Emilia has serious health problems. In May of this year, a teenager was implanted with a pacemaker. She was also diagnosed with bipolar disorder. The disorder is associated with a lack of concentration and a constant change in mood. Emilia is under constant medical supervision.
– Sometimes it was difficult, I had difficult times. I was doing stupid things, but that’s already good – says Emilia Słaboszewska.
The girl’s childhood was not easy. At the age of ten, she underwent heart surgery, during which a pacemaker was implanted for the first time. Later she stayed in a sociotherapy center under the specialist care of psychologists and educators. Staying in the new headquarters proved extremely difficult for Emilia. Her desire for home made it an act of self-aggression.
– My daughter is not aggressive, on the contrary she closes in on herself, when she has a problem she cries. She is always under the supervision of the doctors. She takes 17 tablets a day – says Izabela Słaboszewska, the teenager’s mother.
School
In June of this year, Emilia finished primary school. You have a medical certificate on the need for special education. Despite her mother’s best efforts, she could not find a secondary school for her daughter. Visits and direct interviews with the starost and school leaders proved ineffective. The teenager still does not attend classes.
– When the first principal saw all of his daughter’s papers, he said he would not accept the baby. Another school was the OHP in Dąbrowa Górnicza. I went there with my daughter, her daughter had a short blouse and her manager pointed out that there are regulations that say you can’t dress like that. My daughter replied that she was a teenager and that she dresses as she dresses. The manager asked me if my daughter had a security guard. When I said she didn’t answer that she should have – Ms. Izabela reports.
Emilia’s mother also tried to enroll her daughter in high school.
– I felt he couldn’t do it and was advised to send the child to vocational school. The fourth school was a uniformed technical school, but they did not accept the daughter because of the owner. I also called other schools. I have heard that either there are no places or they will not accept it due to an illness – says Ms. Izabela.
How is it possible that the suggestions of the officials have not been successful? Why were parents of teenagers not supported in finding a school for their daughter?
– Emilka was with us after the completion of basic recruiting. I think that in all the schools of Dąbrowa Górnicza we have exceeded the limits of the students in the first grades. Therefore, at the moment, I could not accept this student – explains Izabela Babiarz of the Dąbrowa Górnicza Vocational School Complex.
– Our school is a special school and educational center for children with disabilities. Sometimes the risk of social maladjustment is also a serious disturbance, because it hinders the normal functioning of the child, but the wrong kind of structure is needed – says Ilona Słomczyńska of the Special Education Center in Będzin.
Foundation Board
We brought Emilia’s attention to the Katowice Board of Education, which also received information on the child’s problems.
– Each school is prepared to welcome every child. If the school takes full advantage of all legal possibilities, it guarantees this child full specialist care – says Anna Kij of the Board of Education in Katowice.
Will the school board help Emilia?
– As soon as we got information about the problem, we immediately started looking for a school. Such a school is already waiting for Emilka – says Anna Kij.
With the support of the school board, Emilia managed to find a school. The help was offered by the Sosnowiec Vocational Training Center.
