The forms of health education in activity of special educational and pedagogical centre in Tarnów

Abstract

Recreation and tourism belong to those few fields of heath education that enable such quick and efficient integration of the mentally handicapped, as well as cooperation between the younger and older generations. Common meetings and trips integrate people, as well as strengthen social bonds. Individuals are able to learn more about their strong and weak points, by means of group actions and competition with others. In case of children and teenagers, tourism and recreation play one more crucial role - they change the perception of handicapped people by healthy ones. Besides, they enable the former to get out of closed surroundings, as well as blur differences between the former and the latter. They help to overcome the barriers and complexes connected with being handicapped. As a form of rehabilitation promoting new lifestyle, recreation and tourism are becoming an element of common awareness and social care. The aim of this dissertation is to show the history and structure of the Special Educational and Pedagogical Centre in Tarnów, as well as the development of many active forms of spending free time among handicapped children by means of recreation and tourism.