The Importance Of New Technology In Rehabilitation Of Pupils With Special Needs

Abstract

In recent years, computerization has gone increasingly stronger and to recover pupils with different disabilities, helping them to create optimal conditions for living and working. It was appeared, in this sense, numerous computer programs dedicated to people with mental, sensory, motor or other disabilities. Unfortunately, very few teachers are those who have heard about these programs and, especially, know how to use them in direct work with the student in difficulty. Based on these facts, the present article aims to identify the teachers' attitude towards computer penetration in special education. To achieve this goal, we conducted a scientific research, part of European project much broader, applying a questionnaire with over than 75 items on a sample of 185 students who are preparing for future teaching career. The research results are extremely interesting and prove that most research subjects have a positive attitude to the problematic NTIC using in special education, considering that it facilitates the scholar and social integration of people with disabilities. On the other hand, very few respondents who have heard of various computer programs for pupils with SEN and even fewer are those who use them in concrete situations. In authors' opinion, the training of teachers and students in using new technology in special education or acquisition of the software for therapy of different types of disabilities become very necessary.