This document describes a private school for children with autism in Prešov, Slovakia. The school was founded in 2007 and has since expanded to include a nursery, primary school, practical secondary school, and counseling center serving over 100 students and 900 clients. It utilizes evidence-based teaching methods such as TEACCH, PECS, and video modeling to focus on life skills and academic instruction. Students participate in cross-curricular projects, therapies, and community activities. The school aims to provide inclusive opportunities such as a café staffed by older students and prepare them for sheltered employment or independent living after graduation.

1. Private School for Children withAutism
„One for All, All for One“
Project nr. 2017-1-DE03-KA219-035538
KA2: Strategic Partnerships in the field of Education, Training and Youths

2. SÚKROMNÁ SPOJENÁ ŠKOLA
PRIVATE SCHOOLFORCHILDRENWITHAUTISM
• Founded in 2007 in Prešov as Private Primary
school with Nursery for children with autism
• Counselling and diagnostic centre became a part
of the school in 2008
• 2015 – Practical school for young people with
autism was founded
• 1.1.2017 all schools joined in one:
Private School for Children with Autism
• 1.9.2017 – due to high number of new children,
school opened new classes in a new building in
the city centre

3. SÚKROMNÁ SPOJENÁ ŠKOLA
PRIVATE SCHOOLFORCHILDRENWITHAUTISM
Department
Nursery 30 children
Primary school 82 pupils
Practical school 10 students
Counselling
centre
900 clients

4. PRIVATEPRIMARYSCHOOLAND NURSERY
School
Playground nr. 1
Playground nr. 2

5. This school year the school
spread to a new building

6. NURSERY
5 classes
• Maximum 6 children in
one class
• Age: 2,5 – 6 years
• One teacher and one
teaching assistant in a
class
• Focus on self-care skills,
communication and
social skills, gross and
soft motor skills, play
skills and academic skills
• All children have IEPs

7. NURSERY

8. PIMARY SCHOOL
• 17 classes of 4 – 6
children in two buildings
• 1:2 ratio adult to
student
• Self-care, Social,
Communication, Gross
and Soft Motor, Pre-
vocational skills and
Academic knowladge
linked to practical
situations
• Individual educational
plans

9. PRIMARY SCHOOL
Social outings

10. PRACTICAL SCHOOL – SECONDARY
SCHOOL
• Focuses on teaching
skills to enable the
most independent
life possible
(sheltered
accommodation) and
work in sheltered
workshops, sheltered
workplace or help
with domestic chores
at home.

11. PRACTICAL SCHOOL

12. OUTDOOR WEEK IN HIGH TATRAS

13. OUTDOOR WEEK IN HIGH TATRAS

14. „HANDS ON“ LEARNING

15. CROSS-CURRICULAR PROJECT
EDUCATION

16. SCHOOL CAFÉ
Opened in September 2016
at school premises
• School Café simulates
realistic business
environment where our
older students learn
pre-vocational and
vocational skills and
younger children learn
social skills – inspired
by Catcote Academy in
Hartlepool

17. Autcafé
• Next step to inclusion
for our students
• Autcafé will provide a
sheltered employment
for some of our
students when they
leave school and give
opportunity for
students to practise
their skills in real open
market work place.

18. CELEBRATIONS
StNicolausDay

19. COMMUNITY
BenefitconcertonAutismawarnessday

20. METHODS AND STRATEGIES : TEACCH
Structured environment in the class
Structure of a work place

21. PECS–PICTUREEXCHANGECOMMUNICATIONSYSTEM

22. INTENSIVE INTERACTION

23. VIDEOMODELING

24. PROCESSSCHEMES– PICTUREINSTRUCTIONS

25. THERAPIES
Sensory stimulation Physiotherapy

26. THERAPIES
Ergotherapy Hipotherapy

27. THERAPIES
Occupational Therapy

28. THERAPIES
Art Therapy Music Therapy

29. PREVIOUS EUROPEAN PROJECTS
Special solution for special
children – Comenius 2012-14
My work is my future –
Erasmus+ 2015-17
http://special-children9.webnode.sk/ http://myworkismyfuture.eu/uk/

30. We are looking forward to
our project meeting in
Prešov - Slovakia
http://francesco-1.webnode.sk/