Mais Diferenças: Universal design-based practices for public early childhood education
Channel: Zero Project
Date: 2021-07-14

Welcome to the awardee video of  Mais Diferenças´s Projeto Brincar, a winner of the 2020 Zero Project Award on Education.


Projeto Brincar is a project implemented by the São Paulo-based disability NGO Mais Diferenças, in partnership with the Volkswagen Foundation (Fundação Volkswagen) and São Paulo’s Municipal Secretariat of Education. Educators and families are trained in accessible and inclusive pedagogical practices based on Universal Design principles to make early childhood education more inclusive for children with disabilities living in São Paulo. The project began as a pilot in 13 schools, training in its first year 406 educators. In 2019, the Project reaches more than 500 schools, having training over 2,100 educators.


Speaker:
Carla Mauch, Mais Diferenças, Brazil

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