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Mónica Silveira Maia

Faculty of Education of the Technical University of Porto
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Terapeuta Ocupacional, Doutorada em Psicologia pela Universidade do Porto (2012). É Professora Auxiliar na Faculdade de Educação da Universidade Técnica do Porto. Desde 2010, tem estado envolvida em vários projectos de investigação nacionais e internacionais no domínio das políticas e práticas para a inclusão de pessoas com deficiência e incapacidade, nomeadamente ao nível da educação, do emprego e da inclusão social. Dedicada em particular ao tema da habilitação ambiental, os seus trabalhos de investigação focam o estudo de perfis de funcionamento e de necessidades e a sistematização de variáveis ambientais facilitadoras da participação e inclusão social de crianças, jovens e adultos com necessidades adicionais de suporte. 

Occupational Therapist, Ph.D. in Psychology by the University of Porto (2012). She is Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Education of the Technical University of Porto . Since 2010, she has been involved in several national and international projects in the field of inclusive practices and policies for persons with disability, namely on education, employment and social inclusion. Particularly dedicated to the environment enablement, her scientific work is focused on the study of functioning and needs  profiles and on the systematization of environmental factors that may facilitate the social participation and inclusion of children, youth and adults  with additional support needs.

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For several decades now, within the conceptual and values-based field, approaches to disability have shifted away from focusing on the extraordinary…
Deafness is today understood as a difference in human experience - distanced from traditional conceptions of disability and disability - which is…
The specific purpose of this project is to promote teachers in their role as key actors in realizing inclusive education. An innovative assessment…
The school community is today challenged to respond to a greater diversity of learning and functioning profiles, requiring the development of…
I CO-COPE: Inclusão através da Colaboração Interprofissional numa Comunidade de Prática em Educação Ref: 2022-1-BE02-KA220-SCH-000089287 Duration:…
Friendship; inclusive education; social participation. Many studies, especially on the social situation of students with special educational needs…
According to the most recent OECD report[1] (OECD, 2022), developed at the request of the Ministry of Education, and entitled “Review of Inclusive…
ProuD To Teach All’ is an ambitious Erasmus+-project which supports the fourth United Nations Sustainable Development Goal of inclusive and quality…