Childhood Health, Education and Social Development – CHED – "Uşaqlıq dövründə Sağlamlıq, Təhsil, Sosial İnkişaf üzrə baza kursu" CHED

Brain Science: The Argument for Inclusive Education for ALL Children

Are you working with people with disabilities and support their inclusive participation? Or do you want to learn about the Brain Science behind Inclusive Education? Then join the public lectures by internationally known speaker and consultant Professor Toby Long PhD, PT, FAPTA from Georgetown University!

ABOUT COURSE

COURSE AIMS

To create a holistic approach to child development

To support the transition from medical model to social model of care

To move from adult-centred approaches in learning to child-centred models

Child-centred models focus on encouraging the child to do/learn/explore something themselves, which encourages a love of learning in the child and supports better neurological development in children who may have impairments.

WHO SHOULD TAKE THIS COURSE?

Target audience: for people working with children aged 0-8 years

Frontline workers/services providers in health, education and social services (e.g. paediatricians, psychologists, speech therapists, neurologists, physiotherapists, inclusive education teachers and classroom assistants)

Management personnel for health, education and social service providers

SERVICE SECTOR

Rehabilitation/Habilitation Services

Inclusive Education

Early Intervention

Community-Based Rehabilitation

Psychological, pedagogical and logoped services

You do not have to have a higher educational degree to participate
Tuition language: Azerbaijani, English (with translation)

WHAT YOU WILL GAIN FROM THIS COURSE

Tools

This course is designed to give you the tools you need to assess a child’s functional ability in language, cognition, fine & gross motor skills and behaviour in order to create a development plan according to their needs.

You will be able to use the functional assessments and development plans with any child that you work with.

Practical skills

This course is designed to improve your existing experience so that you can provide better quality services for children

Theoretical knowledge

COURSE OUTLOOK

This is the first course developed under an initiative between UAFA and the Centre for Child and Human Development at Georgetown University, Washington DC. The long-term aim is to build an Academic Centre for Child Health, Education and Social Development which will provide Azerbaijan’s first internationally-accredited degree courses for people working with children.

The certificate will be provided by the Centre for Child and Human Development at Georgetown University

This Foundation course will give the student credits towards a full bachelors/masters degree in future (limited to partnering universities in Azerbaijan only)

COURSE OUTLINE

2-hour sessions twice-weekly for 12 weeks, at the end of which core competencies will be tested by the faculty and evaluated by Georgetown University staff (online) for certification.

COURSE DETAILS

If you miss more than 2 sessions, you will not receive a certificate.

No more than 15 places per course – evening/weekends.

Course will be offered 3 times per year, depending on demand.

COURSE SCHEDULE

WEEK #	SESSION 1 – THEORY	SESSION 2 – SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
1	Course Introduction	Understanding Disability in the Context of Family and Society
2	Working With Families, Communities and Professionals – A Community-Based Approach	Practical Skills When Communicating With Children and their Families
3	Growth and Development in the Early Years – An Integrated Approach	Practical Skills and Tools for Screening and Assessing Children in the Community
4	Environment and Childhood Experience – the Impact on a Child’s Development	Assessing Developmental Delay and Function
5	Structured Play – To Optimize Mental, Physical and Emotional Development	Skills and Ideas for Structured Play
6	Importance of Early Detection and Intervention – Optimizing Childhood Development	From Assessment to Intervention- Create a Play-Based Plan Using Assessment Information
7	Language Development in Early Years	Practical Skills to Facilitate Language Development and Optimize Communication
8	Behavioral Issues and Management Approaches	Useful Techniques and Skills for Challenging Behavior
9	Understanding and Supporting the Child with Behavioral Issues	Techniques to Promote Self-Regulation and to Support Families in Managing Behavioral Issues
10	Understanding Sensory Processing and Responses to Sensory Input	Choosing and implementing classroom and home accommodations for sensory processing issues
11	Movement to Enhance Learning Opportunities	How to Promote Learning through Movement
12	Course Review	Participant Assessment and Evaluation

PAYMENT

600 AZN per course, including 48 hours of class time and participating in seminar with Georgetown Faculty members once per year

CHED course

Childhood Health, Education and Social Development base course

48 hours of study
45 hours mentoring

₼600 1 course

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MÜƏLLİMLƏR

XARİCİ MÜTƏXƏSSİSLƏR

Prof. Tobi Lonq (ABŞ)

PhD, PT, FAPTA, Professor, Erkən müdaxilə üzrə GU sertifikatlı, İnsan və Uşaq inkişafı mərkəzinin direktoru, Corctaun Universiteti

Toby.Long@ched.az

Tami Lenert (ABŞ)

OTR/L,lisenziyalı Erqoterapevt, Münasibət əsaslı müdaxilə metodu üzrə sertifikatlı konsultant

Tammie.Lenert@ched.az

Sara Makkey (Avstraliya)

BSc, Lisenziyalı Fizioterapevt

Sarah.Mackay@ched.az

Selen Gündüz

Uşaq inkişafı üzrə mütəxəssis, Nitq və dil terapevti, Hacettepe universiteti

selengunduz@gmail.com

Mirjana Madiqan (Xorvatiya)

M.SC, lisenziyalı Təhsil Psixoloqu

Mirjana.Madigan@ched.az

AZƏRBAYCAN TƏRƏFİNDƏN

Ülviyyə Mirzəyeva

Həkim; Uşaq inkişafı üzrə mütəxəssis ( 19 il iş təcrübəsi)

Ulviyya.Mirzoyeva@ched.az

Züleyxa Nəcəfova

Həkim; Uşaq inkişafı üzrə mütəxəssis ( 15 il iş təcrübəsi)

Zuleykha.Najafova@ched.az

Nigar Əlibəyli

Uşaq inkiafı üzrə mütəxəssis, Tomatis metod üzrə lisenziyalı mütəxəssis

Nigar.Alibeyli@ched.az

Fidan Talışlı

Erkən başlanğıc Denver Modeli üzrə sertifikatlı terapist, bakalavr sonrası ABA üzrə ixtisaslaşmışdır

Fidan.Talishli@ched.az

CHED kursu bir SOSİAL SAHİBKARLIQ layihəsidir və buradan əldə olunan gəlir United Aid For Azerbaijan (UAFA) təşkilatının regionlarda aztəminatlı ailələrə və xüsusi qayğıya ehtiyacı olan uşaqlara göstərdiyi #PULSUZ sosial xidmətlərə yönləndirilir!