TEAM
Stefan Danchev – Manager NRCB
He graduates his university degree at the National sports academy in 1990. In 1996 he gets a post-graduate qualification in Pedagogic of the visually impaired people at the SU “Kliment Ohridski” – Sofia. He has worked at the NRCB since 1984 as a tutor. In 1992 he becomes a teacher in Orientation and mobility. He gets specializations at Het-Lo-Erf – the Netherlands and other European institutions for training and rehabilitation of visually impaired. He is a member of the Management board of the UBB. He has taken part in the development and management of over 10 projects of the NRCB. He has been a Manager of the NRCB since 2001 up to now.
Aleksandrina Kostova – Program manager
She has a higher engineer education. She post-graduates in Informatics at the PU “Paisii Hilendarski” in 2001 and Pedagogic of the visually impaired at the SU „Kliment Ohridski” – Sofia in 2002. She has a License for Training of poor sight from the Hadley School for the Blind. She works as a teacher in computers and visual rehabilitation at the NRCB from 2000 to 2002. Since 2003 she has been a Program manager of the NRCB up to now. She develops the projects and the curricula and manages the international activity of the NRCB.
Galina Petrova
She graduates higher education in 1991 at the PU “Paisii Hilendarski”, specialty “Bulgarian philology”. In 1996 graduates post-graduate qualification “Pedagogic of the visually impaired” at the SU „ Sv. Kliment Ohridski”
In 2000 gets a speciali-
zation in rehabilitation of the visually impaired in Sweden.
She has worked at the NRCB since 1996. currently, she teaches „Orientation and mobility”, „Every-day skills” and „Physical culture”.
Stefka Stoicheva
In 1982 she graduates her higher education with the specialty “Bulgarian phylogy” and in 1984 she starts work at the NRCB as a regular teacher, she teaches at that time ”Every-day skills” and „Typhlo-technical devices”. Since 1991 by different courses she learns to operate a computer and she begins teaching computer literacy. In 1997 she graduates post-graduate qualification, masters degree in “Pedagogic of the visually impaired”. In the autumn of this year she starts teaching „ Braille literacy” and „Computer literacy”.
She gets specializations in rehabilitation of the visually impaired at Het-Lo-Erf – the Netherlands and Sweden. She graduates a course in Office computer training to the Union of the blind, funded by the PHARE Program and a course for visually impaired computer specialist to the Microsoft.
Besides a teacher at the NRCB, since 2001 she has been a manager of the Christian center for disabled people “Grace”. She takes part at the development and fulfillment of a project “The Bible, accessible to everyone”, as well as of other projects, relevant to the accessibility of informational and learning literature for visually impaired.
Valentina Mihailova
She graduates elementary school pedagogic with specialization “Special pedagogic” at the Plovdiv University “P. Hilendarski” in 1998 and in 2001 she gets a masters degree in the specialty “Speech therapy”. In 2003 she gets an additional qualification “Pedagogic of the visually impaired” at the SU “Sv. Kliment Ohridski”. She has been a teacher in „Orientation and mobility” and „Cooking”” at the NRCB since 2002.
Veronika Kertikova – expert Job mediation
In 2004 she gets a bachelor’s degree in International relations at the UNWE – Sofia and two years later she graduates a master’s degree in International economic relations. She has worked at the NRCB since 2006 and she has been trained for a mediator at the Sonneheerdt Foundation – the Netherlands and gets a post-graduate qualification in Pedagogic of the visually impaired at the SU “Sv. Kliment Ohridski”
Vladimir Karshev
- 1996 – graduates завършва –High school of Mechanical Engineering - Plovdiv;
- 2003 – graduates bachelor’s degree at the PU “Paisii Hilendarski” with specialty “Special pedagogic” and post-graduate qualification “Information technologies”;
- 2009 – graduates at SU “Sv. Kliment Ohridski” post-graduate qualification in “Pedagogic of the visually impaired";
- 2009 – gets an European computer driving license (ECDL).
Starts work at the NRCB in March, 2007.
Activities: Teacher in Information technologies for visually impaired, ECDL local invigilator. Design and administration of www.rehcenter.org
Mariana Angelova
Qualification:
- Masters degree in Psychology at the Veliko Tyrnovo University “Sv. Sv. Kiril and Metodii”
- One-year specialization in “Forensic psychology” at the Plovdiv University “Paisii Hilendarski”
- Post-graduate qualification in “Managament of social services” – Institute of industrial relations and management, Sofia
- Bachelor’s degree in “State management and administration” – Institute of economics and management, Svishtov
- Six-month training at Ministry of labor and social policy in “Providing social services to children and families“
Activities:
- Psychological consultation of children and adults;
- Individual and group consultations;
- Psychotraining;
- Supervision.
Doctor Radostina Simeonova
She graduates medicine at the Medicine University in Plovdiv in 2000 and in December 2005 she successfully graduates Physical and rehabilitation medicine.
In the framework of the long doctor’s training she has visited tens of seminars and boards, and for mastering her skills as a specialist she has taken part in courses in laser security, diagnostic and therapy with low-frequency currents, selected chapters of the physical therapy, etc. She has taken a three-year course in homeopathy and graduated successfully with an exam and one-month course in labor medicine.
She has taken part in Projects for application of new apparatus in the medical practice and more specifically the apparatus INTELECT of the ALNED Company, electro stimulators and cosmetic apparatus of the MDM, etc.
She is a member of several organizations – Bulgarian union of the doctors. Association of Physical and rehabilitation medicine, Association of the general physicians in Bulgaria, the Bulgarian medical homeopathy organization.
Since 2001 she is a manager of her own company for first medical aid and works as a general physician. She has a contract with the National Health Insurance Fund since 2003.
In 2008 she successfully defends a thesis and next year – master’s degree in Health management. Currently she is a manager of the only one medical center, specialized in the rehabilitation of children with rare diseases and training of their families.
She has worked at the NRCB as a teacher in Theory and Practice of the Classical massage of the trainees in the Massage specialty since 2007.