1. Institute for the Blind
Vienna

2. Johann Wilhelm Klein
The world's second oldest school for the education of people with blindness or severe visual impairment and the oldest school in German speaking area.
Founded in 1804 by Johann Wilhelm Klein.

3. …in 2017
In 2017 we have approximately 130 students from Kindergarten to vocational training, 50 teachers and trainers, 50 educators and 30 other employees.
Until now we are an „all- in-one“ institution and service center.

4. What we offer: Basic education
Pre-school: Counselling Center, Kindergarten
Elementary School: primary school, special needs education, education for disabled children, polytechnical school
Support of integration classes outside
What we offer:

5. Vocational and Job Training
Office work
one year course in telecommunications
three years of Business School
Craftsmanship
Experiences with different materials like wood, basket making, glass, weaving…
Orientation class (re-education for those blinded later in life) – one year course

6. Additional offers
Music: lessons in guitar, piano, flute, trumpet, percussion, choir
Courses: programming, chess, french, braille music notation
Specific training for the blind: orientation and mobility, daily living skills, low vision training
Sports: physical education, winter sports week, skating, swimming pool, fun court, climbing, snowboarding, dance and rhythmics

7. Boarding school and day nursery
Family-like living groups
Day nursery groups for the afternoon
Training in independent living skills
Supervision of learning
Support in crisis situations

8. Center for resources offers
Supervision for blind or visually impaired students who attend integrative schooling, parents and teachers
Ordering of school books
Translation of contemporary texts and additional literature
Distributing tactile graphics
Loan of assistive devices
National conferences for teachers who work with blind or visually impaired students

9. Medical and psychological services
24h care through medical staff
Psychologist available 20h a week
Neuropsychiatry for children available 5h a week
Ophtalmologist available 5h a week

10. Braille Center Public braille library
Student library with books in braille and black print
Teacher’s library focusing on pedagogy for people with blindness or visual impairment
Print of books and journals in braille
Sale of assistive aids
Center for the development of learning software with a focus on blindness and visual impairment (eg UBTWin)

11. Museum
Museum with exhibits concerning blindness and pedagogy, founded in 1807

12. Certificates Award for eEducation Award for sports in school
Test Center of the Austrian Computer Society (OCG) for the European Computer Driving License (ECDL)
Certificates