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Evaluation of special schools with a special educational focus on intellectual development in the state of Brandenburg (2022-2024)

Project team: Prof. Dr. Oliver Wendt (Inclusive education for cognitive and emotional developmental disabilities), Prof. Dr. Katrin Böhme (Inclusive education for language) and Prof. Dr. Antje Ehlert (Inclusive education for special educational needs with a focus on learning)

The aim of the project, which was commissioned by the Brandenburg Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (MBJS) and the Berlin-Brandenburg State Institute for Schools and Media (LISUM), is to evaluate special schools with a special educational focus on intellectual development and inclusive schools. The data is collected using questionnaires and structured interviews with school administrators  and teachers.

The main focus is on the following goals: (1) describing the heterogeneity of students with a special educational focus on intellectual development, (2) recording the organization of teaching and full-day care and staff deployment planning as well as identifying challenges and opportunities for optimization with regard to the organization and design of schools and teaching, (3) looking at aspects of cooperation, professional qualifications and support for the educational staff.

Project 1: Effects of augmentative and alternative communication interventions on speech production in individuals with autism spectrum disorders and other developmental disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis. (Funding body: US Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, R41: Research programme for secondary analysis of data on autism)

  • Contact: Prof. Oliver Wendt (Co-researcher)
  • Partners: Prof. Dr. Ralf Schlosser (Northeastern University, principal investigator), Prof. Dr. Mariola Moeyaert (The State University of New York at Albany, consultant)


Project 2:  Development and empirical validation of mobile technologies for optimised speech and language training in autism and developmental disorders. (Funding body: Purdue Research Foundation)

  • Contact: Prof. Dr Oliver Wendt (principal investigator)


Project 3: Evaluation of special schools with a focus on intellectual development in the state of Brandenburg (2022–2024)

  • Contact: Prof. Dr Oliver Wendt, Prof. Dr Katrin Böhme, Prof. Dr Antje Ehlert