Change Agents : : an interprofessional book about children with disabilities in Tanzania and Norway / Siv E. N. Sæbjørnsen, Mariana Makuu and Atle Ødegård (eds.)

• HerausgeberIn: Makuu, Mariana Josephat; Sæbjørnsen, Siv Elin 1963-
• AutorIn der Einleitung: Makuu, Mariana Josephat; Sæbjørnsen, Siv Elin 1963-
• MitwirkendeR: Makuu, Mariana Josephat; Sæbjørnsen, Siv Elin 1963-
• TeilnehmendeR: Ødegård, Atle 1963-
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English

What knowledge and skills are needed to be more inclusive and to give children with disabilities a better quality of life in Tanzania and in Norway? Professional helpers, such as teachers, social educators [vernepleiere, Norwegian], and social workers are agents of change in this interprofessional and intercultural field. Students and staff involved in international exchange projects, such as with The Norwegian Agency for Exchange Cooperation (NOREC), are also agents of change in this field. Whether academics or practitioners, they all emphasize the need for new and updated knowledge across many wellestablished research fields due to the children’s multifaceted needs. This anthology introduces this diverse field of research and contributes with knowledge of children’s needs and human rights, theoretical perspectives and research approaches as well as the implications for education and practice. The book’s target group is broad, encompassing researchers, students as well as practitioners in the global south and north.The chapters are written by international researchers and professionals working in education, health, and social work in Tanzania and Norway. Several of the chapters are the result of a collaboration between Tanzanian and Norwegian authors, and collaboration is an important subject in the book.Change Agents can be read as a whole as well as individual chapters. The book and the individual, scientific chapters have been peer-reviewed.

Table of Contents

1.: Change agents – improving the situation of children with disabilities . 1.: Change agents – improving the situation of children with disabilities / Siv Elin Nord Sæbjørnsen, Mariana Josephat Makuu og Atle Ødegård ; 2.: Children’s basic needs : how do we create resilience in children, so they can thrive and sustain positive development? / Klara Øverland og Heidi Elisabeth Nag ; 3.: Social work with children and human rights / Jonathan Parker og Sara Ashencaen Crabtree ; 4.: The rights to primary education for children with intellectual disabilities in Tanzania / Mariana Josephat Makuu- , Naftali Ng’ondi og Siv Elin Nord Sæbjørnsen ; 5.: Special healthcare needs of children with disabilities in Tanzania: Challenges and recommendations / Deodatus Kakoko, Emmanuel Kigadye og Sarah Hean. - Part 2.: Theoretical perspectives and research approaches : 6.: Disability as a socially-relational process : and so what? / Hans Petter Iversen, Guro Fiskergård Werner og Siv Elin Nord Sæbjørnsen ; 7.: The relations between Tanzanian cultural practices and understanding of the terms respect and human rights / Inger Helen Solheim og Mariana Josephat Makuu ; 8.: Challenges associated with the importation of minority world constructions into majority world settings / Sandra Marie Weltzien ; 9.: Interprofessional collaboration and research networking in Global North–Global South partnerships / Sarah Hean. - 10.: Involving service users with intellectual disabilities in research / May Østby og Hege Bakken. - Part 3.: Implications for education and practice ; 11.: The professional helper – a presentation of a reflection model developed in Norway / Ole David Brask, May Østby, og Atle Ødegård ; 12.: A mind for citizenship ; on the value of the inclusion of persons with severe disabilities / Roar Stokken, og Torhild Lillemark Høydalsvik ; 13.: “I cannot do it alone”: teachers as change agents for inclusive education / Vibeke Vågenes, Kari Ludvigsen og Cosmas Mnyanyi ; 14.: “I cannot do it alone”: teachers as change agents for inclusive education / Vibeke Vågenes, Kari Ludvigsen, og Cosmas Mnyanyi. -