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We are 6 schools who have come together for this project. We will be working hard to get to know each other. Take a look at our vocabulary exchange below and our school profiles.
Ireland - Galway City
Galway Team Members
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Galway Ireland St Josephs Special School The mission of the school is to provide for the unique academic, physical, social and emotional needs of its pupils. We are committed to creating and maintaining an orderly, trusting, and caring environment where teaching and learning experiences are exciting and pupils are assisted as they develop independence. All aspects of the school, both organisational and curricular are child centred and designed to accommodate individual learning so that all pupils may experience success. Our aim is to enable pupils to achieve their potential allowing them to participate as independently as possible in their personal lives, within their local communities and in society in general. We are a multi denominational school. |
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Slovenia
Click on the videos below to learn all about our Slovenian team.
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Thornfield House School is located on the Jordanstown Road, Newtownabbey conveniently close to the Shore Road and has easy access to Lough Shore Park. Thornfield staff, includes Governors, Teachers, Classroom Assistants, Speech and Language Therapists and Ancillary/Clerical staff. We have a parent support group, ‘The Friends of Thornfiled’ who organise fund raising events throughout the school year. We have 14 teachers (some job shares and part-time specialists), 11 Classroom Assistants and 8 Speech and Language Therapists. Our pupils range in age from 4 – 16 years old and come from mainstream backgrounds their main educational need is Developmental Language Disorder (DLD). The average time pupils remain in Thornfield is 3 – 5 years before they are successfully returned to their local or receiving school. We deliver the fully Northern Ireland Curriculum at an appropriate level and adopt our communication approaches and lesson pace to meet the specific and individual needs of our pupils. This enables our pupils to reach their full potential.
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Austria
Schulzentrum Quellenstraße 52, Vienna
http://www.spz10.at/wordpress/
The Schulzentrum Quellenstraße located in 10th Viennese City District “Favoriten” is a school for children of 6-14 years of age with special educational needs especially slow learners. Of a total of 100 pupils are in 8 classes. Our school employs 24 special needs educators.
All the teachers in our school are special educated teachers and professionals, speech therapists, social workers, sport teacher.
Our main working fields are health care, ecological education, job training, Agenda21 (a project especially for girls), animal-assisted education, theatre project, dance and sport project and many more.
Our Team
Katharine Ostermann, Headmistress Mario Ensfelder (teacher ) Silvia Hubmann (team teacher) Peter Jost (PE teacher)
Katharine Ostermann, Headmistress Mario Ensfelder (teacher ) Silvia Hubmann (team teacher) Peter Jost (PE teacher)
Germany
Friedrich-Elvers-Schule, located in Heide, Hennstedt, Lunden, Tellingstedt, Wesselburen & west coast Heide
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63 students in six classes at 3 school locations an 396 supported pupils in mainstream schools Currently 49 teachers
The Friedrich-Elvers-Schule is a support center with the support focus learning in the district of Dithmarschen. It has its headquarters in Heide / Holstein as well as locations in Hennstedt, Lunden, Tellingstedt, Wesselburen and at the West Coast Clinic in Heide. The Friedrich-Elvers-Schule is affiliated with the school station, a cooperative, school-based and socio-educational offer of the Friedrich-Elvers-Schule, the Dithmarschen youth development organization and the Dithmarschen district.
It is named after the Heider merchant and parish representative Jacob Friedrich Elvers. The Friedrich Elvers School has its own special education learning groups at the Heide, Hennstedt and Wesselburen locations. The Learning Support Center is also active in integration and prevention in day-care centers, regular schools and vocational schools in Norderdithmarschen.
The integration rate in the catchment area of the school is over 80% and thus above the national average of 67.2% [1] in the 2015/16 school year. The quota of children and young people with special educational needs in the Dithmarschen district is roughly twice as high as the national average.
Croatia
Centar za odgoj i obrazovanje Tomislav Špoljar/
Centar for upbringing and education Tomislav Špoljar
About school
The Center for upbringing and education Tomislav Špoljar in Varaždin (N/W Croatia) is a non-residential school for children aged 8 years and older with mild, moderate and severe intellectual disabilities, multiple influential difficulties (Autism, Cerebral Palsy, ADHD, etc.), profound and multiple learning difficulties (PMLD). We also provide high school education for Assistant Cooks and Assistant Confectioners and one group of occupational activities for young adults aged 21 years and older. In the school year 2020/2021 we have 234 students.
Staff Members at the Center for upbringing and education Tomislav Špoljar are special education professionals – special education teachers, speech therapists, physical education teachers, social pedagogue, librarian (52) and technical support staff (13). The vision and mission of the organization is to become a referral center for children with disabilities and people with disabilities in N/W part of the Croatia. The vision of the school is to involve pupils in the wider local community, and contribute to their integration and inclusion. The programs are aimed at students to holistic principles that include all aspects of a person - biological, psychological, social and emotional. A team of experts is constantly improving professionally, in accordance with our financial possibilities
Renata Kos
I have been working for 27 years in Centar za odgoj i obrazovanje Tomislav Špoljar. For many years I have been working with students with multiple influential difficulties. Since September 2016 I have been working with students with mild intellectual disabilities. I teach general classes and informatics with students in 5th and 6th grade. In my classes I like to use IKT and prepare a wide range of digital contents. Every year me and my students take part in different projects. I am a member of eTwinning community for 9 years. I have taken part in two seminars in Poland and in Hungary. I have completed basic Halliwick course and I am a volunteer in a group at our local pool for kids with disabilities.
Ines van Hoyek
Hello, I'm Ines and I am a teacher in a group of 6 girls and boys 14-16 years old, where they learn every day skills. I've been working in this group for 4 years. I've got a lot of experience in developing and implementing European projects, mostly European Social Fund. Beside schoolwork, I support several civil society organisations for people with disabilities with applications and implementations of European projects. I love music, my bicycle, mountains and DIY recycling.
Marin Vučić
Hello everyone! I spent my first ten years working in a group with students with moderate intellectual disabilities, and the other twenty as a school principal. In my work, I always try to share the results of our students with our community so that everyone gets a clearer picture of the great opportunities that people with disabilities have. Apart from school, I have the same goal in NGOs where I volunteer. I think that image is still blurry for many. Projects with other schools in Croatia or abroad are an opportunity for new experiences, new knowledge and new friendships. I love to work with people who are smiling.
Dejan Pandža
I have been working at the Tomislav Špoljar Center for education for 15 years. From the beginning I have been working with people with moderate intellectual disabilities. I am the head of the department of labor occupation which has 20 people over the age of 21. These are people who have completed the elementary school program for mild or moderate intellectual disabilities in our Center. Because they cannot be employed in workshops, of which there are few, a program of labor occupation was organized in the Center for their needs. In my free time I volunteer at the Association for helping people with intellectual disabilities. I have also participated in many projects at the national and local levels, for example, I was on a study trip to Albania with the director of the Center, where we exchanged information, experiences and examples of good practice.
About Centar za odgoj i obrazovanje Tomislav Špoljar/Centar for upbringing and education Tomislav Špoljar
Centar za odgoj i obrazovanje Tomislav Špoljar
Jurja Križanića 33, 42000 Varaždin
00385 42 212787 tel
www.centar-tomislavspoljar.hr
Centar za odgoj obrazovanje Tomislav Špoljar, Varaždin is a non-residential school for children aged 8 years and older with mild, moderate and severe intellectual disabilities, multiple influential difficulties (Autism, Cerebral Palsy, ADHD, etc.), profound and multiple learning difficulties (PMLD). We also provide high school education for Assistant Cooks and Assistant Confectioners and one group of occupational activities for young adults aged 21 years and older. In school year 2020/2021 we have 234 students.
Staff Members at Center za odgoj i obrazovanje Tomislav Špoljar are special education proffesionals – special education teachers, speech therapists, physical education teachers, social pedagogue, librarian (52) and technical support staf (13). The vision and mission of the organization is to become a referral center for children with disabilities and persons with disabilities in N/W part of the Croatia. Vision of the school is to involve pupils in the wider local community, and contribute to their integration and inclusion . The programs are aimed at students to holistic principles that include all aspects of a person - biological , psychological , social and emotional . A team of experts is constantly improving professionally , in accordance with our financial possibilities .
The Center for upbringing and education Tomislav Špoljar in Varaždin (N/W Croatia) is a non-residential school for children aged 8 years and older with mild, moderate and severe intellectual disabilities, multiple influential difficulties (Autism, Cerebral Palsy, ADHD, etc.), profound and multiple learning difficulties (PMLD). We also provide high school education for Assistant Cooks and Assistant Confectioners and one group of occupational activities for young adults aged 21 years and older. In the school year 2020/2021 we have 234 students.
Staff Members at the Center for upbringing and education Tomislav Špoljar are special education professionals – special education teachers, speech therapists, physical education teachers, social pedagogue, librarian (52) and technical support staff (13). The vision and mission of the organization is to become a referral center for children with disabilities and people with disabilities in N/W part of the Croatia. The vision of the school is to involve pupils in the wider local community, and contribute to their integration and inclusion. The programs are aimed at students to holistic principles that include all aspects of a person - biological, psychological, social and emotional. A team of experts is constantly improving professionally, in accordance with our financial possibilities
Renata Kos
I have been working for 27 years in Centar za odgoj i obrazovanje Tomislav Špoljar. For many years I have been working with students with multiple influential difficulties. Since September 2016 I have been working with students with mild intellectual disabilities. I teach general classes and informatics with students in 5th and 6th grade. In my classes I like to use IKT and prepare a wide range of digital contents. Every year me and my students take part in different projects. I am a member of eTwinning community for 9 years. I have taken part in two seminars in Poland and in Hungary. I have completed basic Halliwick course and I am a volunteer in a group at our local pool for kids with disabilities.
Ines van Hoyek
Hello, I'm Ines and I am a teacher in a group of 6 girls and boys 14-16 years old, where they learn every day skills. I've been working in this group for 4 years. I've got a lot of experience in developing and implementing European projects, mostly European Social Fund. Beside schoolwork, I support several civil society organisations for people with disabilities with applications and implementations of European projects. I love music, my bicycle, mountains and DIY recycling.
Marin Vučić
Hello everyone! I spent my first ten years working in a group with students with moderate intellectual disabilities, and the other twenty as a school principal. In my work, I always try to share the results of our students with our community so that everyone gets a clearer picture of the great opportunities that people with disabilities have. Apart from school, I have the same goal in NGOs where I volunteer. I think that image is still blurry for many. Projects with other schools in Croatia or abroad are an opportunity for new experiences, new knowledge and new friendships. I love to work with people who are smiling.
Dejan Pandža
I have been working at the Tomislav Špoljar Center for education for 15 years. From the beginning I have been working with people with moderate intellectual disabilities. I am the head of the department of labor occupation which has 20 people over the age of 21. These are people who have completed the elementary school program for mild or moderate intellectual disabilities in our Center. Because they cannot be employed in workshops, of which there are few, a program of labor occupation was organized in the Center for their needs. In my free time I volunteer at the Association for helping people with intellectual disabilities. I have also participated in many projects at the national and local levels, for example, I was on a study trip to Albania with the director of the Center, where we exchanged information, experiences and examples of good practice.
About Centar za odgoj i obrazovanje Tomislav Špoljar/Centar for upbringing and education Tomislav Špoljar
Centar za odgoj i obrazovanje Tomislav Špoljar
Jurja Križanića 33, 42000 Varaždin
00385 42 212787 tel
www.centar-tomislavspoljar.hr
Centar za odgoj obrazovanje Tomislav Špoljar, Varaždin is a non-residential school for children aged 8 years and older with mild, moderate and severe intellectual disabilities, multiple influential difficulties (Autism, Cerebral Palsy, ADHD, etc.), profound and multiple learning difficulties (PMLD). We also provide high school education for Assistant Cooks and Assistant Confectioners and one group of occupational activities for young adults aged 21 years and older. In school year 2020/2021 we have 234 students.
Staff Members at Center za odgoj i obrazovanje Tomislav Špoljar are special education proffesionals – special education teachers, speech therapists, physical education teachers, social pedagogue, librarian (52) and technical support staf (13). The vision and mission of the organization is to become a referral center for children with disabilities and persons with disabilities in N/W part of the Croatia. Vision of the school is to involve pupils in the wider local community, and contribute to their integration and inclusion . The programs are aimed at students to holistic principles that include all aspects of a person - biological , psychological , social and emotional . A team of experts is constantly improving professionally , in accordance with our financial possibilities .
