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The project "Studying together"

General information
The Project was  realized during the period 2003 - 2005. Its basic aim was  to provide the  University employees with a suitable knowledge and skills needed for  working with persons with disabilities. It was also assumed that a result of conducted activities would be cancellation of instances of discrimination and exclusion of students with disabilities in an academic environment. Realization of the project allowed the employees to familiarize with an idea of equal opportunities as well as gaining knowledge on various kinds of disabilities and their consequences in teaching, and also skills necessary for working with persons with disabilities in academic classes.
In order to achieve aims of the project, there were realized 12 trainings. Moreover, the Office for Persons with Disabilities prepared a publication entitled „University for all. Persons with Disabilities at the University of Warsaw”. The Project was realized by 11 persons – specialists on education for persons with disabilities, an MD specialized in the field of psychiatry, staff of the Office for Persons with Disabilities and a graphics artist. Plans for the Project assumed 16 trainings to be held, with 190 persons participating. During the course of project its organizers managed to run 12 trainings, each of them lasting 2 hours, in the following University units:

  • Faculty of Biology, 
  • Faculty of  Mathematics, Informatics and Mechanics
  • Faculty of Polish Philology, 
  • Faculty of Pedagogy, 
  • Faculty of Polish Philology
  • Faculty of Management, 
  • Faculty of Geology, 
  • Institute of Applied  Linguistics,  
  • Institute of Social Prevention and Re-socialization, 
  • Institute of Social Sciences Library, 
  • French Language College for Teachers, 
  • and 2 trainings  University Library. 

There were about 90  participants from the University didactic and administrative staff. It must be also expressed that the second, important although indirect group of persons who also took an advantage of the trainings constituted students with disabilities. At present there are 500 such students registered at the OPD.

Results of the project
The project has achieved the following results:
  1. 90 persons from the staff of the UW have been instructed during 12 trainings; the participants have received information concerning functioning of persons with different kinds of disabilities, as well as practical guidelines on how to work with these persons;

  2. The publication entitled "University for all. Persons with disabilities at the University of Warsaw", has been issued. This publication contains among other information about kinds of disabilities, support services offered for students and employees by the Office for Persons with Disabilities;

  3. There has been achieved reduction of emotional stresses and anxieties felt by didactic and administrative staff, related to accepting persons with disabilities (in particular persons with mental diseases) to studies; the trainings created a suitable opportunity to express these fears and to demonstrate model ways  of reaction and coping.  

  4. There has been worked out an efficient model of training meetings devoted to creation of equal opportunities for students with disabilities at the University of Warsaw;

  5. The staff of the Office for Persons with Disabilities has gained a necessary experience in conducting such trainings.

Publication "University for all. Persons with disabilities at the University of Warsaw"
Publication "University for all. Persons with disabilities at the University of Warsaw"on-line.

 Introduction

A few words about the history of the Project

The Program "University for all"

Disability - definition, classification and consequences

 Office for Persons with Disabilities

Forms of assistance offered by the BON for students with disabilities

Appendix

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