Except the gym there is also a fitness centre. They can try their courage on an artificial climbing wall.
Our school has several computer laboratories with the connection on the internet.
Those children with prolems such as dyslexia, dysgraphy ... are provided a free therapy EEG Biofeedback.
Our school has also a library, where the employees and the children can find many suitable books.
There is also a nurse who looks after the health of our pupils. School psychologist takes care of mental health of the children and social worker provides consulting for parents.
The school provides the education of children aged 6–16 and is equal with the curriculum in usual primary schools. All the teachers and wardens have education in special pedagogy.
Our teachers are the authors of many textbooks, methodics, teaching aids and other professional works connected with visually impaired children.
Our students have the access to different teaching aids. The classrooms are equipped with special furniture. The windows in the classrooms with too much light have blinds, and any student with residued vision can use a magnifying glass, local illumination of his workplace, special exercise books and so on.
There is maximum 10 students in one class. There are 8 students in a class on the first stage and 6 children in special classes.
Education of multihandicapped children is provided in the special school classrooms according to variants A, B, C.
Most of our children dwell in the hostel which provides several services such as accommodation, food, laundry and ironing during the entire school year.
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The first institution for blind people in Slovakia was founded in 1922 in Levoča. Since then it has undergone several changes. The name of the school has changed as well.
Today it is a modern primary boarding school which provides education for blind and visually impaired children.
We maintain the principles of democracy and humanism in our educational system, as well as the new ways and methods, respecting the needs of our children with focus on improvement of their sight.
