Inclusive Education in Israel

To get acquainted with the practice of inclusive education in mainstream schools, with professionals who work with special children, to visit the specialist centers to share experiences - all of this was part of an internship program «Early Childhood Education for Children with Special Needs», held in Israel (April 8 -02 May 2013) this year. The country has been selected for an internship, because the practice of inclusive education has been used for over 20 years in Israel. Moreover, a lot of attention is paid to the state program of early diagnosis and intervention "From prevention to inclusion" («From prevention to inclusion"). The main principle of the system of education and medicine in Israel is -to give as much help to the child with special needs in early childhood, as possible , so he could be able to go to a regular school to 6 years.