▲ 노인장애인과(의정부시평생학습원) <사진제공=의정부시>  © 경기북부 브레이크뉴스

[김현우 기자 = 경기북부] 의정부시 시장 안병용은 올해부터 3년간 성인 발달장애인의 평생 학습권을 보장하고 지역사회 적응, 자립을 돕는 맞춤형 평생교육 지원 체계를 구축해 나간다고 밝혔다.

2020년 12월‘경기도형 발달장애인 평생교육지원센터 시범 사업’시군으로 선정되어총 11억9천4백만 원의 사업비를 투입할 예정이며, 발달장애인 평생교육지원센터는 의정부시 산하기관인 (재)의정부시 평생학습원이 운영하게 된다고 했다.

이에 의정부시는 발달장애인 평생교육지원센터 설치 및 운영을 위해 (재)의정부시평생학습원과 사업 추진을 위한 협약을 3월 30일에 체결했고, 의정부시 모든 시민의 평생 교육을 위해 2019년 설립한 평생학습원은 전국 기초지방자치단체 중에 평생교육 재단으로서는 최초라고 밝혔다.

평생 학습 체계 구축에 발 빠르게 움직여 2021년에 3월에는‘장애인 평생학습도시’로 지정됨으로써, 성인 발달장애인을 포함하여 모든 장애인의 평생학습권을 보장하기 위한 평생교육 원스톱 플랫폼 구축 사업에도 중점을 둘 방침이라고 했다.

발달장애인 평생교육지원센터는 권역별 평생학습센터 중에 의정부동에 있는 중앙 평생학습센터 예정 건물(남평플라자 7층)에 위치할 예정으로 중앙역 인근 30m 내로 접근성이 높은 역세권이며 올해 4월에 리모델링을 하여 6월경에 개소를 준비하고 있다고 전했다.

주요 사업은 성인 발달장애인을 위한 평생교육 프로그램을 발굴하고 보급하는 것이며, 그 밖에 발달장애인 평생교육 욕구 파악 및 자원 조사, 발달장애인 평생교육 유관 기관과 협력 체계 구축, 발달장애인 상담 및 평생교육 계획 수립, 전문가(강사, 자원봉사자 등) 양성·배치 ,평생교육 정보 수집 및 제공, 발달장애인 평생교육 인식 개선 및 홍보 사업 등을 추진하게 된다고 했다.

이를 통해 학령기 이후 성인 발달장애인이 시설 중심이 아닌 지역사회 내 인적·물적 자원을 활용해 개인별 특성에 맞는 맞춤형 평생교육을 지원받게 됨으로써 의정부시 발달장애인의 평생교육 기반을 마련하는 데에 크게 기여할 것으로 기대한다고 했다.

안병용 의정부시장은“성인 발달장애인의 욕구와 개인별 특성에 맞는 평생교육 지원 체계를 구축하여 발달장애인과 그 가족이 지역사회 내에서 더불어 생활하도록 질 높은 맞춤형 평생교육 사업을 확대해 나가겠다”고 말했다.

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Uijeongbu City operates a lifelong education support center for people with developmental disabilities and supports customized lifelong education

Establishing a customized lifelong education support system to help adapt to the local community and become self-reliant

[Reporter Hyun-woo Kim = Northern Gyeonggi] Mayor Ahn Byung-yong of Uijeongbu City announced that it will establish a customized lifelong education support system that guarantees the right to lifelong learning for adults with developmental disabilities for three years from this year and helps them adapt to the local community and help them become self-reliant.

In December 2020, it was selected as a city or county for the'Gyeonggi-do Lifelong Education Support Center for the Developmental Disabilities', and a total project cost of 1,194 million won will be invested. It is said that it will be run by the Lifelong Learning Center.

Accordingly, Uijeongbu City signed an agreement with the Uijeongbu Lifelong Learning Center on March 30 to establish and operate the Lifelong Education Support Center for people with developmental disabilities, and the Lifelong Learning Center established in 2019 for the lifelong education of all citizens of Uijeongbu City It is said that it is the first among basic local governments nationwide as a foundation for lifelong education.

With a rapid move to build a lifelong learning system, it was designated as a'Lifelong Learning City for the Disabled' in March 2021, focusing on the project to establish a lifelong education one-stop platform to ensure the right to lifelong learning for all persons with disabilities including adult developmental disabilities It was a policy.

The Lifelong Education Support Center for the Developmental Disabilities is scheduled to be located in the planned central Lifelong Learning Center building (Nampyeong Plaza 7th floor) in Uijeongbu-dong among the lifelong learning centers for each region, and is a station area with high accessibility within 30m of the central station. It was remodeled in April of this year and is preparing to open around June.

The main project is to discover and distribute lifelong education programs for adults with developmental disabilities. In addition, identifying needs and resources for lifelong education for people with developmental disabilities, establishing a system of cooperation with organizations related to lifelong education for people with developmental disabilities, counseling and establishing lifelong education plans for people with developmental disabilities, training and distributing experts (instructors, volunteers, etc.), collecting and providing lifelong education information. It is said that it will promote awareness improvement and public relations programs for lifelong education for people with developmental disabilities.

Through this, it is expected that after school age, adults with developmental disabilities will receive support for lifelong education tailored to their individual characteristics by utilizing human and material resources within the community rather than centering on facilities, thereby contributing greatly to laying the foundation for lifelong education for people with developmental disabilities in Uijeongbu City. did.

Uijeongbu Mayor Ahn Byung-yong said, "We will expand a high-quality customized lifelong education project so that people with developmental disabilities and their families can live together in the local community by establishing a lifelong education support system tailored to the needs and individual characteristics of adults with developmental disabilities."

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