Behindertenpädagogik

»Consciously perceiving oneself and the environment with all the senses and integrating these impressions into personal experience and action influences and expands individual experiences and means of expression and supports the development of...

The expansion of all-day programs in particular has led to stronger cooperation between schools and sports clubs. This cooperation enables pupils to take up a sport of their choice at an early age, thereby strengthening their participation, for...

Language is acquired as a mental function through interpersonal interactions, more precisely through dialogue. In the case of deaf children, particularly hearing parents – but also the whole social environment – face the task of empathizing with...

Teachers, educators and participation assistants are employed in the first class of a special school with a focus on intellectual development, and are faced with new challenges for teamwork due to the composition of the class (all of whom have a...

Human rights are universal. However, it took the UN-Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to enable people with disabilities to fully enjoy their human rights. In his essay, Florian Grams traces the history of human rights and shows...

Erik Weber’s inaugural lecture at the University of Erfurt takes a critical look at the concept of so-called intellectual disability and the challenges of inclusive education and participation processes. The starting point is the historically...

This article deals with the importance of need-oriented and person-centered living counselling for people with (cognitive) disabilities and emphasizes the relevance of a self-determined and independent lifestyle, as enshrined in the UN Convention on...

Even in the fifth decade of the development of integration and inclusion, for many children and young people categorized as having disabilities or deemed to have »special educational needs«, exclusion from participation in the regular education,...

The following text explores the long and rich history of education in Syria, beginning with the origins of written culture and continuing to the present day. Despite numerous political and social upheavals – such as Ottoman rule, the French...

This article examines the involvement of special needs teachers in the Nazi crimes of forced sterilization and »euthanasia«. It analyses how special education was ideologically and institutionally integrated into the racial hygiene goals of the...

Special education diagnosis is seen in this article otherwise than in educational politics and research in an historical angle. This allows to show the singularities, which are characteristic for special education diagnosis in Germany and of...