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“Enabling Manager Technology”, the approach of the International Classification of Functioning and Health in school environment

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A Research Project, entitled “Disabled people’ access to educational, academic, and work environments”, was carried out in order to train students and members of school staff to become “Enabling Manager”(EM). The EM is a vocational and educational guidance for disabled high school students who have acquired competence to point out accessible paths to disabled students for their full fruition of educational or professional opportunities in the region Lazio (Italy). These competences are achieved by learning technological, socio-psychological, and environmental resources available in the area of the region Lazio. These competences serve to make operative the mainstreaming of students with disability in the educational institutions and job environments. For the training a multimedia support was implemented, a CD-Rom, entitled “Enabling Manager- for an accessible education” based on ICF viewpoint. The efficacy of the EM, as a guide for students, was observed in 7 high schools of Region of Lazio confirming the efficacy of the training method which meets the real disabled students’ needs. The empirical study was conducted with a qualitative method of direct observation. A professional observer attended the lessons led by an EM in a high school classroom. He then collected data regarding 3 principal variables: 1) content comprehensibility; 2) contents affecting on the student-teacher interaction; 3) relation between the usefulness of the CD-Rom with respect to the project aims. The results have confirmed the efficacy of the Project and have given relevant suggestions to improve the availability of the psycho-technological tolls. Bibliography · Federici, S. (2001). Modelli di disabilità e l’ICIDH-2: per un nuovo approccio allo sviluppo e all’integrazione di bambini con diverse abilità. In A. Tronconi (Ed.), 7° Convegno Nazionale Informatica, Didattica e Disabilità, Roma 8-9-10 Novembre 2001 (pp. 216-217). Roma: Università di Roma �‘La Sapienza’. · Federici, S. (2003). Adattamento, socializzazione e sviluppo in situazione di disabilità. In M. Brunetti, A. Di Norcia, & M. Olivetti Belardinelli (Atti a cura), Orientamenti della ricerca in Italia sullo sviluppo e l’adattamento psicosociale: “Valentini day” 12 gennaio 2001 (pp. 29-53). Roma: Kappa. · Federici, S., Olivetti Belardinelli, M., & Micangeli, A. (2003). Dall’inserimento dello “scolaro handicappato” a scuole per tutti accessibili. In M. C. Usai, & M. Zanobini (Eds.), Psicologia del ciclo di vita. Scritti in onore di Maria Teresa Bozzo (pp. 339-355). Milano: Franco Angeli. · Garito, M. A., & Federici, S. (2001). L’inclusività della istruzione e formazione a distanza per soggetti con diverse abilità fisiche e sensoriali. In A. Tronconi (Ed.), 7° Convegno Nazionale Informatica, Didattica e Disabilità, Roma 8-9-10 Novembre 2001 (p. 201). Roma: Università di Roma �‘La Sapienza’. Micangeli, A., Federici, S., & Bozzetti, M. (2001). Per l’introduzione del modello affermativo di disabilità nelle strutture scientifiche della ricerca e della progettazione tecnologica. In A. Tronconi (Ed.), 7° Convegno Nazionale Informatica, Didattica e Disabilità, Roma 8-9-10 Novembre 2001 (pp. 161-166). Roma: Università di Roma �‘La Sapienza’.
“Enabling Manager Technology”, the approach of the
International Classification of Functioning and Health
in school environment
Andrea Micangeli 1, Maura Benedetti 2 , Stefano Federici 2
1 CIRPS, University of Rome “La Sapienza”
2 ECONA, University of Rome “La Sapienza”
Keywords: ICF, biopsychosocial model, mainstreaming, enabling manager
Contact: maura.benedetti@uniroma1.it
Abstract:
A Research Project, entitled “Disabled people’ access to educational, academic, and work
environments”, was carried out in order to train students and members of school staff to become
Enabling Manager”(EM). The EM is a vocational and educational guidance for disabled high
school students who have acquired competence to point out accessible paths to disabled students for
their full fruition of educational or professional opportunities in the region Lazio (Italy). These
competences are achieved by learning technological, socio-psychological, and environmental
resources available in the area of the region Lazio. These competences serve to make operative the
mainstreaming of students with disability in the educational institutions and job environments.
For the training a multimedia support was implemented, a CD-Rom, entitled “Enabling Manager-
for an accessible education” based on ICF viewpoint.
The efficacy of the EM, as a guide for students, was observed in 7 high schools of Region of Lazio
confirming the efficacy of the training method which meets the real disabled students’ needs.
The empirical study was conducted with a qualitative method of direct observation. A professional
observer attended the lessons led by an EM in a high school classroom. He then collected data
regarding 3 principal variables:
1) content comprehensibility;
2) contents affecting on the student-teacher interaction;
3) relation between the usefulness of the CD-Rom with respect to the project aims.
The results have confirmed the efficacy of the Project and have given relevant suggestions to
improve the availability of the psycho-technological tolls.
Bibliography
Federici, S. (2001). Modelli di disabilità e l’ICIDH-2: per un nuovo approccio allo sviluppo
e all’integrazione di bambini con diverse abilità. In A. Tronconi (Ed.), 7° Convegno
Nazionale Informatica, Didattica e Disabilità, Roma 8-9-10 Novembre 2001 (pp. 216-217).
Roma: Università di Roma ‘La Sapienza’.
Federici, S. (2003). Adattamento, socializzazione e sviluppo in situazione di disabilità. In M.
Brunetti, A. Di Norcia, & M. Olivetti Belardinelli (Atti a cura), Orientamenti della ricerca
in Italia sullo sviluppo e l’adattamento psicosociale: “Valentini day” 12 gennaio 2001 (pp.
29-53). Roma: Kappa.
Federici, S., Olivetti Belardinelli, M., & Micangeli, A. (2003). Dall’inserimento dello
“scolaro handicappato” a scuole per tutti accessibili. In M. C. Usai, & M. Zanobini (Eds.),
Psicologia del ciclo di vita. Scritti in onore di Maria Teresa Bozzo (pp. 339-355). Milano:
Franco Angeli.
Garito, M. A., & Federici, S. (2001). L’inclusività della istruzione e formazione a distanza
per soggetti con diverse abilità fisiche e sensoriali. In A. Tronconi (Ed.), 7° Convegno
Nazionale Informatica, Didattica e Disabilità, Roma 8-9-10 Novembre 2001 (p. 201).
Roma: Università di Roma ‘La Sapienza’.
Micangeli, A., Federici, S., & Bozzetti, M. (2001). Per l’introduzione del modello
affermativo di disabilità nelle strutture scientifiche della ricerca e della progettazione
tecnologica. In A. Tronconi (Ed.), 7° Convegno Nazionale Informatica, Didattica e
Disabilità, Roma 8-9-10 Novembre 2001 (pp. 161-166). Roma: Università di Roma ‘La
Sapienza’.
Article
To present a systematic literature review on the state of the art of the utilisation of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) since its release in 2001. The search was conducted through EMBASE, MEDLINE and PsychInfo covering the period between 2001 and December 2009. Papers were included if ICF was mentioned in title or abstract. Papers focussing on the ICF-CY and clinical research on children and youth only were excluded. Papers were assigned to six different groups covering the wide scenario of ICF application. A total of 672 papers, coming from 34 countries and 211 different journals, were included in the analysis. The majority of publications (30.8%) were conceptual papers or papers reporting clinical and rehabilitation studies (25.9%). One-third of the papers were published in 2008 and 2009. The ICF contributed to the development of research on functioning and on disability in clinical, rehabilitation as well as in several other contexts, such as disability eligibility and employment. Diffusion of ICF research and use in a great variety of fields and scientific journals is a proof that a cultural change and a new conceptualisation of functioning and disability is happening.
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