Elza Imnadze

Roundtable on Ethics, Standards and Identity of Educational and Rehabilitation Specialist Held at University of Tuzla

Roundtable on “Ethics, Standards and Identity of Educational and Rehabilitation Specialist” was held on March 2, 2018 in the Amphitheater 2, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Tuzla, under the auspices of the Faculty of Education and Rehabilitation, University of Tuzla, all within the Erasmus + project : Assisting Better Communication.

The beginning of the round table also saw the inauguration of a student gathering: Let the good voices be heard, jointly conducted by the Faculty of Education and Rehabilitation Faculty and the Association of Students of the Faculty of Education and Rehabilitation in Tuzla, held from March 2 to March 4, 2018 in in partnership with the Student Parliament of the Faculty of Special Education and Rehabilitation – FASPER in Belgrade, and the Association of Students of Social Pedagogy, Zagreb, with the support of the Federal Ministry of Education and Science.

The aim of the roundtable was to start a discussion on the ethics, standard and identity of educational and rehabilitation sciences, as well as their impact on the population, presenting good practices and student initiatives in the field of these professions. The event brought together university professors, practitioners and students from the field of educational and rehabilitation sciences from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia, who are also co-organizers of the event.

European Day of Speech and Language Pathology

The Faculty of Education and Rehabilitation Faculty of the University of Tuzla in cooperation with the Public Institution for Preschool Education “Our Child” and the Center for Early Growth and Development of the Health Center “Dr Mustafa Sehovic” Tuzla celebrated the European Day of Speech Therapy on 06.03.2019.
In order to raise awareness of the early recognition of speech and language disorders in cooperation with the expert team of the Public Institution for Preschool Education “Our Child”, a lecture was held at the kindergarten “Sunčica” on the topic of early growth and development, early recognition of dyslexia and development of reading skills. The lecturers were: Ph.D. Mirela Duranović, Full Professor and Ph.D. Jasmina Klebic. The lecture was intended for parents and employees of the Public Institution for Preschool Education “Our Child”. The event was organized as part of the EU Erasmus + project “Assisting Better Communication”. In order to raise awareness of what speech and language pathology is, who are speech and language pathologists and where they work, students of the Department of Speech and Language Pathology and Audiology of the Faculty of Education and Rehabilitation Sciences of the University of Tuzla distributed brochures to parents.

Public lecture “Creativity Outside the Box”

When it comes to the work of the Faculty of Education and Rehabilitation, University of Tuzla, in addition to regular teaching activities, a series of workshops, lectures and round tables are organized, aimed at improving the knowledge of teaching staff.

A block of lectures on a topic “Creativity outside the box” was held in the “Derviš Susic” library. Professors Mirela Duranovic and Vesna Bratovcic as well as Assistant Professor Lejla Kuralic-Cisic addressed the attendees as lecturers. The lecture was organized as part of the Erasmus + project “Assisting Better Communication”.

Prof dr Mirela Duranovic Ph.D., had a presentation on the topic: „Creativity and Dyslexia“, prof. dr Vesna Bratovcic had a presentation on a topic: “Creativity Outside the Box”, and ass. Prof. Lejla Kuralic-Cisic had a presentation on a topic: „Development of creativity and prevention of bihevioral disoreders“.

More than 50 experts from different profiles, teachers, psychologists, pedagogues, speech therapists and audiologists, educators and rehabilitators, social pedagogues and students attended the lecture.

Trainer training and public lecture held in Sarajevo

Within the regular program activities and professional training of members of the Association of Defectologists of Canton Sarajevo “STOL” and within the framework of the Erasmus + project “Assisting Better Communication” on Saturday 22.12.2018. at 14: 00h at the “Mjedenica” Institute, a lecture was held on the stopic of “Dyslexia and other specific learning difficulties”. The lecture was held by Dr. Mirela Duranović, full professor.

Also, within the Erasmus + project “Assisting Better Communication”, 23.12.2018. at the Faculty of Pedagogy of the University of Sarajevo, a lecture was held about the objectives of the project and realized activities, about the way of recognizing speech-language disorders and the importance of including of speech-language therapists in working with the mentioned population.

Significant improvement of practical and research work at the Department of Speech Therapy and Audiology

The Department of Speech and Language Pathology and Audiology of the Faculty of Education and Rehabilitation Sciences purchased equipment worth 18,000 euros as part of the Erasmus + project “Assisting better communication” funded by the European Commission. Books, tests for assessment of speech-language status, laptops, i-pads, software, headsets, were acquired in order to better educate students in the exercises, to acquire practical knowledge in accordance with modern trends and achievements, as well as to conduct scientific research on the second and third a cycle of study that will be competitive and published in eminent journals. The acquisition of a smart board will allow for the advance  theoretical instruction too.

Student Conference in Language and Speech Therapy

Within the framework of the ABC project, on June 22, 2019, the Frontline Georgia Institute of Public Affairs (GIPA) organized a student conference in which students of Ilia State University, Tbilisi State University and Georgian Institute of Public Affairs (GIPA) participated. At the conference, students presented the results of their research in communication, language and speech therapy, aphasia and neuropsychology. The conference was addressing the international campaign of Aphasia.

ToT trainings conducted within the ABC project

Within the framework of the project three ToT training was conducted in Portugal, Croatia and the Netherlands. Within the framework of the training, participants from Georgia, Israel and Bosnia Herzegovina had the opportunity to get acquainted with the achievements of these countries in the field of communication, language and speech, attend various types of workshops and see examples of practical work. A video prepared by the Portuguese organization ARCIL reflects these trips.

The European Day of Language and Speech Therapy celebrated first time in Georgia

The European Language and Speech Therapy Association (CPLOL) annually marks the day of European Language and Speech therapy on March 6. The subject in 2019 was Autism Spectrum Disorder.

First time in Georgia, Ilia State University’s Child Development Institute and “Georgian Language and Speech Therapists Association” have joined the event on March 6. A public lecture-“The Role of Communication, Language and Speech Therapy in ASD” was held at the University’ book store “Ligamus”.

In addition, the first stream of students of the program “Communication, Language and Speech” of Ilia State University, summarized the results of the program. The event was held on the ERASMUS + project ABC – Assisting Better Communication

“SO MANY BOOKS, SO LITTLE TIME”

On November 4, 2018, in the framework of EU funded ERSMUS + project: ABC – Assisting Better Communication, the Portuguese language and speech therapist João Canossa Dias, writer Alex Chighvinadze and Illustrator Ana Janelidze shared their outlook on the children’s literature and literacy. The meeting held in the format of informal conversation discussed various relevant books and the issue using books in the process of child development.
The meeting venue – Frontline Club.