institute for blind and partially sighted children (zssm), ljubljana (november 2013)
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INSTITUTE FOR BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED CHILDREN (ZSSM), LJUBLJANA
(November 2013)
The law
1. Parnets hand in a application form to The National Education Institute of the Republic of Slovenia.
2. A commission tests a child – in a decision it is set: school, special equipment, hours of special help (school, Institue), ways of testing, adaptations needed ...
3. School contacts Institue for blind and partially sighted, if a child is not accepted at our school.
OUR WORK
• Kindergarten,• Elementary school,• Secondary school,• Inclusion.
Itinerary teacher – coordinator in inclusive classroom
Children (aged 0 to 19) from:• Ljubljana, • Gorenjska, • Koroška, • Primorska, • Štajerska ,• Prekmurje, • Dolenjska.
IN THE SCHOOL WE GO TO
• Advising the teachers, school counsellors, headmasters;
• Class – observations;
IN THE SCHOOL WE GO TO
• Test of the sight;• Giving information about novelties (books,
laws, new instruments ...);• Helping to get special
equipment (computers, magnifiers ...);
IN THE SCHOOL WE GO TO
• Lectures for the teachers – test of the sight,• Lectures for the students,• Workshops for the students and the teachers,
IN THE SCHOOL WE GO TO
• Individual work with a child;• Monitoring child`s progress (school, special
education, as personality);
IN THE SCHOOL WE GO TO
• Preparing teachers for the blind and visually impaired student (class);
• Preparing the kindergartens, schools, parents, child for the change (level).
• Helping with decisions for elementary, secondary school;
IN THE SCHOOL WE GO TO
• Organizing special learning hours (orientation, computer skills, typing, self-help);
IN THE SCHOOL WE GO TO
• School meetings for setting an individual program for the child (3-times a year – ip, evaluation of ip, evaluation of ip and new goals);
• Other: - help at home, - counseling to other after school teachers
(sports, music ...), - ...
IN THE SCHOOL and AT HOME
• Working with parents (e-mail);• Writing reports for national tests (at the end
of 2nd, 3rd triad and at end of secondary school);
IN THE SCHOOL and AT HOME
• Invitations to workshops, meetings, lectures, camps organized by ZSSM or other institutions;
AT OUR INTITUTE
We take care of:• KINDERGARTEN,• SCHOOL,• ACTIVITIES FOR INCLUSION,• DORMITORY.
AT OUR INSTITUTE
• Organizing workshops and lectures for parents and children (pre-school – high-school);
AT OUR INSTITUTE
• Working on different projects, conferences (OPTIC – an Inclusive classroom, ESS – Early language teaching, A creative and effective learning environment for the blind and visually impaired, Early intervention ...).
+ in this job
• A great deal of variety.• You respond when needed.• You stay in the classrom as long as you want.• A real environment (more than 3 hours).• Instant advice.• Constant contact with a child, parents, teachers.• Children: “Itinerary teacher = my friend”.• You can help other children too.
- In this job
• Teachers can get you wrong (a burden, control, inspection).
• School`s will of cooperation (to much work, responsibility).
• Parents` will of cooperation (school, environment, facing their own fears).
• School: “Itinerary teacher = we have to work”.• A lot of traveling (20 – 400 km / day, up to 5
hours in a car, up to 12 hours away from home).
How to get the best of it?
• Cooperation: child, parents, school, itinerary teacher.
• Environment (schoolmates, class organisation).
• Doing your job, homework, reaching the goals.• Feel, understand the other person.• Working for life not for one lesson.• Learn!
