4. partnerships
Emil Popdimitrov District Library
Zora Chitalishte library – Dupnitsa
Probuda Chitalishte Library – Kocherinovo
Resource Center for Assistance and Integrated
Training of Children with Special Education Needs
7. 70 Children with
special education
needs
24 parents
More than 300 school
hours
6 trained library
specialists
6 bibliographic lists
More than 300 quoted
sources
1 section on the site
Children associated to education of better
quality through ITC
Better attitude of students to learning
Positive change in behaviour
Better supporting environment
Improved capacity and motivation of library
specialists
Improved capacity of the libraries as centers
of education
Increased awareness of
pedagogues
Improved capacity for applying
technologies as an effective
pedagogic tool
11. What we learned together...
We wrote texts in Word
We painted with Paint
We travelled with Googlе Maps
We searched for information
and pictures online
We visited educational sites for
children
We had time for our favourite
computer games too.
12. Conclusions and
Recommendations
Children with special education needs require this type of informal
training and education
ICT – a powerful tool for their education and intellectual
development
To train library specialists at national level for the acquisition of skills
to work with children with special education needs
Libraries – part of the supporting and educational environment of
the children with special education needs
Hinweis der Redaktion
All activities were performed simultaneously at the library training centers by the established coalition for the target groups of the respective municipality
Objectives
To support the process of integrated education and improve the supporting environment of children with special education needs
To improve the standards of their education through ICT
To improve access of pedagogues and users of specialized literature to updated information environment via the information resources of the District Library
To establish effective partnerships
Activities
1. Conduct interviews with children, parents and pedagogues.
2. Training of library specialists to work with children with special education needs
3. Education courses for initial and upgrading computer literacy for:
children with special education needs
parents, foster parents, personal assistants
4. Development of information resources (bibliographic lists, electronic exercises)
5. Provision of individual consultancy
6. All planned activities are performed simultaneously at the training centers of the libraries-partners following a previously designed program with the direct involvement of teachers from the Resource center
All were trainees and trainers at the same time, giving and receiving information
Quantitative and qualitative results of the project
Dyslexia, problems with the phonetic-phonologic reproduction and perception of words, quick loss of attention, memorizing much information, problems related to writing.