LLL FOR PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL DIASABILITY

Alenka Golob Msc

LEARNING SOCIETY AND PEOPLE

WITH ID

TWO DIMENSION OF LLL :

LIFELONG: from “cradle to grave”

LIFEWIDE: anything, enywhere, everywhere

Alenka Golob,7.10.2011

THIS ARE THE WORDS AND THIS ARE THE WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS WHICH ERIC EXPRESSIONS WHICH ERIC BROUSSIN CONSIDERS TO BROUSSIN CONSIDERS TO BE FAR TOO OFTEN USED BE FAR TOO OFTEN USED TO DESCRIBE THE LIVES OF TO DESCRIBE THE LIVES OF ADULTS WITH LEARNING ADULTS WITH LEARNING DIFICULTIESDIFICULTIES

• MARGINMARGIN

• EXCLUSIONEXCLUSION

• POWERLESSNESPOWERLESSNES

• SOCIAL STIGMASOCIAL STIGMA

• CONTROLCONTROL

• UNWORTHINESSUNWORTHINESS

• LOW SELF IMAGELOW SELF IMAGE

• UNSUITABLE ACCOMMODATION UNSUITABLE ACCOMMODATION POSSIBILITIESPOSSIBILITIES

• RISK OF ABUSERISK OF ABUSE

• LIMITED POSSIBILITIES OF LIMITED POSSIBILITIES OF CHOICE AND OWN CONTROLCHOICE AND OWN CONTROL

• DENIAL OF HUMAN RIGHTSDENIAL OF HUMAN RIGHTS

• CRITICAL APPROACH TO CRITICAL APPROACH TO DEVELOPMENT POTENTIALDEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL

• CRITICAL APPROACH TO CRITICAL APPROACH TO SEXUAL INTIMACYSEXUAL INTIMACY

• LACK OF EDUCATIONAL LACK OF EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIESOPPORTUNITIES

EDWARD’S VIEW ON LEARNING SOCIETY

• The learning society is an educated society, committed to active citizenship, liberal democracy and equal opportunities.

(equal starting point)

• A learning society is a learning market, enabling institutions to provide services for individuals as a condition for supporting the competitiveness of the economy.

(mostlly used)

Learning society is one in which learners adopt a learning approach to life, drawing on a wide range of resources to enable them to support their lifestyle practices. This supports lifelong learning as a condition of individuals in the contemporary period to which policy needs to respond.

BASIC PRINCIPLES AND TERMS ABOUT LEARNING OF PEOPLE WITH ID

seen people like person

normalization

compliance learners experiences

encouragement

Enabling clear and appropriet opportunities

Support through development of independence

Putting clear information

Searching for balance between control and freedom

Recognition of meaningfullnes

Believe in possibility in personal growth and development

Development and enablement personal responsibility

Awareness of realistic opportunities about maximal development

Acceptance of ones real state

Acquisition with small step

MEMORANDUM OD LLL

6 ELEMENTS COMMON STRATEGY OF LLL

1. Partnership cooperation 2. Insight in reshaping in learning

society basic knowledge3. apropriete sources

4. improving learning opportunities access

5. Creating learning culture

6. Effort for excellence

Europe in Action 2006 – Learning all our Lives

"We are able to learn and we demand equal opportunities!”

Brussels, 31 May 2006

FIVE RECOMENDATIO

NS

• life-long learning programmes should target all citizens, including adults with intellectual disabilities;

• the programmes should not only focus on vocational training, but on all topics that are important to gain autonomy and self-esteem as well as contributing to the inclusion of people into society

• learning programmes must be of good quality and meet the needs of the learners in today’s society;

• awareness raising about the learning abilities of adults with intellectual disabilities is necessary among family members, professionals, employers, disabled people themselves and within the community as a whole.

• life-long learning should offer a broad range of choices in terms of topics and ways of learning, both formal and non-formal education must be available; 

The Treasure Within, The Treasure Within, Report to Unesco of the Report to Unesco of the International Commision International Commision

on Education for the on Education for the 21.st Century21.st Century

The Four Pillars of Education for 21.st

Century

• 1. MEANS TO LEARN HOW TO 1. MEANS TO LEARN HOW TO LEARN IN ORDER TO BE ABLE LEARN IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO TAKE THE ADVANTAGE OF TO TAKE THE ADVANTAGE OF THE POSSIBILITIES OF THE POSSIBILITIES OF LIFELONG LEARNINGLIFELONG LEARNING

• 2. TO LEARN NOT ONLY TO 2. TO LEARN NOT ONLY TO ACQUIRE THE SKILLS AND ACQUIRE THE SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES OF CERTAIN COMPETENCIES OF CERTAIN PROFFESION PROFFESION

BUT TO BE ABLE TO FACE BUT TO BE ABLE TO FACE VARIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES AND VARIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES AND WORK IN A GROUPWORK IN A GROUP

3. TO UNDERSTAND OTHER 3. TO UNDERSTAND OTHER PEOPLE AND ACCEPT PEOPLE AND ACCEPT INTERDEPENDENCE; INTERDEPENDENCE;

TO RESPECT THE VALUES OF TO RESPECT THE VALUES OF PLURALISM,INTERPERSONAL PLURALISM,INTERPERSONAL UNDERSTANDING AND PEACEUNDERSTANDING AND PEACE

4. MEANS TO BETTER DEVELOP 4. MEANS TO BETTER DEVELOP ONE’S PERSONALITY ONE’S PERSONALITY

AND TO BE ABLE TO ACT MORE AND TO BE ABLE TO ACT MORE INDEPENDENTLY AND WITH A INDEPENDENTLY AND WITH A GREATER RESPONSIBILITYGREATER RESPONSIBILITY

SLOVENIAN LLL STRATEGY HAS

AIMS FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITY AS WELL

KEY ELLEMENTS OF PERSONAL APPROACH

• Orientations in all form of communication

• agreement of building interpersonal relationship

• Recognition of importance of development confidence and selfesteem

• Flexible ability of consideration needs and choice of each student

• Focus on student progress

• Recognition of all students achievements in all forms

MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE IN ADULT EDUCATION FOR ADULTS WITH ID IS

SELFADVOCACY

SELFADVOCACY IS THE MAIN TOOL FOR ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP

ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP MEANS:

TO IMPROVE QOL AND TAKE DECISION MAKING AND

RESPOSNSIBILITIES ABOUT ONE`S OWN LIFE

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