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Working With Persons with Developmental Disabilities
The Role of the Social Educator
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Who we are?
• International Association to strengthen the profession of social educators
• We are professionals who provide direct care and support for people in need
• Founded in 1951 in Freiburg i.Br. (Black Forest) AIEJI has now active members in Europe, North and South America, Israel, Palestine, Russia: Associations, Universities, Institutions, individual members
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Professional competences
2005: Ethical Guidelines
2009: The professional competences of social educators – a conceptual framework
2010: Working With Persons with Developmental Disabilities - the Role of the Social Educator
2012: Working with children and young people (forthcoming)
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Self Determination
To decide
• where I live
• what I eat
• what I do
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UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
• The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is an international human rights instrument of the United Nations intended to protect the rights and dignity of persons with disabilities. Parties to the Convention are required to promote, protect, and ensure the full enjoyment of human rights by persons with disabilities and ensure that they enjoy full equality under the law.
• The text was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 13 December 2006 and opened for signature on 30 March 2007. Following ratification by the 20th party, it came into force on 3 May 2008
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Self-Determination for people with disabilities (K. E. Ellingsen, Keynote at the AIEJI World Congress
Copenhagen May 2009)
• No one doubts that greater personal autonomy, self-determination is important.
• But it is essential to remember that most of us have also received support in learning how to make choices, what to consider, and to weigh alternatives and possible consequences.
• Persons who have been controlled by others up through adult life, and been excluded from ordinary life experiences, often simply do not know how to make decisions.
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Balance between Safety, Control, Danger, Freedom (K. E. Ellingsen 2009)
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Working with Persons with Developmental Disabilities – the role of the social educator
Chapter 1: Ethical values and principles
Chapter 2: Focus on some central issues
Chapter 3: Inclusion and citizenship
Chapter 4: Consequences of the principles for social education
Chapter 5: The responsibility of the social educators and their organisations
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Bologna September 2010
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Chapter 1: Ethical values and principles
Freedom and self-determination
Justice and non-discrimination
Dignity and Integrity
Empathy
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Chapter 2: Focus on some central issues
The right to a private home
Force and coercion
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Chapter 3: Inclusion and citizenship
Normalisation and integration: Break from the distinction between we and them (gap between those who can take care of themselves and those who are dependent on support and care.
Neutral language: Men and women with different abilities
It requires real possibilities to realise your rights as a citizen
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Chapter 4: Consequences of the principles for social education
Mastering a concept of reflection
The asymmetric relation of power
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Chapter 5: The responsibility of the social educators
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Questions for debate
What understanding do you have of the ethical values and principles?
What is a home?How can we include person with disabilities in
education and employment?What is your concept of inclusion and
participation?What is the role of social education and what
competences do social educators need?
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