School head teacher Mr. Matjaž Baric received an invitation from the Society of Defectologists of Serbia, and attended the international conference, from 11th till 14th February, together with four colleagues from Slovenian schools. The conference hosted over 450 head teachers, special educators, speech therapists, surdopedagogics and tiflopedagogics educators, social educators and subject teachers from Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Croatia and Slovenia. The event offered a number of new examples of positive practice methodology in the field of education of children and youth with special needs.
The head teacher held two short presentations in the conference. In the first, he presented the project My communicator (www.mojkomunikator.si), which got a lot of positive reviews and interests as well. At the second presentation, he outlined the international cooperation with the Youth Care Centre ¨Centar za odgoj I obrazovanje djece I mladeži Karlovac¨and the Institute for Raising and Education of persons with Disabilities ¨Zavod za odgoj i obrazovanje osoba sa smetnjama u psihičkom i tjelesnom razvoju¨ Tuzla. This presentation was interesting, because we are one of the few schools for pupils with special needs, which is actively involved in international network of institutions in Europe. Several schools in Serbia showed interest to cooperate with our school in the future.
When international cooperation is good and strong, and has the intention to enrichen the achievements in the curriculum, then intercultural dialogue fills those present with a broader sense of adaptive skills.
