Heilpädagogik#

Special Needs Children, Education of, remedial education for handicapped children (or specifically for mentally handicapped children) with a long tradition in Austria. V. E. Milde was the first to formulate a therapeutic system in his "Lehrbuch der allgemeinen Erziehungskunde" (1811/13), practitioners such as G. Guggenmoos were among the first to achieve positive results. J. D. Georgens and H. M. Deinhardt ran an institution for handicapped children in Baden (Lower Austria) and popularised the term "Heilpaedagogik" (i.e. special needs education) in Austria. Numerous institutions were set up (e.g. Sonderschulen) promoting the education of severely handicapped children of school age. In 1911 a department of therapeutic pedagogics was set up at the Paediatric Department of the University Hospital in Vienna, the first of its kind in the world. In Austria, educators and the medical profession continue to cooperate closely (Inter-factulty Institute for Special Needs and Remedial Education).