【Inclusive Education in Mainstream Schools】Supporting Inclusive Education at Nanchang No. 28 Middle School

To foster a more inclusive environment for children with autism, Bairun Education remains steadfastly committed to the forefront of teaching research and practice. With professionalism and compassion, we lay one solid foundation stone after another on the path to inclusion for these children.

This October, our professional teaching team formally entered Qingyun School of Nanchang No. 28 Middle School Education Group, providing systematic inclusive educational support to children in the autism integration class through public welfare initiatives. This was more than a simple school visit—it was an opportunity to disseminate and apply scientific inclusive education concepts alongside our comprehensive vocational curriculum system for older children with autism, helping more children with autism gradually integrate into society.

Within our school, we have established a dual-track model designed to facilitate the integration of children with autism. After completing regular classroom assignments, children continue their education in our inclusion resource room. There, our team delivers precisely tailored preparatory courses in life skills, vocational skills, and community integration skills. These courses focus on core areas such as cognitive comprehension, social communication, and emotional-behavioral management. Through structured, visual methods, they effectively address skill gaps, providing a solid foundation to support children's successful integration into mainstream schools and community environments.

Our work extends far beyond the classroom. We firmly believe that inclusion happens in every detail of campus and community life, and growth blossoms from every authentic experience. During our time supporting inclusion at the school, the center's teachers designed monthly themed, real-life scenario-based teaching activities.

October: Winter's Start, Warmth in Our Hands We joined hands with parents, children, and teachers to host a dumpling-making event for the start of winter. Amid laughter and joy, the children kneaded dough, rolled wrappers, and filled dumplings. They not only experienced the traditional winter atmosphere but also honed their fine motor skills and social interaction abilities through collaboration. It was the warm aroma of food and love filling the air.

November's Cultivation, Life Education: In our small vegetable garden at No. 28 Middle School, we collectively cultivated a green haven for the “stars.” Children picked up small shovels, learning to turn soil, sow seeds, water plants, and apply fertilizer. Through close contact with earth and seeds, they observed the sprouting of life, felt the rhythms of nature, and grasped the meaning of effort and patience. This vegetable patch is not only a classroom for labor but also fertile ground for the soul.

December Practice: Life as Classroom The supermarket—this quintessential everyday setting—became the perfect arena for training children in three core competencies: social communication, emotional regulation, and executive function. Through a series of teaching methods including picture book previews, role-playing, and structured task sheets, we guided children from merely “knowing” the rules to actually “acting” on them, ultimately achieving natural ‘integration’ in application. This solidly completed the closed-loop learning cycle of “Knowledge-Action-Integration.”

The children's incremental progress, the smiles lighting up their faces, and the growing confidence of parents and school teachers are the best affirmation of our work.

 Moving forward, we will remain grounded in frontline practice, continuously refining our support strategies to make inclusive education more robust and effective. Simultaneously, we embrace a broader vision—to extend this proven experience and model to wider communities, empowering more children with autism to step out of isolation and integrate into society, while supporting families navigating uncertainty to find hope and direction.

The path to inclusion is long and arduous, but progress is made with each step. We aspire to be the plowshare that clears the path—guided by expertise and driven by compassion. We will continue to cultivate the fields of education, patiently awaiting the day when every unique star finds its own brilliant trajectory under an inclusive sky.

Let us join hands to melt barriers with understanding and build bridges through action, collectively creating a kinder, more inclusive world.