ELTE Bárczi Gusztáv Faculty of Special Needs Education

The corridors are still quiet☀️
However, the corridors of the Bárczi building will soon be bustling with life again: our staff are returning from their holidays and we look forward to welcoming our students back too. 🤩
📅 Opening: 24 August 2026

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Building and Strengthening Partnerships in Portugal 🇵🇹

➡ Members of the faculty staff – Dr. Rita Hoffmann, Dr. Maria Flamich (Institute for Disability and Social Participation), Dr. Judit Gombás (Institute for the Methodology of Special Needs Education and Rehabilitation), and Gréta Kövecses (International Office) – travelled to Portugal during the last week of June 2026, where they met with colleagues from two local higher education institutions. 🌍

The report can be read here: https://barczi.elte.hu/en/from-lisbon-to-porto-building-and-strengthening-partnerships-in-portugal

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In the background, a modern, white building with a tall, slender tower rises towards the sky. The building is surrounded by a tall, pointed metal fence. Next to the tower stand three flagpoles: one flies a rainbow-coloured flag, the second the Portuguese national flag, whilst the third flag is light in colour and barely visible due to the lack of wind.

🎓 Congratulations to our graduates! 🎓

➡ On 13 and 14 July, students who graduated in the spring semester of the 2025/2026 academic year received their diplomas at a formal graduation ceremony.
During the recently concluded examination period, a total of 434 students successfully passed their final examinations and were awarded their degrees. Of these, 73 received honours degrees in recognition of their outstanding academic achievement.

➡We are proud of all our graduates and wish them every success in their professional careers! We hope that the knowledge and experiences gained at Bárczi will continue to guide them in the future.

Bárczi Teacher Wins an International Research Scholarship✨

Dr. Lilla Zakariás, a research associate in the Speech Therapy Department at ELTE Bárczi Gusztáv Faculty of Special Needs Educationo, has been awarded the prestigious Fulbright Visiting Scholar Scholarship.

As part of the fellowship, she will spend three months during the 2026–2027 academic year with the research group at the Eleanor M. Saffran Cognitive Neuroscience Center’s Aphasia Rehabilitation Research Lab at Temple University in Philadelphia, United States.

The title of her research project is “Theory-guided analysis of spoken discourse in post-stroke aphasia.” The goal of the project is to develop, based on the latest international research findings, a testing protocol that enables the reliable assessment of everyday narrative language abilities in post-stroke aphasia.

💬 Read more: https://barczi.elte.hu/en/barczi-lecturer-wins-international-research-scholarship

New Publication in the Journal Cortex📖
🔵 A study by Dr. Lilla Zakariás and her research team has been published in the special issue of Cortextitled “Language Disorders in Understudied Languages.”

🔵 The title of the paper is “Language Recovery in Hungarian Speakers with Aphasia: Roles of Phonology and Intraindividual Variability.”

🔵 During the study, researchers followed individuals with post-stroke aphasia for more than a year to explore the cognitive and linguistic factors influencing language recovery. The results showed that, in addition to initial aphasia severity, the ability to process phonology plays a significant role in the extent of language recovery.

🔵 This study is the first Hungarian longitudinal study among individuals with aphasia, as well as the first research to examine the role of intra-individual variability in post-stroke language recovery. The results also highlight that a detailed examination of phonological processes may be of particular importance not only for diagnosis but also for prognosis.

The publication is available directly at: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0010945226001656?fbclid=IwY2xjawTFg95leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFXaDliN1JJVXBLTEIwQ3Rac3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHmC_bl5gcwD2N90sKD8aVA-Fy64sutvfHa0YENTRLrebo8s43KDriO_Ls3s1_aem_RADh7M46gBlwnss85tGc0w

Full House at the Faculty – Our First Erasmus+ BIP Program Turns 3🎉🎊

From July 6–10, our faculty hosted the “Without Barriers: Inclusion for All in Sport” BIP for the third time. 🌍

➡ The program aims to provide participants with basic knowledge about adapted sports. This year, 22 participants—students and university staff, with the latter in greater numbers than ever before—joined us from Finland, Portugal, Turkey, Estonia, Poland, Germany, and Italy.

Read more: https://barczi.elte.hu/en/full-house-at-the-faculty-our-first-erasmus-bip-program-turns-3

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Work in progress 📽️🎬
Judit Gombas Dóra Liska

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🌍 Without Barriers BIP has started at Bárczi

The Without Barriers BIP, is organized within the framework of the Erasmus+ programme, is already the third BIP hosted by the Faculty this year.

Nearly 20 participants from Türkiye, Portugal, Italy, Estonia, Finland, Germany, and Poland have arrived in Budapest. Throughout the week, they will explore the relationship between inclusion and sport from both theoretical and practical perspectives while taking part in a range of joint academic activities.

📚 Faces of Bárczi

In our last “Did You Know This About Me?” post before summer break, the focus is on travel. 🧳

Dr. Csilla Cserti-Szauer, an assistant professor at the Institute for General Theory of Special Needs Education, talks about the joy of discovery. 🌍

“Travel has given me so much since I was a child: I’ve been to many places with my grandfather, my parents, and my sister, and later through my international work as well. Among my fondest moments are those when my husband and I can wander around Portugal, a place that is especially dear to us.”

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📚 Faces of Bárczi

In this installment of our series, we’re focusing on a less-than-ordinary leisure activity. Betty Barthel, a master instructor in the field of special education for individuals with intellectual disabilities, talks about her passion.

“I started caving five years ago. As a sort of hobby caver, I actively participate in the activities of the Verocs section of the MKBT.”

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