The institute for blind study (also German institute for blind study, Carl Strehl school, short form: Blista) is special humans aligned High School sehbehinderte for blind ones and in Marburg. Since over 80 years existing institution developed beyond that from small beginnings for the center of the higher education for blind ones and Sehbehinderte in the Federal Republic of Germany and.

History

After the First World War many turned home with Sehbehinderungen or total blindness. - Due to its handicap - almost no entrance to the occupation world was more possible for these. The director at that time of the Marburger university University of, Professor Dr. Alfred Bielschowsky, furnished 1915 courses, in order to make war-blind entrance to aids and a learning possible from blind techniques to. It assigned a student at that time, Carl Strehl, to lead the courses. This created the association of the blind university graduates of Germany and took up among other things contact to personalities of the Prussian state, in order to occur for funds and other conveyances.

On 17 August 1916 a preliminary discussion with the goal took place of creating an appropriate institution. The director of the university University of Berlin, Professor Dr. E took over the presidency of this committee. Representatives of the association of the blind university graduates of Germany, the Prussian war and ministry for education and cultural, the Ophthalmologie and members of the realm committee for war damage welfare service participated. A Kuratorium was formed and employed Carl Strehl starting from 1 October 1916 as a managing director of the institution.

First the integration of war-blind was into the working life the primary goal of the mechanism. 1920 became - as the first of its kind in the world - which High School developed, which should facilitate particularly young blind humans the way to the Abitur. Thus special learning and teaching materials were needed, which were made available by at the same time developing Braille printering and the library. After the war the first blind hearing library was created. Center of the seventies was created the rehablitation mechanism, the special training programs for life-practical abilities (among other things going with long stick, work with the computer) offers and also rehablitation teachers trains.

Influences and the Blista today

As institution in the Federal Republic, singular up to the reunification, a constant growth of the school was indispensable. From all parts of Germany and from the foreign country a great many Sehbehinderte or blind ones wanted to take the assistance up of the institute for blind study.

Many so world-open and independent one, or also pupil, which probably-feel in Marburg, do not remain completely also after the school time in Marburg. Thus a high portion of blind and sehbehinderter humans results. As necessary consequence each traffic light is equipped with special acoustic and tactile support and a master clock as well as lowered curbs. Marburg is considered as one of the barrierefreiesten cities of Germany.

Boarding school range

Until recently the boarding school range consisted only of buildings, which were accommodated on the campus. In the last years however a change took place: The residential buildings were distributed on more and more smaller housing groups, which are not to accommodate any more than ten pupils and offer a family atmosphere. Normally only pupils, who are all in the same class stage, are accommodated there. Since 2003 a model project is accomplished, in which it is to happen still more familiar, by pupils of the 7. up to 13. Class together-live. The housing groups supply themselves also (buy, a cooking, washing, etc.). So also after the school the possibility is to be given to pupils, to who it is missing still at to live however.

Connection to the parents' house

So that pupils do not lose the contact to the parents' house, pupils drive into the 5. Class each weekend home, in the 6. Class three times monthly, and starting from the 7. Class is it obligation to home-drive once in the month a further mark is voluntary. To home-drive it is then any longer possible, each weekend, since on Saturdays, on which no home travel takes place, instruction is, in order to relieve pupils. This is necessary, because blind and sehbehinderte pupils more instruction need, as normal pupils (e.g. Book to get and open up needs more time; Mobility training with the blind stick; "Life-practical talents", thus cooking"Â…)

See also

National education center for blind Hanover, education center for blind ones and Sehbehinderte Krakau

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