Education center for the blind and visually impaired Nuremberg
The Nuremberg Education Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired , abbreviated to BBS Nürnberg , spelling bbs nürnberg, based in Nuremberg , is regionally and supra-regionally committed to blind and visually impaired people.
Offers and goals
The educational areas include early intervention , a support center with elementary and middle school (with M-Zug), a nationally placed vocational school center and mobile advice for visually impaired pupils in the northern Bavarian districts. Furthermore, orientation and mobility training as well as psychological services are offered in the connected areas of boarding school and day care center through the involvement of visually impaired-specific specialist services. As a supraregional support center, the BBS Nürnberg operates two branch offices for early support in Regensburg and Kulmbach and, with over 300 employees, is responsible for more than 800 children, young people and adults with visual impairment.
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The BBS Nürnberg was founded in 1854. The educational center is run by the Nuremberg Institute for the Blind. V. . The members of the sponsoring association are the districts of Middle Franconia , Upper Franconia , Lower Franconia , Upper Palatinate and Lower Bavaria , the Catholic and Protestant Church and the City of Nuremberg, who jointly support the offers and services of the education center. The members of the sponsoring association form the administrative council, chaired by the District Councilor Richard Bartsch , as the Deputy Chairman by the District Councilor Ulrich Schürr, as secretary by the Nuremberg City Councilor Andrea Loos.
history
On June 19, 1854, the Nuremberg St. Johannisverein opened a private school for the blind. At first it was only responsible for children, and since 1888 also for adults with blindness. Even then, religious affiliation was not decisive for acceptance, promotion and training. In 1932 the school for the blind was merged with the “Middle Franconian Home for the Blind”, the “Blind Support Association” and the “Blind Association” to form a working group. In 1945 the activity was stopped and after a year operations could be resumed. Starting in 1955, the asylum for the blind was expanded to include a school for people with visual impairments.
A special school was founded out of the teaching operations in 1967 and the non-profit sponsoring association for the blind institution in Nuremberg was founded. Members of the sponsoring association were and are the five northern Bavarian districts (Central, Upper and Lower Franconia, Lower Bavaria and Upper Palatinate), the two large German churches and the city of Nuremberg. In 1978 the asylum for the blind moved into a new building in the Langwasser district of Nuremberg. The BBS Nürnberg has been active nationwide ever since. The institution has appeared in public under the name BBS Nürnberg since 2008.
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Coordinates: 49 ° 24 ′ 52.1 ″ N , 11 ° 8 ′ 41.9 ″ E