Dear Colleague,

We would like to invite you to the International Conference on Special Education and Diversity (IConSED) which will take place at August 25 - 28, 2022 in İstanbul, Turkey. The conference is organized by the International Society for Research in Education and Science (ISRES).The IConSED is an annual conference organized regularly.

The conference will be held face to face. However, there is also the option of online participation. Participants who prefer the online presentation must choose the virtual option during registration. After peer-reviewing process, all papers in English will be published in the Eurasia Proceedings of Educational & Social Sciences (www.epess.net). In addition, high quality papers submitted to IConSED conference in full text are invited by the editors to the Journal of Education in Science, Environment and Health (JESEH) and International Journal of Assessment Tools in Education (IJATE). IJATE has been indexed in Web of Science (ESCI index) and ERIC indexes/databases. JESEH has been indexed in ERIC.

The IConSED 2022 participants can submit book chapters to the books titled "Current Studies in Educational Disciplines 2022" and "Current Studies in Social Sciences 2022" published annually by ISRES Publishing. Journal and book publications are completely free for conference participants. Research articles are not accepted as book chapters. If conference participants wish to submit a book chapter, they should write about a theoretical topic in their field. After the annual book is published, they will be submitted to various databases (Scopus, web of science etc.) for indexing.

The aim of the conference is to bring together scholars, students, administrators and professionals from different countries, and to discuss theoretical and practical issues in all fields of special education, giftedness, inclusive education, and diversity.

Priority topics may include, the education of children with disabilities, inclusive education, gifted education, and diversity. The focus would be on education, assessment, treatment, and communication with parents of students with disabilities, giftedness or any other challenging conditions. Also, we encourage researchers who work in the areas of arts, animal assisted therapy, Bibliotherapy, hydrotherapy, behavioral analysis, drama therapy, cognitive and interpersonal therapy, emotional and social well-being and other related topics to participate and share their knowledge of their interest topic.

The following main areas would also be of an emphasis in the conference:

- Education for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
- Education for Intellectual Disabilities
- Education for Hearing-Impaired and Deaf Children
- Education for Vision Impairment and Blindness
- Education for Physical Disability and Chronic Health Conditions
- Education for Specific Learning Disorders, Attention Deficits Disorders (ADD/ADHD),
- Education for Emotional and Behavioral Disorders
- Language and Speech Disorders
- Education for Gifted and Talented Students

Your prospective, valuable contributions on these fields will be evaluated by the scientific committee and the ones approved to be presented will also be published in the Proceedings. We will be pleased to generate an atmosphere where you can share your expertise, experience, and resources with your colleagues.

Best regards,

IConSED Organizing Committee