Ispie

the institute of specialist practitioners in inclusive education (ispie) is a voluntary professional body registered as a non-profit organisation. it comprises individuals who are health professionals, educators, and other appropriately qualified and/or experienced persons working in the area of inclusive education. the professional body was launched in june 2015 at an open-access conference that levied no cost to the delegates and was confirmed in october 2015 at a general meeting of interested stakeholders from various sectors. ispie is registered as a public benefit organisation (pbo). the institute has the backing of bellavista school and has support from the southern african association for learning and educational differences and south african council for educators.