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Background: Parents of children with profound intellectual and multiple disability (PIMD), who use Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC), implemented AAC interventions at home already prior to the COVID-19 pandemic (Deliberato & Manzini, 2012). With respect to the implementation process for these options, they reported various challenges (McNaughton et al., 2008). Aims: The study investigates the goals that parents of children with PIMD set and pursue for their children under pandemic conditions and the ways in which practitioners support the parents in the pursuit of these goals. Methods: In a Reflexive Grounded Theory approach, five interviews with parents of children with complex disabilities were conducted by (video) telephone. Results: In AAC implementation at home, the parents' main goal is to enable their children to pursue their own intentions. To support parents in the implementation of AAC at home, professionals use digital communication tools and prepared forms of AAC. Conclusions: To implement AAC, conditions of the use and transfer of AAC, but also the support of the parents should be reflected in designing AAC interventions at home. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The inclusive education of children with and without special educational needs is increasingly established in each of the German federal states, including Saxony, due to the development of inclusion (Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen, 2019). This relates to the objective of enabling equal participation for all and aims to establish social coexistence without exclusion already starting in childhood (Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für die Belange behinderter Menschen, 2017). As a result, the question of the most promotional conditions for fulfilling these ideas in inclusive education is becoming more and more important. Based on that, this article provides an overview of previous work from different federal states on promotional implementation factors, including current recommendations for the implementation of inclusive education, and the results are going to be classified into the ecosystem level model (Bronfenbrenner et al., 1981). At the same time, and especially when it comes to addressing the need for support for (future) teachers, it is necessary to take a look into practice, also considering promotional or even inhibiting conditions. Since 2016, the multi-methodological research project called GemU has been implemented by the Chair of "Speech-Language-Communication Pathology, Therapy and Support in Education" at Leipzig University, whose results, also against the background of promotional implementation conditions, will be presented later in this article. The aim was to identify content- methodological, organizational as well as cooperative aspects of the current integrative practice in primary schools in Saxony in order to generate tailor-made offers for teacher training and further education. The mixed-methods design includes a teacher survey (N = 191) with special education and primary school teachers, a parent survey (N = 41) and interviews with both special education teachers (N = 8) and primary school teachers (N = 7). The results show a largely unified picture despite the diverging perspectives: the implementation of integration in primary schools largely takes place in the form of individual support beyond classes, which happens to be an external differentiation action, and mutually consulting by the teachers. The parties are mostly satisfied with this implementation of cooperation. Though, the interviewed teachers and parents expressed dissatisfaction and a desire for change in terms of human and material resources (increase the number of hours for special education, the amount of double staffing and co-teaching; reduction of class sizes and equipping the rooms with materials) as well as establishing joint training courses with content-methodological priorities e.g. on integrated speech-language support during classes. With regard to the recommendations for the implementation of the inclusive education and the experience of the other German Federal States, it can be estimated that the resources made available should be increased in Saxony, as these have a far-reaching influence on the associated development of cooperation (as a condition for success for inclusive education). Moreover, individual support beyond classes should take place occasionally (and in the form of specific linguistic individual support) rather than in principle. Therefore, it is important to strive for co-operation with speech language therapists. To ensure inclusive education both methods of internal differentiation and the adaptation of regular teaching should be implemented generally. Furthermore this should also be considered in teacher training courses to focus more on content-related rather than organizational interventions. Parental work should be continued intensively as an equally important cornerstone. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]