Guterman L.A. Resource Educational and Methodological Center for the Education of Persons with Disabilities as a Resource for the Development of Inclusion in a University

The article analyses the activities of the Resource Training and Methodological Centre for the Education of Disabled Persons and Persons with Disabilities (hereinafter referred to as the RUC) at the university on the basis of which it was established. The data of monitoring studies and questionnaires conducted by the RUC in 2017–2018 on parameters that are today key in assessing the state of higher inclusive education in any university of the Russian Federation are given. The analysis of a condition of the main activities of RUMTs in higher education institution is carried out. On the basis of the generalization and systematization of the data, the specifics of the work of the center within the university on the basis of which it was created are determined. The problems identified as a result of monitoring studies and questionnaires have led to the identification of the main paths of further activities of the RUC at the university on the basis of which it was established. Inclusive education of students with disabilities is the most important factor in the activation of resources of all subjects of the educational process, including structural divisions of the university, which accompany the process of education of this category of students. The synthesis of the types of works implemented in 2016–2018 and the implementation of monitoring studies by the Resource Educational and Methodological Center for the Education of Disabled Persons and Persons with Disabilities of the Ministry of Health makes it possible to speak about the significant role of this center in the development of the inclusive educational environment of the university.

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