1. Inclusive Education in Thailand Bureau of Special Education Administration Office Of The Basic Education Commission MOE Thailand By Samart Ratanasakorn Samart1998@hotmail.com

2. What do we have today? 1. Legal Foundation 2. Equal Access to Education for Disabled Children 3. Inclusive Education in Thailand 4. The Lessons we have learned 5. Proposed Initiative to Strengthen Cooperative on Inclusive Education among Member Countries

3. Legal Foundation Equal Access to Education for Disabled Children CRPD The Education for Individuals with Disabilities Act National Education Act,1999 Constitution, 2007 ’

4. Equal Access to Education for Disabled Children Mission Statement “ OBEC, is committed to providing education and services that build productive, meaningful lives for all children with special needs."

5. Access and Equity For All For All Visual Impairment Hearing Impaired Physical and Health Impairment Intellectual Impairment Autism Learning Disability Speech and Language Impairment Emotional Impairment Multiple Disabilities

6. Facts and Statistics on Children with Disability Based on a recent survey conducted by the National Office for Empowerment of Persons with Disability (NEP) on August 20, 2009, there are 1,031,429 persons with disabilities who have registered with the government agency. Among these, there are 224,290 children with disabilities under the age of 18 (0-18 years of age).

7. Facts and Statistics on Children with Disability Con’t… For the academic year 2010, approximately 99,948 children with disabilities plus 155,139 children with specific learning disability (SLD) could enroll in primary and secondary school through the Special Education Program and alternative education program (i.e. special education centers, special schools, inclusive education programs and alternative education Program).

8. Mild Degree of Disabilities Severe Education System of Thailand Regular Schools Special Education School: 62 Schools for Specials Education (43 State Schs & 19 Private Schs) 76 Special Education Centers Throughout the Country; Birth to Life-l-Long Education (Early Intervention and Inclusive Education Support Services, Hospital and Home-based Programs and CBR) Pre-Primary Elementary Lower secondary Upper Secondary 3-5 (6) (3) ( 3) ( Nine-year compulsory education) * Regular Classes Special Support Services in Resource Rooms * Classes for Special Needs Education; Class for Autism: 176 Classes within 157 Schools.

9. Education Programs for Students with Special Needs Special School (State Sch.43 & 19 Private Sch.) (17,422 SWSNs) Special Ed. Center (76 Centers) (25,716 SWSNs) Home-Based Ed. Program (Severe Disability) / (9,440 Families) 42 Hospital-Based Ed. Programs (2,854 Children with Chronic Conditions: SWCCs) Center-Based Program (Child- find, Evaluation, EI) / (13,422 SWDs) Inclusive Ed. Program (16,910 Programs) (211,949 SWSNs: 56,810 SWDs + 155,139 SWLD) EFA 2015 255,087 CWSNs Targeted 124,342 CWDs 379,429 CWSNs (224,290 Registered CWDs +155,139 LD.) Education Programs for Students with Special Needs

10. Mild Degree of Disabilities Severe Special & Inclusive Special Education Model Regular Schools Special Education School: 62 Schools for Specials Education (43 State Schs & 19 Private Schs) 76 Special Education Centers Throughout the Country; Birth to Life-l-Long Education (Early Intervention and Inclusive Education Support Services, Hospital and Home-based Programs and CBR) Pre-Primary Elementary Lower secondary Upper Secondary 3-5 (6) (3) ( 3) ( Nine-year compulsory education) * Regular Classes Special Support Services in Resource Rooms * Classes for Special Needs Education; Class for Autism: 176 Classes within 157 Schools.

11. Inclusive Education Program -In 2004: 390 inclusive programs have been launched with 8,670 students with special needs -2005: 2000 inclusive program increased to 33,330 students with special needs. -2008: The big step, 13,770 inclusive programs for 168,247students with special needs -2009: 15,530 inclusive programs for 189,434 for student with special needs. -2010: 16,910 Inclusive programs for 211,891 student with special needs.

12. 200 4 200520062007200820092010 Sch ool 39020002,70 0 5,00 0 13,77 0 15,53 0 16,9 10 Stud ent 8,67 0 33,3 30 69,0 35 100, 365 168,2 47 198,4 34 211,8 91 The number of students with special needs access to the inclusive education Bureau of Special Education Administration. (February 19, 2010 )

13. The Lessons we have learned * The keys to our success * What does it work and challenge

14. The keys to our success: Child Find Project The process of special education center to identify, locate, and evaluate all children with disabilities, aged birth to 19, who are in need of early intervention or special education services. Law & Policy The rights-based education policy of the Office of Basic Education Commission (OBEC) Well Trained Teacher Teachers who are specially trained to work with students with special needs Family On-going family consultation and training to ensure consistency in attaining developmental and educational goals Out reach Outreach services, including inclusive education programs, hospital-based education program and home-school program for all children with special needs Local Agency Consultation and trainings for outside agencies who work with the student with special needs.

15. We focus on three major objectives: Assessing each child's needs in order to create a individualized education program Working cooperatively with parents on a coordinated home-school program Working closely with specialists at school and community so that each child gets the developmentally appropriate support he or she might need

16. Proposed Initiative to Strengthen Cooperative on Inclusive Education among Member Countries All the member countries should promote research and best practice on inclusive education and sharing the information among the member countries annually by using the Regional Conference on Inclusive Education.

17. What does it work...Challenges… 1. Attitude toward children with disability 2. Stakeholder’s knowledge 3. Increasing of the number of students with multiple disabilities 4. Curriculum accessibility 5. The transition planning and support services for student with special needs: from inclusive program to higher education, and later to their career. 6. More than 124,342 children with special needs in Thailand who are not enrolled in any form of education 1.Collaborative Work: School, Family, DPOs, Community, Interagency, Universities and Government, 2.ICT Support 3.Choices must be provided (Alternative Education). 4.Transition supported programs. In Summary

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