Cooperation of the Department

International Cooperation of the Institute of Special Education Studies and Inclusive Education, Faculty of Education, Comenius University in Bratislava

The Institute of Special Education Studies and Inclusive Education has been intensively and long-term cooperating with universities in the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, England, the USA, and Bulgaria, specifically with universities in Katowice, Cedar Falls (USA), Kyiv, Budapest, Szeged, Prague, Brno, Olomouc, and Ostrava.

The staff of the Institute participate in mobility programs within these renowned universities, contribute to the resolution of international scientific tasks and grants, and collaborate on the creation of professional literature and textbooks in the field of special education. Several teachers of the Institute also play a significant role in the activities of non-governmental organizations in both Europe and Slovakia.

The institutions with which the Department has several years of intensive cooperation:

Institute of Pedagogy and Psychology, Silesian University – Katowice, Poland

Faculty of Special Education, ELTE University – Budapest, Hungary

Department of Special Education, Faculty of Education, Charles University – Prague, Czech Republic

Faculty of Education, Department of Special Education, Palacký University – Olomouc, Czech Republic

Faculty of Education, Department of Special Education, Masaryk University – Brno, Czech Republic

Faculty of Education, Department of Pedagogy, University of Hradec Králové – Hradec Králové, Czech Republic

Faculty of Education, Department of Special Education, University of Ostrava – Ostrava, Czech Republic

St. Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia – Sofia, Bulgaria

Department of Education for the Hearing Impaired, Maximilian University – Munich, Germany

Faculty of Corrective (Special) Pedagogy and Psychology, N.P. Dragomanov National Pedagogical University – Kyiv, Ukraine

Faculty of Education, Department of Special Education, University of Szeged – Szeged, Hungary

University of Northern Iowa, College of Education – USA

Society for Special and Remedial Pedagogy in Slovakia

Union of the Blind and Partially Sighted of Slovakia

Support Center for Students with Visual Impairments – Bratislava, Slovakia

Rehabilitation Center – Levoča, Slovakia

Primary School for Visually Impaired Students – Bratislava, Slovakia

Integrated School for Visually Impaired Students – Levoča, Slovakia

Hilton/Perkins International Foundation – Boston, USA

ICEVI (International Council for Education of People with Visual Impairment)

SENSIS – Organization for the Visually Impaired in the Netherlands

Levadia Dolphinarium – Yalta, Crimea, Ukraine

The Department of Education for the Hearing Impaired participated in 2002 in the cochlear implant program in collaboration with the 1st ENT Clinic of the Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University.

Slovak Association of the Hearing Impaired

Muscular Dystrophy Organization in Slovakia

Association for Assisting People with Intellectual Disabilities in Slovakia

Slovak Humanitarian Council

Special Schools and Institutions in Slovakia

Social Services Homes in Slovakia

Institutions of Special Pedagogical Counseling in Slovakia

Third Sector Organizations in Slovakia

Ministry of Education, Science, Research, and Sport of the Slovak Republic

Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs of the Slovak Republic

National Institute of Education and Youth

National Institute for Certified Educational Measurements

Methodological Centers in Slovakia