Teaching methods

Success in teaching is founded on a good relationship between teacher and pupil, absolute familiarity with the child, understanding, willingness to compromise and openness. For these reasons, we try to create a relaxed atmosphere and aim to learn as much as possible about the child and its loved ones, through personal observation and pedagogical diagnostics, consultations with other specialists (clinical child psychologist, paediatric doctor, orthopaedist) and, last but not least, through shared experiences and by empathizing with the child during play.

It is important to get to know the child's needs as well as the circumstances under which it learns best, its strengths and how it comes to terms with its handicap. It is also important to know what the pupil likes, what makes her feel good, where she can succeed and what is important for her. Each of us is a unique individual. Our pupils have a good, friendly relationship to their teachers, we address them by first name.

When setting goals it is important to take into account the principle of gradual development. We aim to determine the child's current level of development in each specific area (e.g. self-care or motor skills) and develop them further from there, to carefully note what the child already can do or knows and from where to establish the next target in development and the path towards attaining this objective. The rest depends on creating the right approach and on teachers' inventiveness.

Mgr. Mirka Tupá