Challenges and Partnerships of Rehabilitation in the Baltic Sea Region
The seminar is organized in co-operation with the Rehabilitation Foundation, Rifi (Rehabilitation International Finnish Committee) and RI Commission on Policy and Services. The seminar gathers together rehabilitation experts from various neighbouring countries in the Baltic Sea Region. The aim is to share mutual interests, challenges and achievements of rehabilitation. Practical examples of service development covers issues of pediatric rehabilitation in Estonia, social rehabilitation and employment support of persons with disabilities in Estonia and RussiaThe seminar is part of The Finnish National Rehabilitation Conference on 12.-13.4.2011 (Workshop 2). The conference is the most important annual event of training and networking for rehabilitation practitioners, decision and policy makers, leaders and administrators in the field of rehabilitation in Finland. The conference programme contains plenary sessions and workshops that concentrate on various current themes of interest in the field of rehabilitation. Annually there are about 400 rehabilitation professionals attending the conference.
Archive (pdf):
- Rights and Inclusion of Disabled Persons / president Anne Hawker, Rehabilitation International
- Problems and Perspectives of Social Rehabilitation of Disabled people in Russia / Professor Olga Borodkina, Social Research Institute, State University of St. Petersburg, Russia
- Development of Social Rehabilitation Services in Estonia / Senior Lecturer Dagmar Narusson, Institute of Social Work, University of Tartu, Estonia
- Challenges of (Re)habilitation of children / Professor Emerita Tiina Talvik, University of Tartu, Estonia