Interview information
Organization responsible for the interview: LESTU
Country: Lithuania
Occupation: Teacher
Small bio / CV:
Methodologist teacher at Gargždai “Minijos” Progymnasium with 32 years of experience. She has been working with special needs students for 15 years.
Date of the Interview: 06.06.2024
Short Summary of the interview:
She works with students who have complex disorders, general learning and attention difficulties, specific learning disabilities, and medical diagnoses. She teaches in mixed groups, with a total of 425 students, 43 of whom have special needs. She uses digital tools in her work and believes that class sizes should be smaller. If not smaller, there should be as many aides as there are special needs students. She also emphasizes that aides should have more than just a secondary education. Additionally, there should be specially prepared learning materials and tasks for special needs students in specific subjects.
Most important statement
“There should be as many aides as there are special needs students, and aides should have more than just a secondary education.”
