Using the ICF-CY to Support Inclusive Education in Ghana

Autor/inn/en	Okyere, Christiana; Donnelly, Catherine; Aldersey, Heather Michelle
Titel	Using the ICF-CY to Support Inclusive Education in Ghana
Quelle	In: Exceptionality Education International, 29 (2019) 1, S.16-31 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1918-5227
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Classification; Children; Inclusion; Students with Disabilities; Intellectual Disability; Developmental Disabilities; Educational Policy; Environmental Influences; Child Health; Special Education; Eligibility; Cognitive Ability; Motivation; Ghana + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem; Child; Kind; Kinder; Inklusion; Student; Students; Disability; Disabilities; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Behinderung; Intellect; Verstand; Entwicklungsstörung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Environmental influence; Umwelteinfluss; Special needs education; Sonderpädagogik; Sonderschulwesen; Eignung; Denkfähigkeit; psychologische; Motivation (psychologisch)
Abstract	The international classification of functioning, disability, and health for children and youth (ICF-CY) developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) is a framework for understanding concepts of disability specific to children and youth. This framework has been used in countries around the world to support the education of children with disabilities. In this article, we argue that the ICF-CY has the potential to inform and support Ghana's education system and to improve the implementation of education for children with disabilities, particularly inclusive education, in Ghana. Specifically, we use children with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) as an exemplar to examine how the ICF-CY can support inclusive education for children with disabilities within its main components: Body Functions and Structures, Activities and Participation, Environmental Factors, and Personal Factors. Examining the ICF-CY in these areas is significant, as many similar low- and middle-income contexts have yet to adopt the framework and may draw insights and lessons for its significance in educational contexts. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01