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The paper responds to the current situation of building a university counselling service center for students with special needs. It reflects the perspective of an interdisciplinary advisory team APUPA and Department of services to handicapped students at the University of Pardubice. The paper is based on the analysis of data collected by APUPA and Department of services to handicapped at the University of Pardubice. The aim of this paper is: 1) To analyse the system of advice, support and assistance to students with special needs, which is implemented at the University of Pardubice? 2) Suggest a diagram of internal support system for students with special needs including individual advice and special support. 3) To justify the real psychosocial, educational, economic or technical needs of students. An important factor is the individuality of the students with special needs. The results suggest that psychosocial, educational, economic or technical needs of student with special needs are evident. This article also shows that the number of records of the use of specific services provided at the university is significantly increasing. Inclusion the students with special needs to Master's Studies lead to equalization of educational opportunities. The number of students (and applicants) with special needs is, inter alia, an indicator of the quality of high school. These trends are implemented also at the University of Pardubice. The need to participate in the removal of technical, social, information and human barriers in an academic environment is the common goal of interdisciplinary advisory team UPa workers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the Czech Republic, there is a trend nowadays in supporting families caring for a child vulnerable due to disability. A network of services offering support to these families is growing. Causes of this fact can be found at three different levels, on the child and family side, but also at the support system. Concept of a life quality, and it's various dimensions for this target group, have been neglected until recently. Present time, however, introduces significant changes in an approach to this issue and the concept of life quality in general is getting to the fore within the interagency scope and the social policy. In this particular case it presents a complex construct comprising many subunits. We can look at them from a variety of perspectives and operate with them in many different ways. This paper solves a view at this concept unusually at the background of the specific activities of Early Care Centre in Pardubice. For the paper processing qualitative research strategies have been used – description of organization's material and quantitative survey (evaluation questionnaire for the year 2012). Particular aim of this paper is to describe activities of Early Care Centre in Pardubice which affect the concept of life quality of families with child (early age) vulnerable due to disability. Results analysis of the evaluation survey which is aimed to identify some of quality indicators of service provided in 2012 also at the Centre for Early Intervention in Pardubice and comparison with the material of the National Centre of social services transformation support - A system of services for children and young people with disabilities and their families (Bačáková, 2013). Results evaluate the life quality concept for families with children in early age with the endangered development due to disability from the position of the family, support and assistance provider and support and assistance evaluator. The conclusion summarizes the problem formulation, problem analysis and discussion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]