RUSSIA
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ICDP activities
in Russia started in Arhangelsk, in April 1997, in cooperation with
Save the Children Sweden, as a two year competence building programme
for staff in children homes.
During 2001
a new project was initiated in the municipality of Novodvinsk, located
north of Archangelsk city, based on previous collaboration in the
field of early intervention.
It was further
developed in 2002 and 2003 as a community based rehabilitation project
with the following partners: the Novodvinsk municipality, the social
authorities of Archangelsk County, the Pomor University, the North
West Russia Medical University, the Deacony Foundation of Northern
Norway, and the Institute of Special Needs Education, University
of Oslo. It is supported by the Nordic Council of Ministries and
the Norwegian Government.
The project
board adopted the ICDP philosophy and approach to early intervention
and its ways of working with special needs children and their families,
as the professional basis on which to develop their own work in
kindergartens, schools and with parents. The main objective is to
introduce a community based way of working with children with special
needs; children to live at home instead of living in institutions,
and to be integrated in ordinary kindergartens and schools. This
is a decentralized approach compared to the centralized and institutionalized
treatment in the past.
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