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PURPOSE: To show the feasibility and consequences at 1 year of the use of the
International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health, version for
Children and Youth (ICF-CY) in the process of social and scholastic inclusion for
students with disability in a district of Northeastern Italy (Treviso province) - ITALIE
METHODS: We describe the novel procedure for inclusion of students with
disability launched by disability and education Services of the Treviso Province.
The protocol was organized in four steps and involved health professionals and
teachers throughout the whole Province. The implementation was preceded by
intensive exposure of the involved professionals to the ICF-CY model and
structure and by workshops in which the participants elaborated the actual
documents accompanying the process of scholastic inclusion according to the
specific Law (104/1992): the notification card, the identification of the student
with disabilities, the functional diagnosis, the dynamic functional profile and
the individual educational plan. RESULTS: The results show that the adherence to
the new protocol was very satisfactory, as well as the perceived validity and
relevance of the new documents elaborated with ICF language. The experimentation
in progress provided interesting indications on the way to apply the ICF-CY to
the scholastic inclusion processes. CONCLUSIONS: The largest alphabetization
effort on ICF attempted in a Public Health System (disability service) and in the
school system improve the social and scholastic participation of student with
disability and can reduce the barriers in the environment.

Langue : ANGLAIS