OUR TEAM
Our team is made up of professionals with years of experience in the area of support for the education and upbringing of children. We believe that each child is a person with a potential that just needs to be discovered and successfully developed. We deal with children as young as 3, their parents (or legal guardians), teachers, teacher’s assistants and other pedagogical professionals in the Czech Republic
MANAGEMENT
Mgr. et Mgr. Martina Švandová, Ph.D.
director, psychologist, special education teacher
Mgr. et Mgr. Martina Švandová, Ph.D.
director, psychologist, special education teacher
Her long-term focus has been the issue of the special educational needs of preschool and school-age children. She worked as a psychologist at a special-education kindergarten, at a centre for children with combined disabilities and a pedagogical-psychological counselling centre. She has participated in the execution of several projects targeting the development of school teaching staff and the education of pedagogical assistants. At the current time her areas of interest include psychological counselling, leading remedial exercises for children with dyslexia and preschool preparatory courses. She also taught children’s psychology and special pedagogy at the Faculty of Arts at Charles University. In recent years she has concentrated on the creation and implementation of diagnostic and developmental materials and tools for children.
Ing. Marek Pekárek, MBA
executive officer, economist
Ing. Marek Pekárek graduated in the field of International Relations at the University of Economics, Prague. In recent years he has held numerous top-level corporate management positions. He has worked abroad as part of the BigBoard company (in Ukraine, Russia and Slovakia). Currently he has an investment share in the development of projects in the areas of education and digital technology use.
Mgr. Simona Pekárková, Ph.D., CPsychol.
psychologist, special education teacher
She has spent a number of years supporting the education of children and youth with specific educational needs. She worked as a psychologist and a special education teacher at a special-pedagogical and pedagogical-psychological counselling centre. She has done long-term work with class and teacher groups, resolving conflicts and problems with bullying. She co-founded the Techsophia organisation, concerned with the effective use of new technologies in education. She prepares projects focusing on improving teacher and teacher assistant competencies. She is the co-author of several publications, research and scientific papers. She teaches seminars and workshops in psychology and special pedagogy. She does therapeutic work with children and families. She completed a five-year psychotherapeutic course in systemic family therapy and has experience as a school psychologist. In recent years she has concentrated on the creation and implementation of diagnostic and developmental materials and tools for children.
Mgr. Bc. Ing. Jitka Tenklová
head psychologist
Mgr. Jana Vožechová, Ph.D. MBA
special education teacher, project manager
PhDr. Katarína Rudleová
psychologist
Mgr. Veronika Veselá
psychologist
Mgr. Hana Drvotová
special education teacher
She studied special education and educational counselling at the Charles University in Prague, and has practiced as a special education teacher with a focus on preschooler readiness and children with specific learning disabilities for years now.
She focuses on the issue of school success. Apart from her active work at the counselling centre, she also lectures on school readiness in kindergartens and connects primary school work with that of a counsellor. She has taught at the lower stages of primary school for many years, especially first and second class and additionally working with children from the whole lower stage of primary school, especially in the area of behavioural counselling. Furthemore, she has a wealth of experience with upper stage primary school pupils from previous years.
Mgr. Tereza Komárková, Ph.D.
psychologist, special education teacher
She worked for 10 years as a psychologist and special education teacher at the Central Bohemian Region Pedagogical-Psychological Counselling Centre, where she gained significant experience in diagnosing children and youth, carrying out individual therapy, working with groups, classes as well as families. She completed self-experiential training and theoretical psychotherapeutic education (in the SUR model), followed up with a number of professional training sessions and courses in the area of psychodiagnosis and work with pupils with special educational needs.
At PPP & VDS STEP she primarily focuses on psychological and special-educational diagnostics. At the same time she is working as part of the academic staff of the Charles University Faculty of Arts, lecturing in psychological disciplines, special education and counselling, as well as conducting research and contributing to publishing at the Department of Education.
Mgr. Denisa Rývová
special education teacher
Mgr. Aneta Angelisová
psychologist
Mgr. Tereza Vávrová, Dis.
psychologist, special education teacher
Mgr. Magdaléna Lukasová
social pedagogue