1. SPECIAL EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT IN HUNGARY SENnet, 2013.03.05-06. Copenhagen

2. Hungarian Educational System www.istockphoto.com NEW ACT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION: ACT 2011/CXC.  3.§ (6) some of the roles of public education mentioned are early childhood development, special needs education, education of disadvantaged groups  There are two kinds of institutions are in the field of special education: a, multipurpose schools: special development for multiple disabilities, and support/assistance for inclusive education at schools b, institutions with (special) pedagogical services: services of specialists, assistant work in the schools (different goals: early childhood intervention, speech teraphist, etc.)

3. SEN in Hungarian Educational System

4. ICT in Hungarian Educational System  Started with local development in the 2000s (smartboards, educational softwares, etc)  Now: 1000 Euros in EU development founds: elementary education development, secondary education projects, higher education projects.  Hungarian Educational Authority started a methodological webpage for ICT developments.  Educatio has lots of improvements: eTwinning, teacher courses, teacher social networks, IntelEssentials trainings

5. ICT in SEN,Hungary  Needs to improve!  Special schools, multipurpose schools: starting in small, innovation-oriented groups and expanding year by year. „Development centers”: -Eötvös Lóránd University, Faculty of Education and Psychology: ICT for Teachers courses, -Eötvös Lóránd University, Faculty of Special Education: ICT for Special Teachers courses, -Duráczky EGYMI: Special school for hearing impaired children, Kaposvár: development/working group in the field of SEN ICT: teacher courses (Smartboard, programs: Lapoda, etc) -EU developments: particular attention to tools to SEN students using ICT (all developments should be accessible by SEN students) -LLL projects: participating in eFesto (Leonardo da Vinci project): special bilingual teaching materials for hearing impaired people. -Autism-centered developments, tools: supporting independent living skills.

6. ICT in SEN, Hungary

7. 2013. Launching projects, supported by the European Union: -research and development: ICT SEN in Hungary -Pilot: new projects, based on previous research Searching for new projects and focusing on new possibilites, contacts, programs in the future.

8. Thank you! Tamas Szili, special developer, Educatio Govermental Ltd. szili.tamas@educatio.hu