Cuba to Host Events Dedicated to Special Education
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Havana, Feb 21 - Cuba will host several international events linked to special education, based on inclusion and recognition of diversity, said organizers.
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In a press conference, they announced that the 12th World Meeting on Special Education and Attention to Diversity will be held at the Havana Convention Center on June 11-13.
Also on that date, the Sixth International Congress on Education and Special Pedagogy, the Third Symposium on Elementary Education and the Sixth International Workshop on Educational Inclusion and Attention to Diversity will be held.
Santiago Borges, Director of the Center of Latin American Reference for Special Education, said that experts from Mexico, Venezuela, Chile, Ecuador, Panama and Colombia have confirmed their attendance.
He said that these events will focus on commonality in the concepts of inclusion and accessibility.
Doctors, psychologists and other health professionals with specialties related to teaching people with special needs are invited to attend.
President of the International Association of Special Education, Orlando Terre, said the holding of this meeting in Havana is in recognition of advances in this type of education in Cuba.
He said that unlike many countries worldwide, access to special education is a right in Cuba, where family and the community are also involved.
Source: Prensa Latina
