In the city of Atyrau, in the Boran Nysanbayev Secondary School, a cabinet has been opened to support inclusion, the Press Service of the Directorate of Education of the Atyrau region reports.
The school has 6 students with special needs, each of whom is supported by an assistant teacher. In addition, the staff of a logopedist, a defectologist, a psychologist, and an office manager were opened.
Deputy Akim of the region Bakytgul Khamenova took part in the ceremony of opening the cabinet for inclusive support.
On behalf of the First President - Yelbasy Nursultan Nazarbayev, the Kamkorlyk initiative is being implemented in the country. The initiative is aimed at solving the problem of the shortage of special institutions for children with special needs, as well as providing them with personnel and the necessary equipment.
Eight regions have been selected to implement the Kamkorlyk initiative. Among them was the city of Atyrau. According to the "Road Map", the Kamkorlyk initiative is being implemented by the Nursultan Nazarbayev Foundation together with the regional leadership and the "Samruk-Kazyna" company. “Thanks to the Kamkorlyk initiative, homeschooling children with special educational needs will be able to adapt to the school environment,” Bakytgul Khamenova said.
The Inclusion Support Room provides ABA trainings for children with autism. The center's specialists' task is to help children as much as possible so that they can adapt among ordinary children.
A defectologist, speech therapist, teacher-assistant work in special classes, 41 specialists have completed special courses and improved their qualifications to work with special children.
Note that 6,653 children with special educational needs live in the region.