The ChallengeThe Challenge::Care for

the Different the Different ChildrenChildren

Problem Identified

Opportunity Provided

Grant scheme for funding innovative projects

available resourcesEquipped Training Centres

Motivated:Library specialists Pedagogues –resource teachers

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

Integration through ICTIntegration through ICT– – The The Library in Support of Children Library in Support of Children with Special Education Needs with Special Education Needs

70 Children with special education

needs24 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 learningPositive change in behaviourBetter 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

Educational Difficulties

DyslexiaHyperactivityMild mental retardation Attention Deficit

Nicky

Nicky

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.

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