School Center for Inclusive Education Constantin Pufan – Timişoara

Contact: Timisoara, Str.Bucegi nr.2Contact: Timisoara, Str.Bucegi nr.2 TeleTelephphononee: 0256-224401: 0256-224401

Fax: 0256-295827Fax: 0256-295827http://infopagina.ro/constantinpufan

General Manager: Prof.Carmen PatrutescuGeneral Manager: Prof.Carmen Patrutescu Studies Manager: Prof.Angela MateStudies Manager: Prof.Angela Mate

OUR MISSION

Our school is meant for deaf-mute children 2 to 17 years old,

regardless of ethnic group, religion and geography.

We help the children integrate by acquiring a profession; we adapt the

school curriculum to their special needs; we provide specific therapy

procedures.

We support deaf-mute children in public schools, and their educators.

Our school grants a safe friendly environment for deaf-mute children

to grow self-confident, robust, well-socialized and orderly.

OUR GOALS

* development of interpersonal and social communication skills

adapting curriculum to children’s understanding&learning abilities;

* early detection of, and intervention into, deafness and associated

ailments of the 0 to 6 years old; co-operating with health institutions;

* development of financing projects meant to develop schools’

specific modern technology needed for schooling and therapy;

* granting hypoaccusic children’s parents’ school, so they

may help their children’s societal integration;

* granting therapy procedures to cochleary implanted children in

public schools and specific training to their educators.

State S.C.I.E. Constantin Pufan-Timişoara enrolls:

2 to 17 years old pre-school, primary school and middle-school deaf-mute (and/or associated ailments) children in Timis County and other counties, such as Arad, Caras-Severin, Hunedoara, Mehedinti, Bihor, Constanta, Salaj…

It is a full boarding round the clock education center, structured as shown below: • pre-school: kindergarten deaf-mute and otherwise sensorially impaired children, including deaf-blind; • primary school: grades I to IV; • middle-school: grades V to VIII; • ailments accepted, some associated: blind-deafness behaviour defficiency autism social and emotional troubles retard ADHD

Who we work for:

2 to 17 years old deaf-mute children…

… cohleary implantedand multi-sensorially impaired

speech/emotionally troubled/ maladapted/institutionalized children

multi-sensorially impaired parents of our children

public school educators of deaf-mute (multi-sensorially impaired) children

Services at SCIE Constantin Pufan – Timişoara

IN SCHOOL:

• counselling: occupational; psychological; pedagogical; parental.• assessment: occupational; psychological; pedagogical.• therapy: auditive; cognitive; psychomotrical; occupational; ludic. • schooling, in standard and special objects, in specific communication means: Romanian; English; Sciences; Social Sciences; Technology.• training: child’s autonomy; deaf-mute child’s intra-family communication; deaf-mute child’s accession to public school and successful integration.• community services: for special education needs children requesting them.

IN KINDERGARTEN:

• developmental training of: language; communication; environmental awareness; mathematical thinking; arts expression; body language; ludic awareness.

Cabinet specific compensation activity and therapy:

• education (perceptive/auditive) of hearing and speech;• stimulation/compensation of language;• lip-reading and ortophonia;• total communication; • psychomotric education;• educational audiology • audiological testing; audiometry/ tuning of hearing devices;• computer assisted hearing compensation activity;• communication alternative techniques;• rhythmical education; • kinetic therapy for motrical reconstruction;• psychodiagnosis; individual specific therapy plan;• arts therapy; drawing; painting; plasticine/clay work;• music and rhythmic movement therapy; mime;• show therapy; circus clowning and juggling; • integrated educational therapy;• early detection/intervention of hypoacusia and associated ailments.

on the premisesCabinets:medical counsellingkinetic therapyoccupational Rooms, for: classes sports computers Clubs (pre-/school) Dorms (boys/girls) Diner Courtyards (games/play)

Staff

• General Manager • Studies Manager

• Professors• Educators

• Psychopedagogues• Teachers

• Psychologists• Instructors

• Social workers• Physician• Nurses

• Caretakers, cooks, janitors

Quoting A Few Educational Projects • Circus Language; started in 2002- 2003 school year, continued over 2003-2004; partners: TSRT-CHF – France; Alert Association and School D. Ciumageanu – Timişoara;

• ArtsTherapy; started in 2002- 2003 school year, continued over 2003-2004; Partner: Dr.Eliza Ionescu ArtsTherapy Center – Timişoara;mime-movement therapy; drawing and clay work expression of self;

• Origami; started in 2002- 2003 school year, continued to present day;

partner: Children’s Palace – Timişoara; development of manual skills; • Smiley Faces; organized over 2003-2004 school year;

partners: ASC Timisiensis – Timişoara; TSVETE Theatre – Sofia, Bulgaria. • Matra Good Start! implemented over 2003-2007;

partners: Speranta Center and Casa Faenza Association – both based in Timişoara; Zozijn at Wilp Foundation and Confidence et Ulft Foundation – both based in Netherlands; targeting early detection of special needs children; and specific intervention;

• Timişul Mare; run over October, 30 – November, 10, 2006; 65 students, 18 educators; partner: The Serious Road Trip-Connexion Humanitaire Bisontine ; aiming at circus culture promotion, as a compensation/education means;

• Silent Smile; permanent activity, aiming co-work of our kindergarden and school children;partner: Timiş CC; Technical College – Timişoara.

Projects run over 2007-2008 school year: * Gain by Giving : Compania D’Arte (organizer) and Timiş County Council (sponsor); 40 of our students enrolled in dance/music/rhythm/circus/clay artifacts workshops

run over May 25 to June 1st, 2008 period.

* Together : Timiş CC, Technical College –Timişoara and SCIE C-tin Pufan (co-organizers)

* Children’s Easter Time : Easter drawings and artifacts competition, April 1st to April 23rd, 2008; a first edition of a competition to be run in the future, open to all type special needs children.

* To Know is to Accept : inter-counties competition run over November 2007 – July 2008; competitors: SCIE C-tin Pufan - Timişoara and SCIE C-tin Pufan – Drobeta Turnu-Severin; * partnership with Light Into Europe Foundation resulted in several projects and ativities targeting

development of skills and abilities highly needed by deaf-mute children in their school/social life, for better socialization and integration thereof, for joy and better professional awareness;

* Eco-school : partnership with Leaders Association and Eco Club, both based in Timişoara; activities developed on ecology topics;

* Together, national project; activities targeting better cooperation of school – family – community; aiming at better results of deaf-mute children’s instruction, education and social inclusion; One Day Together : school festival activity of children – parents – all type expert educators.

Early intervention

Dancing Workshop

Music Workshop

Clay Workshop

Circus Workshop

June 1st (Child’s Day) Festival

Theatre Workshop

Extracurricular activities

Let’s do it, Romania!

Project Citizen

Activities with parents

Computer – my friend

Creativity

Smiles and Gifts Festival