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Kris Stutchbury Post 1

1 April 2021, 9:39 PM

Activity 1.4 Developing positive attitudes

Describe a situation from your experience in which unhelpful attitudes caused a problem and/or were successfully challenged.. 

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Florence Wanja Kamonjo Post 2 (summarised) in reply to 1

12 April 2021, 9:17 AM
This happened when a student with special need actually on a wheelchair got...
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Nicola jones Post 4 (summarised) in reply to 2

13 April 2021, 2:41 AM
Florence I have an almost similiar experience with a young lad that came to...
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Nadia Ali-Shah Post 29 (summarised) in reply to 4

22 April 2021, 4:10 AM
Nicola, having also had similar experiences, it certainly raises concerns in...
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June Grant Post 36 (summarised) in reply to 29

27 April 2021, 7:23 AM
I share your thoughts on this Nadia.
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Rachel Timothy-Springer Post 31 (summarised) in reply to 4

22 April 2021, 9:37 AM
That is really great, I hope we can also achieve great success as we seek to...
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Jean NIYONSENGA Post 5 (summarised) in reply to 2

13 April 2021, 9:14 AM
Thanks for sharing such an experience dear FLORENCE. Happy to hear about that.
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Salesh Kumar Post 8 (summarised) in reply to 2

14 April 2021, 10:30 PM
Great. We need more understanding societies like yours.
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Roberto Torres Post 12 (summarised) in reply to 2

15 April 2021, 6:09 AM
Becoming knowledgeable about inclusive education is important. Some teachers...
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Nadia Ali-Shah Post 30 (summarised) in reply to 12

22 April 2021, 4:28 AM
Yes indeed, when we become knowledgeable and create advocacy for inclusive...
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Kim Noel

Kim Noel Post 18 (summarised) in reply to 2

17 April 2021, 7:21 PM
That is incredible. I think continuity of positive and culture has to be...
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Ian Mangaroo Post 19 (summarised) in reply to 2

18 April 2021, 1:57 AM
Thanks for sharing. I had a similar experience at a school I once taught in....
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Venita Ramcharan Post 42 (summarised) in reply to 19

13 May 2021, 11:47 PM
This was inspiring...thanks for sharing
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Sarah Ramjattan Post 22 (summarised) in reply to 2

19 April 2021, 2:08 PM
I am happy to read about this, Thank you for sharing. This is what schools...
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Kathy-Ann Randolph Post 28 (summarised) in reply to 2

22 April 2021, 3:16 AM
I enjoyed this reading this post. Thank you for sharing your experience. How...
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David Ngatia Post 3 (summarised) in reply to 1

12 April 2021, 10:13 PM
In one of the schools I taught , there was a boy who suddenly started being...
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Jean NIYONSENGA Post 6 (summarised) in reply to 3

13 April 2021, 9:17 AM
Wow! Thanks for this true story. I liked the way the principal mobilized...
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Raphael Cal Post 7 (summarised) in reply to 1

14 April 2021, 5:42 PM
We had a situation last year when the parents refused to enroll the child in...
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Salesh Kumar Post 9 (summarised) in reply to 1

14 April 2021, 10:35 PM
I taught three visually impaired students in a normal school. It was...
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Kim Noel

Kim Noel Post 17 (summarised) in reply to 9

17 April 2021, 7:14 PM
That is a great experience.
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Sarah Ramjattan

Sarah Ramjattan Post 23 (summarised) in reply to 9

19 April 2021, 2:11 PM
Thank you for sharing! Yes, it is important for schools to develop inclusion...
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Savitri Emmanuel Post 10 (summarised) in reply to 1

15 April 2021, 2:52 AM

Attitudes to inclusion: Developing a positive attitude

 I can recall in a...
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Benedicta Tabot Post 34 (summarised) in reply to 10

22 April 2021, 10:28 AM
From this experience Savitri, it is evident that there's a correlation...
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Hugo Uh Post 11 (summarised) in reply to 1

15 April 2021, 4:30 AM
Many times unhelpful attitudes comes from the caretakers rather than teachers...
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Roberto Torres Post 13 (summarised) in reply to 1

15 April 2021, 6:21 AM
I believe some of us are parents to special children , and a such we should...
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Kim Noel

Kim Noel Post 16 (summarised) in reply to 13

17 April 2021, 4:05 PM
That is amazing! The thing is that children want to be given the opportunity...
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Karystin Cardenas Post 26 (summarised) in reply to 13

20 April 2021, 5:23 PM
How exciting Roberto! Autistic children are rather exceptional...
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Ornella Audhan-Mathura Post 14 (summarised) in reply to 1

16 April 2021, 8:25 PM
I was asked to enroll a child who did not speak English language. Staff was...
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Kim Noel

Kim Noel Post 15 (summarised) in reply to 1

17 April 2021, 4:02 PM
One situation I can remember is that of a parent seeking to enrolling a child...
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Sarah Ramjattan Post 20 (summarised) in reply to 1

19 April 2021, 6:28 AM
I have witness many experience where a student with a special need or may...
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Sarah Ramjattan Post 21 (summarised) in reply to 20

19 April 2021, 6:30 AM
Can someone please let me know the procedure that i can take to edit my name....
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Samson Kisirkoi Post 24 (summarised) in reply to 1

19 April 2021, 3:56 PM
One time in our secondary school a new student joined the school,; he had a...
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Benedicta Tabot Post 33 (summarised) in reply to 24

22 April 2021, 10:22 AM
This is an amazing experience Samson. I have also had experiences where I...
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Venita Ramcharan Post 41 (summarised) in reply to 24

13 May 2021, 11:45 PM
And this is an example of humanity at its best!
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Karystin Cardenas Post 25 (summarised) in reply to 1

20 April 2021, 5:16 PM
Hi all, I remember when I very first started teaching. I was at a school...
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Yuva Roopchansingh Post 27 (summarised) in reply to 1

21 April 2021, 11:30 PM
At my academic institution, there was a particular year I had a student with...
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Benedicta Tabot Post 32 (summarised) in reply to 1

22 April 2021, 10:18 AM
The Ministry enrolled learners with visual impairment to the TTC where I was...
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Michelle Ramlal Post 35 (summarised) in reply to 1

27 April 2021, 4:27 AM
Hi All, I am not sure if it is fear or ignorance which drives the negative...
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Tracey Little Post 38 (summarised) in reply to 35

13 May 2021, 7:49 AM
Michelle, Our educational system is so steeped in tradition and competition...
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Tracey Little Post 37 (summarised) in reply to 1

13 May 2021, 7:28 AM
Inclusion is a nebulous concept to many teachers and administrators...
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FLORENCE KISIRKOI Post 39 (summarised) in reply to 37

13 May 2021, 12:16 PM
So sad Tracy. Those ones should not be teachers. They mess lives, the kids...
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Venita Ramcharan Post 40 (summarised) in reply to 1

13 May 2021, 11:36 PM
I once taught at a school where a few of the students enrolled had learning...
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