Association of Special Education
The Verband Sonderpädagogik eV wants to combine the promotion of disabled people and people at risk of disability.
history
The association was founded in 1898 as an association of auxiliary schools in Germany . Founding members included Heinrich Kielhorn , Albert Wehrhahn and Heinrich Strakerjahn . In 1948 it was re-established as the Association of German Aid Schools . In 1955 it was renamed the Association of German Special Schools and in 2008 the Association of Special Education eV . The last name change should also make a paradigm shift clear: The focus of the association's efforts is no longer exclusively on the “special” or “special schools”; rather, other areas of special needs education should also be considered.
Act
The association publishes the journal for curative education , has around 12,000 members and has regional associations in every federal state. In addition to aspects of school education and the extracurricular life and work, the qualification of people who work in the field of special education is becoming increasingly relevant.
literature
- Norbert Myschker: The Association of Aid Schools in Germany and its importance for the German special education system . Reßmeyer, Nienburg 1969.
- Andreas Möckel (Ed.): Success, decline, new beginning. 100 years of the Association of German Special Schools - professional association for disabled education . Published on behalf of the association. Reinhardt, Munich 1998.