| Theme | Early detection of children at risk of learning difficulties and their successful inclusion in preschool and school education, successful socialization and integration. |
| Objectives | Provide a supportive environment for equal access to education and for the opening of the education system with a view to implementing inclusive education. |
| Target Group | – Children from 3 to 7 years, at risk of learning difficulties;
– Students with special educational needs; From the primary school “St. Kliment Ohridski” participated 23 students with special educational needs. |
| Description | Project activities:
– Early assessment and prevention of learning difficulties in preschool children; – Providing conditions and support for the transition from integrated to inclusive education in pilot comprehensive schools; – Development of a new functional model of work to support the inclusive education of children and students with sensory disabilities in special schools for visually impaired and hearing impaired children; – Development of a new model of organization and functioning of special schools for children with mental retardation (auxiliary schools) in a pilot auxiliary school of boarding type; – Creating a favorable environment in schools and kindergartens for adaptive education of children with special educational needs; – Providing support for the inclusion in the educational process of children and students deprived of parental care and using residential services included in the process of deinstitutionalization. |
| Impact of the programme | -Increasing the role of general education schools for building an inclusive educational environment and for the implementation of quality education in accordance with the individual needs of each student.
– Increasing the capacity of special schools for children with sensory disabilities in order to build a functional model of work to support the inclusive education of children and students with sensory disabilities. – Building a new model of organization and functioning of schools for children with mental retardation of boarding type. – Creating positive attitudes in the school and parent community towards inclusive education to achieve an integration effect. – Providing a supportive environment by psychologists, resource teachers, speech therapists and / or other specialists for children and students deprived of parental care and using residential services involved in the deinstitutionalization process. |
| Source | http://oupavlikeni.com/ |
| Organization/specialist implementing the practice | Primary school “St. Kliment Ohridski ”, Pavlikeni, Bulgaria
The project is implemented with the financial support of the Operational Program “Human Resources Development”, co-financed by the European Social Fund of the European Union. |
| Activity managers | – Specialists with pedagogical functions (psychologists, speech therapists, hearing and speech rehabilitators), providing resource support;
– Principals, teachers, pedagogical advisers, parents of children and students from the target groups. Full staff involved in the project – 1 psychologist and 3 resource teachers. |
| Location | Pavlikeni, Bulgaria |
