ENPAIR 2025

Innovative technologies are increasingly used to enhance inclusive education by supporting individualized educational planning for students with all type of disabilities. These tools aim to strengthen participation, improve educational outcomes, and promote equity through evidence-based practices. However, their success depends not only on technological usability but also on how they are...

Analogical reasoning -a subtype of inductive reasoning-, is a cognitive process in which information from a known source is identified and transferred to a new information system (Vogelaar et al., 2019b). This is considered a highly relevant component in school performance, learning and solving problems in daily life (Sternberg, 1977; Vogelaar et al., 2021) due to its close relationship with...

Background and Aims: Individuals with disabilities often face significant challenges during the transition from sheltered institutions into the open labor market, including reduced social support. This study investigates the use of smartphone-based daily diaries and coaching to support the vocational inclusion of people with disabilities during this transition.

Methods: N = 10...

The use of digital tools for the assessment and intervention of language (among other cognitive abilities) is promising to offer students individualised opportunities of learning in inclusive school settings. In this pilot study, we used a digital app (Klassert & Tan, 2022) to assess short- and medium-term improvements in gender assignment to articles (der, die, das in German) in multilingual...

The concept of disability identity refers to feelings of solidarity and connection to the disability community of persons with a disability. Disability identity is directly and indirectly associated with a positive individual development, such as managing life challenges, higher levels of educational attainment, labor market success, and well-being. Based on the core idea from Tajfel and...

This study focuses on the development, validation, and revision of the Nonverbal Vocational Interest Test (NVBIT), a self-assessment questionnaire designed to support self-determined career choices for individuals with intellectual disabilities. The NVBIT is a picture-based, language-reduced instrument aimed at identifying vocational interests across 11 occupational fields. The tool was...

Background and aim: The Budget for Work (in German: Budget für Arbeit (BfA)) is a regular benefit for participation in working life that has been introduced in Germany since 2018 and aims to increase the transition of people with disabilities to the general labour market. Despite the benefits, such as a wage subsidy of up to 75% for employers and funding for guidance and support in the...

Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are often linked to deficits in cognitive, psychosocial, and emotional development in children and adolescents (Webster, 2022). Students in special education with a focus on emotional and social development (EBD) are particularly exposed to a high number of ACEs (Asselman et al., 2025). However, recent concepts - such as the specialization hypothesis from...

The YOUR BREAKTHROUGH (YBT) project seeks to improve the educational practices carried out with high abilities students in school, mainly in Primary and Secondary, providing them with enriching attention, adequately accompanying their growth and favouring the development of their potential.
Our society currently faces a significant lack of teacher training in this aspect, a certain...