Many educational tools now help special education professionals diversify their teaching methods and organise activities for children with different learning needs.
Children with disabilities may experience combinations of language difficulties, challenges involving cognition and attention, limited vocabulary or differences in their understanding of the environment. Interactive technologies offer additional tools for personalised developmental support.
Briolight developed specialised equipment and software intended to improve children's engagement and support the work of rehabilitation and special education specialists. For more than twelve years, such professionals have used Briolight interactive floors, augmented-reality sandboxes, multi-touch panels, developmental tables, interactive mirrors with recording functions and other equipment.
Modern technology is not designed to replace professional practice but to complement and enhance it. Its usefulness depends on the specialist's competence, lesson organisation, objectives and teaching approach.
Combining spoken instructions with clear visual materials provides different ways for children to understand the same task.
Briolight activities have flexible settings so specialists can adjust difficulty and pace to an individual child. For example, in the “Moles” movement and attention activity, targets can be placed in a U-shaped area to leave access for a wheelchair.
Advantages of Briolight systems for special education professionals:
- Professional equipment developed with practising special educators, psychologists and speech therapists.
- Three difficulty levels (easy, normal and hard) and individually adjustable settings.
- Tools to record progress and follow each learner's development.
- Activities intended to maintain motivation and engagement.
- Opportunities for children to experience success and independence.
- Individual folders for students that save preparation time in short sessions.
- Several sensory channels – seeing, hearing and touch – can be engaged together.
- An extensive activity library with “Filter” and “Session Generator” functions.
- Presentation of multimedia, photographs, videos and audio during sessions.
- Clear, accessible visual content that helps make the session more engaging.
Practitioners using Briolight in Ukraine have reported improvements in children's motivation and the organisation of activities, as well as a reduced need for large amounts of separate teaching materials. Interactive technology should always be integrated into an individual educational or rehabilitation plan under appropriate professional guidance.
