Thematic games: news from the BDPUDebates

To mark World Autism Awareness Day, the BSPU Debates held a thematic game. We discussed the current state of education regarding children with special educational needs.

The theme of the game: “Is the modern education system ready to work with children with ASD”.

And the participants in the game were:

• students of the Department of Applied Psychology and Speech Therapy Kateryna Surelo, Anna Sukhorukova, Tetyana Kryvenko and Kateryna Dubovik;
• speakers of the circle Anna Khrystych, Arsen-Mykola Netak, Artem Tyshchuk and Darіa Kizilova.

The event was preceded by an information meeting, at which the details of the debate game, aspects of argumentation and refutation, elements of the case and nuances of the format were discussed.

 By the way, at this meeting, the circle played for the first time in the Oxford format. It involves 2 teams of 4 speakers each.

The event is unique in both the composition of the teams and the composition of the jury: the round was judged by the head of the department of applied psychology Olena Starynska, the head of speech therapy and Oleksiі Masyutin, participant of the Berdіansk debate movement.

According to the results of the game, the judges determined the TOP-3 speakers:

• Kateryna Surelo;
• Anna Sukhorukova;
• Arsen-Mykola Netak.

We express our gratitude to the teachers and students of the department of applied psychology and speech therapy for participating in the debates! Thanks to everyone who joined this event!

Ahead – more information meetings and even more thematic games! Follow the announcements on the university’s social networks and join the activities of the BSPU Debates!

Daria Kizilova