Innowacja Pedagogiczna „Zakątek”. Propozycja empirycznego modelu szkoły dla dzieci i młodzieży z głęboką, wieloraką niepełnosprawnością

Abstract

In 2010 „Na Tak” Association submitted a pedagogical innovation Zakątek. Its aim was to create a school that would satisfy the special needs of a group of students with multiple disabilities (severe mental retardation with co- occurring disorders). Pedagogical Innovation „Zakątek” consists in an inculcation of individualization of influences on a student with severe multiple disabilities and includes the following spheres related to the student: the student, personnel working with him or her, the student’s family, the environment. The influences directed at the students include: individual care, individual diagnosis, programme and aims, individual documentation, therapy, group classes adjusted to the needs of students. Innovations pertinent to the personnel include: the people employed (physiotherapists, supervisors) and their duties as well as the system of supporting the personnel (3 level system). Innovation in the area of working with parents includes the contract and means of communication with parents. Cooperation with the environment describes the activities connected with functioning within the society, organization of meetings with peers, cooperation with the university. The article describes a way of working with people with severe multiple disabilities selected after years of searching (active methods of alternative communication and Basale Stimulation).