S OCIAL AND S CHOOL I NTEGRATION FOR C HILDREN WITH S PECIAL E DUCATIONAL N EEDS.

SOCIAL AND SOCIAL AND SSCHOOL CHOOL IINTEGRATION FOR NTEGRATION FOR

CCHILDREN WITH HILDREN WITH SSPECIAL PECIAL EEDUCATIONAL DUCATIONAL NNEEDSEEDS

Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs

58 Directorates of Secondary Education

13 Regional Directorates of Education

58 Directorates of Primary Education

Nursery Schools (children 4-6 years old)Primary Schools (children 7-12 years old)

Gymnasia (students 13- 15 years old)Lycea (students 16- 18 years old)

Social and School Integration for Children with Special Educational Needs

GREECE

13 Regional Directorates of Education


Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs

Region of EPIRUSThe Epirus Regional Directorate of Education

Epirus Directorates of PrimaryEducation

• Ioannina• Preveza• Arta• THESPROTIA


Directorate of Primary Education

NURSERY SCHOOLS• 39 mainstream Nursery Schools• 1 Special Needs Nursery School• 1 Private Nursery SchoolTotal number of children: 698

PRIMARY SCHOOLS• 24 mainstream Primary Schools•1 Special Needs Primary SchoolTotal number of children : 2392

THESPROTIA


The term Special Education encompasses all educational services provided to students with disabilities and/ or identified special educational needs.

Special Needs and Special Education


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.


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.


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.


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.


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)


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)


Special Education in the Directorate of Primary Education

of Thesprotia

Elementary School of Paramythia

Old Building New Building

1st Elementary School of Igoumenitsa

Igoumenitsa

International Port of Igoumenitsa

Paramythia

Filiates

Syvota

Sagiada

Acheron River

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