摘要：AbstractThe paper deals with geographical identification of territorial distribution of activities within special education in the Czech Republic. It response to the research questions:What are territorial differences in content and volume of special education at national level? Are there any regional disparities?The research was designed to collect territorial arguments about legislation, infrastructure, activities and visions for governmental and management decisions in policy of special education in the Czech Republic. The authors applied several scientific methods – a standardized form for recording of particular contact the teacher with child in Special Education Centre, database design, spatial analysis, map and atlas compiling. The study confirms a significant increase of disability in higher age and dominant role of the family in the care for a person with disability. It brings the principal arguments in the form of relevant document – the Atlas of Atlas of Special Education Centre in the Czech Republic. Its thematic maps give an overview concerning the distribution of special needs centres, ie some regions have no centre that specialise in all disabilities, the ratio of specialists in centres etc. The research confirmed the dominant role of regions as special needs centres authorities. Based on a unique survey the study quantified special needs centres activity regarding their stance to proposals to dominant means of special pedagogical support – teacher’ assistant.
关键词：special education;atlas;map;disability;spatial distribution
