Effective inclusion of learners with hearing impairments entails identification of their learning barriers and making the learning environment accommodative. The current education policy in Zambian, 'Educating our future' of 1996 stresses the need to teach learners with disabilities inclusively. Teaching learners with hearing impairments in inclusive learning environment require identification and elimination of learning barriers. The materials are used flexibly and can be modified to suit local training contexts at the pre-service and in-service level, as well as in school-based training.

It promotes participatory approaches to learning and teaching, encouraging learners and teachers to work collaboratively, and invites schools to open their doors to community participation.

The Pack introduces new thinking in special needs education and looks at disabilities and learning difficulties from the point of view of interaction between the learner and the environment, discarding the medical concept of disabilities and learning difficulties. The main elements of the Resource Pack, consist of the following: study materials (an extensive range of readings, stimulus sheets and classroom activities) a course leader’s guide with detailed guidance on how to organize course and facilitate sessions based on the study materials and two demonstration videos. UNESCO Teacher Education Resource Pack: Special Needs in the Classroom was developed to assist countries and practitioners to adopt more inclusive strategies for responding to children’s special learning needs in regular schools and to support regular teacher education.

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