling children with disabilities in schools. Read the report.
- Prepare schools to welcome children with disabilities: schools are central to children’s education, but too many lack children with disabilities in their classrooms. To provide inclusive education, mainstream schools need to accommodate local children with disabilities in the same classrooms as their peers. The report includes seven practical actions schools can take to prepare for welcoming children with disabilities into inclusive education. Read the report.
- Centre children with disabilities in teaching: teachers have a crucial role in children’s education but too few are trained in how to teach children with diverse learning needs in one classroom. Children with disabilities enrolled in schools often end up learning less, missing more classes, or dropping out. The report includes five practical steps to equip teachers with the attitudes, knowledge and skills to teach local children with disabilities in the same classroom as their peers. Read the report.
In addition to the reports, their website has examples of how these steps have been put into action through inclusive programs.