Unione Italiana dei Ciechi (UIC) and European Blind Union (EBU)

Proceedings of the 1^st EBU International Conference on Education

"The role of associations and families in the improvement of the status of the education of the blind and partially sighted"

19-23 July 2000, Montegrotto Terme (Padua) - Italy

• Programme
• Welcome speech
  by Tommaso Daniele, National President of the Italian Union of the Blind (UIC) and Vice-President of the European Blind Union (EBU)
• Aims and content of the first EBU international conference on the education of the blind and partially sighted
  (Opening session) by E. Tioli, Chair of the EBU Commission on Education and UIC National Vice-President
• The education of the blind in Italy
  (Paper) by T. Daniele
• 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?
  (Paper) by N. M�ller
• Projects on access to music scores.
  (Brief paper) by A. Quatraro
  The work of the Regina Margherita Italian library for the Blind in Monza in two European projects concerning access to musical material
• What do organisations and associations do and what could they do for the support of school integration?
  (Paper) by S. Jakubowski
• The education system for the blind in England
  (Brief paper) by C. Low
• The education system for the blind in Spain
  (Brief paper) by V. Pazos Clares
• The education of the blind in Sweden
  (Brief paper) by N. Sj�blom
• Working with Parents - intervention not interference
  (Paper) by J. Stone
• The action of the French Association of Parents of Blind Children in favour of mainstream schooling
  (Brief paper) by M. Duchateau
• Families with visually impaired children and the issue of education in the Czech Republic
  (Brief paper) by H. Novotna
• The education system for the blind in Finland
  (Brief paper) by L. Honkanen
• Standards required by specialist teachers of children/youngsters with visual impairment
  (Paper) by H.A.A. Gresnigt
• The training of experts in early intervention
  (Brief paper) by E. Goergen
• Considerations on the specialisation of teachers
  (Brief paper) by E. Tioli
• Final report

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