Transcript Ειδική Αγωγή και Εκπαίδευση (ΕΑΕ)

SOCIAL
SCHOOL
INTEGRATION FOR CHILDREN WITH
SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS
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Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs
13 Regional Directorates of Education
58 Directorates of Primary Education
Nursery Schools (children 4-6 years old)
Primary Schools (children 7-12 years old)
58 Directorates of Secondary Education
Gymnasia (students 13- 15 years old)
Lycea (students 16- 18 years old)
Social and School Integration for Children with Special Educational Needs
GREECE
Ministry of Education and
Religious Affairs
13 Regional
Directorates of
Education
Social and School Integration for Children with Special Educational Needs
Region of EPIRUS
The Epirus Regional Directorate
of Education
Epirus Directorates of Primary
Education
Ioannina
• Preveza
• Arta
• THESPROTIA
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Social and School Integration for Children with Special Educational Needs
THESPROTIA
Directorate of Primary
Education
NURSERY SCHOOLS
• 39 mainstream Nursery
Schools
• 1 Special Needs Nursery
School
• 1 Private Nursery School
Total number of children: 698
PRIMARY SCHOOLS
• 24 mainstream Primary
Schools
•1 Special Needs Primary School
Total number of children : 2392
Social and School Integration for Children with Special Educational Needs
Special Needs and Special Education
The term Special Education encompasses all educational
services provided to students with disabilities and/ or
identified special educational needs.
Social and School Integration for Children with Special Educational Needs
Diagnostic, evaluative and supporting
institutions
Students’ disabilities and special educational needs are
investigated and recorded by the Centres of
Differential Diagnosis and Support for Special
Educational Needs (KEDDY) and certified by the Greek
Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs and/or by
relevant centres of other Ministries.
Social and School Integration for Children with Special Educational Needs
Special Education seeks
• omnibus and harmonious development of SEN and disabled
students’ personality,
• improvement and enhancement of students’ abilities and skills, to
enable possible integration into mainstream school,
• students’ inclusion in the educational system, in social life and in
business activity, based on their corresponding potentials,
• mutual acceptance, harmonious social integration, equal
opportunities in social development.
Social and School Integration for Children with Special Educational Needs
SEN and disabled students:
where do they attend?
•In mainstream schools with parallel support by special educational
staff,
•In a specially organized and appropriately staffed Induction Classes,
which operate within mainstream and vocational schools,
•In Special Education School Units (SMEAE), such as Special Needs
Nursery Schools, Special Needs Primary Schools and Special Needs
Secondary Schools,
• Homeschooling.
Social and School Integration for Children with Special Educational Needs
Qualified Teachers
• Teachers with a relevant PhD (SEN, disabilities, other),
• Teachers with a relevant Master’s degree (SEN, disabilities, other),
• Teachers who received a two-year training in Special Education, offered
by Greek Universities,
• Teachers with a university degree in Special Education,
• Teachers with Disabilities,
• Teachers who are parents of SEN and/or disabled children,
• Teachers that attended seminars in Special Education.
Social and School Integration for Children with Special Educational Needs
Special Education
in the Directorate of Primary Education
of Thesprotia
Pre-school education (children 4 - 7 years old):
• One Special Needs Nursery School (3 children)
• Mainstream Nursery School offering parallel support (7
Nursery Schools, 8 children)
Social and School Integration for Children with Special Educational Needs
Special Education
in the Directorate of Primary Education
of Thesprotia
Primary Schools (students 6 - 15 years old):
• One Special Needs Primary School (8 students)
• Six Induction Classes (52 students)
• Nine mainstream classes with parallel support (11
students)
Social and School Integration for Children with Special Educational Needs
Elementary School of Paramythia
Old Building
New Building
1st Elementary School of Igoumenitsa
Igoumenitsa
International Port of Igoumenitsa
Paramythia
Filiates
Syvota
Sagiada
Acheron River
Social and School Integration for Children with Special Educational Needs