De Ruimte

De Ruimte is a school for Special Needs Education with 160 students, situated in Bergen The Netherlands. De Ruimte is one of the four schools of Heliomare. By focussing on the questions en possibilities of our clients, Heliomare supports (potentially) disabled people by offering services in rehabilitation, education, vocational rehabilitation, housing, daily occupation and sports.

The power of KINECT in Special Needs Education

De Ruimte
Oudtburghweg 3, Bergen PB 24, 1860 AA Bergen The Netherlands

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+31(0)88 920 91 00 www.deruimte.nl post@deruimte.nl Drs. Willemijn de Lint-Verhagen, Pediatric Physical Therapist w.de.lint@deruimte.heliomare.nl Hans Smeele, Teacher Special Needs Education - ICT h.smeele@deruimte.heliomare.nl

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KINECT has really changed the way students experience education! In our school this type of ICT application has proven to be very useful to train motor skills in special needs education. The students describe their own movement problems, experienced in real life situations. Improving their motor skills is part of increasing autonomy and citizenship inside and outside school situations. Students who participated in our problems (I often fall when I play outside) and physical fitness problems
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