1^st EBU International Conference on Education, 19-23 July 2000, Montegrotto Terme (Padua) - Italy

Programme

Wednesday 19 July

Afternoon: Arrival and registration of the participants

Opening session
Welcome speech by Mr. Tommaso Daniele, UIC National President
Welcome from other authorities
Opening speech by Mr. Enzo Tioli, Chair of the EBU Commission on Education
"Education in Italy" by Mr. Tommaso Daniele, UIC National President
First paper: "What can the EBU do to improve the status of education of the blind and partially sighted and how can the EBU go about this?"
Speaker: Mr. Norbert M�ller - EBU Secretary General and Educational Director of the German Institute for the Education of the Adult Blind
Brief paper by Mr. Antonio Quatraro, typhlology consultant, on "The work of the Regina Margherita Italian library for the Blind in Monza in two European projects concerning access to musical material"
Debate chaired by Mr. Enzo Tioli - Chair of the EBU Commission on Education and UIC National Vice-President

Second paper: "What do organisations and associations do and what could they do for the support of school integration?"
Speaker: Dr. Stanislaw Jakubowski - Typhlology expert - Poland
Brief papers by:

Mr. Colin Low, Chairman of the Royal National Institute for the Blind and Vice-Chair of the EBU Commission on Education (UK) on "The education system for the blind in England"
Mr. Ventura Pazos Clares, member of the EBU Commission on Education and the Central Board of ONCE (Spain) on "The education system for the blind in Spain"
Ms. Nina Sj�blom, typhlology expert (Sweden) on "The education of the blind in Sweden"

Third paper: "Working with Parents - intervention not interference"
Speaker: Mrs. Juliet Stone - Former lecturer in special education at Birmingham University, now working with parents of young visually impaired children (United Kingdom)
Brief papers by:

Ms. Monique Duchateau, member of the EBU Commission on Education (France) on "The action of the French Association of Parents of Blind Children in favour of mainstream schooling"
Ms. Hviezdoslava Novotna, President of the Association of Parents and Friends of Blind and Partially Sighted Children in the Czech Republic on "Families with visually impaired children and the issue of education in the Czech Republic"
Ms. Leena Honkanen, manager at the Association of Parents of Visually Impaired Children in Finland on "The education system for the blind in Finland"

Debate chaired by Mr. Luciano Paschetta - Member of the UIC National Commission on Education

Fourth paper: "Standards required by specialist teachers of children/youngsters with visual impairment"
Speaker: Dr. Herman A.A. Gresnigt - European Chairman of the International Council for Education of People with Visual Impairment - ICEVI (The Netherlands)
Brief papers by:

Ms. Erika Goergen, Director of the Early Intervention Centre for visually impaired children of the R. Hollman Foundation in Cannero Riviera (VB) in Italy on "The training of experts in early intervention"
Mr. Enzo Tioli, Chair of the EBU Commission on Education and UIC National Vice-President on "Considerations on the specialisation of teachers"

Debate chaired by Mr. Colin Low - Chairman of the Royal National Institute for the Blind and Vice-Chair of the EBU Commission on Education (UK)

End of the conference

Morning: Visit to places adapted for the blind in Padua
Afternoon: Visit to places adapted for the blind in Venice

Departure

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