Inclusion in the Netherlands

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Inclusion in the Netherlands
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Introduction

• Hand out
• Education in the Netherlands
• Primary school
• Going to school together project
• PCL
• Special primary schools
• Special education
• Backpack
• REC

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Education in the Netherlands

• Primary school
• Special primary school
• Special schools for children with physical,
  sensory, educational or behavioral problems

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Primary school

• Through tests and observations
• Individual coach
• Remedial teacher
• Schedule with all the actions taken for each
  child
• Extra money from the government

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Going to school together project

• The education goals of the project going to
  school together
• For whom?
• The organization
• The budget

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Education goals of this project

• More suitable education
• To bring more knowledge into the school about
  extra care and education for children with
  problems
• Less children to the special primary schools
• Specialized teachers at every regular primary
  school

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For whom?

• For all pupils in the primary school with
  learning problems or behavioral problems.
• Children with more severe physical, sensory or
  mental handicaps are not included in going to
  school together.

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The organization

• Cooperation between 10-15 primary schools and 1
  special primary school
• sharing the budget
• The plans slogan is More expertise to the
  primary school

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The budget

• 260 million euro every year for the project
  Going to school together
• More than 92 of the money is returned for
  spending at special primary schools
• 19 million euro goes to primary schools each year

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PCL

• Permanent Commission of Inclusion
• Every cooperation of schools has its own
  Commission of Inclusion for the pupils
• PCL gives advise Is it necessary for a child to
  go to a special primary school?

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Special primary schools

• Categories are
• Pupils with autism
• Pupils with dyslexia
• Pupils with ADHD
• Pupils who are highly talented

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Special education

• Categories are
• Visually handicapped
• Deaf and hard of hearing
• Physically handicapped, learning problems and
  somatically ill
• Severe educational and behavioural problems

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Picture of a visually handicapped child
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Picture of a school for hard-of-hearing and deaf
children
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Picture of a Mytylschool
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Mytylschool
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Mytylschool
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Mytylschool
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Picture of another special primary school
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Backpack

• What is a backpack?
• Why an allowance for handicapped children?
• When does a child get a backpack?

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What is a backpack?

• Pupil-specific allowance
• Budget for handicapped children provided by the
  government
• This money can be spent on a regular primary
  school for special equipment

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Why an allowance for handicapped children?

• Parents can choose how to spend the extra money
  for their handicapped child
• In regular primary schools the budget goes to
  extra needs, special teachers and materials

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When does a child get a backpack?

• A backpack is for handicapped children who can
  and would like to stay at the primary school

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REC Regional Expertise Centre

• System for greater effectiveness of special
  education
• Independent cooperative organization for special
  education and secondary special education
• Coordination of coaches and expertise