Παρουσίαση του δομημένου εκπαιδευτικού προγράμματος TEACCH στη Μονάδα Αυτιστικού Ατόμου “Ελπίδα”: Ένα επιτυχημένο πείραμα.

Abstract

The need of specialization and special education in the very hard problem of autism and accession of the autistic people in the society made the need of building the Unit og Autistic People “ELPIDA”. The Unit of Autistic people “ELPIDA” was born in 1979 by the parents of autistic people and today is a real hope for the children and also the parents, with the application of the special educational program TEACCH,  which is based in the philosophy of specialized education and also the structuring of place and time, that fits with the particularity and uniqueness of autistic child. In the 37 years functioning of the Unit for the Autsistic People, the practice of educational program TEACCH has contributed to the improvement of quality of life of the autistic person, by growing up his autonomy skills, his self-service and improvement, his socialization skills, and also his evolution in cognitive area and his behavior. Today, the functioning of the Unit has expanded and broadened with the functioning of The Creative Pastime Centre for Children with Disabilities, which is in the same place with the Unit and offers the opportunity to the autistic person for creativity, entertainment, development of advanced skills, and also emotional communication and intelligence. In the future the plan is to build a guest house for the autistic person generally, because ofthe coming of age of every autistic person.