Based on the need to increase the quality of professional work in the field of children and pupils with multiple disabilities, we have decided to participate in an international project with several EU countries. The primary objective of this cooperation is to acquire knowledge, but in particular, practical skills useful in educating and educating children and pupils with multiple disabilities. The project will be attended by seventeen experts in the field of education and care for children and pupils with hearing impairment who have several years of experience with this work and are competent to pass on their knowledge and skills to colleagues from partner countries. These specialists include teachers - special pedagogues, psychologists who use professional procedures, methods and therapies in their work. Through the mobility of experts from the partner countries, examples of good practice, lectures, workshops and videotréning as well as the publication of the international proceedings, the results of the project will be transparent to a broad professional and general public. Among the results of the project, we advise improving the quality of professional care for children and pupils with multiple disabilities, extending the professional competencies of all those who provide care for new methods and forms of work for such children and pupils. Last but not least, the quality of life of children and pupils with multiple disabilities and their families will increase in the long run. We also consider the creation of an international support network of experts specializing in the issue of education for children and pupils with multiple disabilities, who can further cooperate in the future, thus contributing to the improvement of services for persons with multiple disabilities in the wider European context.
The project Methods used in education of children with multiple disabilities plan of all schools followed the long-term plan of development and further education of pedagogical staff. The main impetus for the schools involvement in the project was the requirement to acquire new knowledge in the field of special education. The main goal was to improve existing knowledge, acquire new ones and support the motivation of teachers in teaching children with multiple disabilities. The project was prepared as a two- year mobility period. 4 mobilities were planned in four different destinations (Slovakia, Czech Republic, Poland, Slovenia). The output of the project is a brochure that can be used by all teachers to implement new teaching methods and others interested in working with children with multiple disabilities. The brochure is meant for special education teachers, tutors, assistants who are workingwith children who require special educational methods regarding their prime and additional disability and for those who have no previous experience in working with students with special needs. Project was created on a basis of common and individual experiences, sharing knowledge in thes trategic partnership / school cooperation. Methods that were described were being presented to the project participants during international project meetings and in between these meetings during the project. The team involved in these activities was composed of special educators, teachers, psychologists, social workers, vocational school teachers, speech therapist, interpreters, school counseling staff and other specialists. Various didactic methods have been presented. Partners selected the most useful ones for their institutions and adapted them to the individual target groups. We hope that the project will bring long-term benefits for all involved, such as the inclusion of methods in the school curriculum, but mainly increase the quality of education for children with multiple disabilities.