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Bárczi Gusztáv Faculty of Special Education |
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History
The first special education institute in Hungary was established for deaf students in Vác. During the 19th century the national network of special education institutions gradually evolved. The unified Special Education College for Primary Teachers was established in Budapest in 1904. Already by the beginning of the 20th century Hungarian special educators had emphasized that special education support should be provided to persons with disabilities throughout their whole lifespan.
In addition to the training of special educators the former College was the first school in Hungary to introduce the training of social professionals at college level (BA), the training of "social organizers" started in 1972.
In 1975, the College of Special Education adopted the name of one of its former directors, Gusztáv Bárczi (1890-1964), an otolaryngologist specialist and special educator. He elaborated the world famous procedure for countering surdomutitas corticalis. Professor Bárczi modernized the education of persons with moderate and severe mental retardation in Hungary and developed the education programme of "Barczi Haus" in Germany (1958).
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Bárczi Gusztáv Faculty of Special Education 