Two. Introduction to Zhejiang Vocational College of Special Education Zhejiang Vocational College of Special Education is the first independent institution in China and the only one in Zhejiang Province that mainly provides higher vocational education for the disabled. The history of running a school can be traced back to Zhejiang Vocational and Technical School for the Disabled, which was founded in 1993. At that time, adult education and vocational training for the disabled were mainly carried out. 1May, 1998, the school started full-time technical secondary education, which filled the gap in general technical secondary education of special education in Zhejiang Province. Since 2000, the school has cooperated with Zhejiang Radio and TV University, Zhejiang Institute of Education, zhejiang vocational academy of art and other universities to carry out higher education for the disabled, which is an example of the implementation of higher education in schools of the National Disabled Persons' Federation system. 200165438+February, Zhejiang Vocational and Technical School for the Disabled was renamed as Zhejiang Huaqiang Secondary Vocational School. In order to promote the development of education for the disabled, the level of running schools has been continuously improved, from secondary vocational education to higher vocational education. On April 20 1 1, with the approval of the people's government of Zhejiang province, Zhejiang Vocational College of Special Education started to build. On April 20 14, Zhejiang Vocational College of Special Education was formally established with the approval of Zhejiang Provincial People's Government and the record of Ministry of Education.
Zhejiang Vocational College of Special Education has two campuses, Xiaoheshan and Tiancheng Road, with a total area of 177 mu and a total construction area of nearly 90,000 square meters. Among them, Tiancheng Road Campus is creating the first national creative entrepreneurship incubation base (park) for the disabled, trying to build a entrepreneurship employment and training base for the disabled and disabled students in the province.
The school has gradually formed a multi-category pattern of full-time higher vocational education, adult education and vocational training, and has become an important base for vocational education for the disabled in Zhejiang Province. At present, there are six higher vocational majors (8 directions) such as arts and crafts design, digital media art design, e-commerce, Chinese and western pastry technology, rehabilitation technology (rehabilitation direction for the elderly and the disabled), rehabilitation technology (massage direction), special education (normal education) and special education (sign language translation direction), among which the special education major has been approved by the state to control normal higher vocational majors. In 20 16, the school was successfully selected as one of the pilot units of rehabilitation training reform for disabled people in vocational colleges and one of the pilot units of national universal sign language organized by China Disabled Persons' Federation.