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Implementation of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) in Portuguese Special Education Policy and Practice
| Resumo: | In January 2008 with the introduction of the Decree-L aw n.º3/2008, Portugal became the first country implementing the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health, ICF (WHO, 2001) as a framework to be obligatorily used in special education system. This policy was responsible for the introduction of substantial changes among which the ICF implementation to support the assessment and eligibility processes represented the major challenge for educational professionals. |
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| Autores principais: | Sanches-Ferreira, Manuela |
| Outros Autores: | Simeonsson, Rune J.; Alves, Sílvia; Silveira-Maia, Mónica |
| Assunto: | ICF International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) |
| Ano: | 2013 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | outro |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso aberto |
| Instituição associada: | Instituto Politécnico do Porto |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | Repositório Científico do Instituto Politécnico do Porto |
| Resumo: | In January 2008 with the introduction of the Decree-L aw n.º3/2008, Portugal became the first country implementing the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health, ICF (WHO, 2001) as a framework to be obligatorily used in special education system. This policy was responsible for the introduction of substantial changes among which the ICF implementation to support the assessment and eligibility processes represented the major challenge for educational professionals. |
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