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Supporting children with special educational needs and disabilities: examples of good practice at primary and lower secondary schools in and around Tábor.
KISBY, Hana
The theoretical part of this dissertation deals with the issue of special needs integration. It provides explanations of terms concerning special needs education whilst examining factors that could influence its success rate. Moreover, it specifies the legislative basis regarding the education of people with special educational needs. This includes the organisation of special educational provision and its types, the system of SEN support, the role of teaching assistants and their major responsibilities. The closing chapter consists of disability profiles of selected SEN pupils. The practical part is devoted to the casuistry of selected SEN pupils. It describes the diagnosis, course and progress of their disability from birth to present day and looks at how they interact with classmates as well as their educational performance, possibilities and limits. Moreover, it examines their family background and attitudes of parents and teachers towards their school duties, which present the increased demands so closely linked with the SEN process. Attention is drawn to the benefits of inclusive education for both pupils with disabilities themselves and for classes they are integrated into. Research took the form of personal document analysis, observation and interviews with the SEN pupils, their parents, teachers and classmates. In effect, the investigation implies that the success of special needs integration depends on a whole range of factors, perhaps the most crucial being the teacher's personality. This is of vital importance for managing both knowledge transfer and mutual interaction between mainstream children and children with disabilities.
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