Special Needs Children in Spain
 

Hi all
Where are special needs kids educated in Spain - do they have there own special schools as they do here - till they shut you down - or are they educated at home????? With 13 years experience im just wondering if there is a need for skills such as mine as i find working with special needs children really really rewarding and im not one bit bitter at Rochdale Council for shutting us all down coz they are penny pinching idiots.
Thanks once again for any help and advice.
Sam

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not one bit bitter:rofl:

but at least you can come to spain!

my kids are in spanish state school, & there are some kids with special needs there - I have no idea if there are special schools for more serious problems though

the local, private International schools have no provision for special needs at all (I think maybe one primary school does, but it's a tiny school)

this may not be the case throughout the country, as every area seems to have it's own rules

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I am fairly sure there is a dedicated special needs school in Denia, Northern Costa Blanca, as I have seen fund raising publicity in the past.

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I think you could be right there

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Thanks again Lynnxa
I feel very bitter for the kids as they are the ones that are gonna suffer - they are building 3 new state of the art special schools (ha thats a laugh coz theyve run out of money) next to really really rough schools/areas in Rochdale and think our kids are gonna be ok - we are building links with the attached mainstream schools but our kids are always being called names as you can imagine - if i dont like it i can leave but our kids dont have a choice -it makes me very upset thinking about what they are gonna have to face on a daily basis as they are so innocent and do not deserve that - its taken years to build up their confidence and to have it knocked out of them again is criminal.
Oh god sorry about the rant (dont know how to do funny face yet but i would have put one here lol) - no as you can see im not bitter lol.:rofl:
Sam

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Oh i did a funny face - dont know how i did it but there you go.

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It is awful..where we used to live there were a couple of special needs schools which had good reputations - the only trouble was they were so small, and there were so few places that it was really hard to get your child into one

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Hi Montgomail
Thanks for that - i suppose daily commute is out of the question from Malaga aint it lol. Well im glad they are being catered for so i think i need to do some more research and see if there is anything closer to Malaga. Thanks again.
Sam

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It certainly is. I drove to Malaga from Denia last summer - took me 5-6 hours. Stunning landscape though, once you get to inland Andalucia.:)

However, if there is provision in CBN, then Malaga might too have similar resources.

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Hi Lynnxa
We did have 7 special schools all with excellent ofsted reports - they dwindled that down to 5 and now they are going to 3 - whats really annoying is that they have told parents they have a choice of which school their child can go to - then send them letters out telling them where their children are going to - wheres the choice - plus they are breaking down childrens friendships as the children come from all over the borough - such a shame.
Ranting again lol
Sam
PS - will this be pulled coz im calling the high and the mighty lol - some of the posts on here have me in stitches when they get going.

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interesting viewpoint on special schools I have a daughter in special ed in the Uk and have looked at schooling in Spain but really feel that at least in Spain she will have the opportunity to attend mainstream sadly denied in the uK! in terms of schools tho there are several for deaf children all across Spain and also for kids with Multiple disability, if you want any more info then please ask as I spent a long time looking for my daughter and came across all sorts of special schools! found the schools just cant find the damned house!!!

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You could try looking at the NABSS website to get addresses for international school along the CDS. There are quite a few and I know that some employ people to work with children who have special needs. There are also some schools that teach the American curriculum but you would have to google to find out where they are. Which age group do you work with?

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Hi gettingthere
Where abouts in Yorkshire are you - we have about 7 kids travelling over from Halifax every day at parents decided the special school over there was not for their children.
We are just starting the journey - we looked about 10 years ago but chickened out - silly i know - hind sight is a wonderful thing. Properties where a lot cheaper as well - so i know what you mean about finding a house.
We are hoping to go around Malaga area - where are you hoping to go???
If you have any info for around this area i would be really grateful and i wish you good luck in your house search.
Thanks a lot.
Sam

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Hi sunnydee
Thats great thanks.
The school i work in is from 5 to 16 years - i have been lucky enough to work my way through each year group - at the mo i work with years 7 - 11. The kids i work with tend to have problems with reading, writing and maths - a lot of them are very street wise kids (behavioural problems) and that is why i mentioned the kids in other schools earlier - our kids understand what they are being called so i can forsee lots of problems - a lot of these kids have come from mainstream who have failed them and to put them back into a situation like that i think is just waiting for trouble - but it will always be the special kids who are to blame:curse:.
Thanks sunnydee im gonna have a look on their if i can
Sam

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Whey hey i can do the funny faces now and not by accident :rofl::rofl::rofl: Sorry small things amuse small minds i know.

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personally I found NABSS worse than useless, at least for looking for special ed!! tru a search in spanish I put in "colegio de ninos sordos" crap spanish I know but it diod throw up many links for special schools although mainly for the deaf"sordos"! IMO your Spanish would need to be more than excellent and of course Sign language which is widely used is different from BSL being only one handed! also dont know whether a british teaching qualification would carry over there especially if it is in special ed, I am a Learning Disability Nurse and that is not recognised at all. Good luck!

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Sam forgot to mention my daughter was born in Spain and we left when she was two as education for infants was non existent! but then again we were in the Canaries!

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You can not work in a Spanish school with a UK qualification without convalidation of your degree and going through a lot of tests etc. which even Spanish teachers find difficult. You also need to show you are fluent in Spanish.

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I don't know if there are special schools for these kids or they are just integrated in normal schools. I remember a blind and a couple of disable girls at my (catholic) school. It looks like most parents with special needs children will rather send them to "normal" schools unless their special needs need to be address by professionals...

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Hi

I am also looking for special needs schools near to Moraira.
My neice has autism and I have found some schooling and help here but it is all Spanish only and as my sister-in-law doesnt speak Spanish it could be a problem.
Does anyone know the name of the school in Denia?
Thanks for any help
Nikki :)

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No but you could try emailing Help of Denia, who I am sure will know or signpost you to someone who does.

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No, I am afraid there are no special needs schools in Spain, it was a policy about five years ago to incorporate all children with special needs into main stream schools, and most centre were closed down.
I live in Seville and in my experience very few private school offer support classes, infact, there isn't even a teacher's help in the classroom.
The states schools do offer support classes, but you have to fight for it!
I know all this as my son has dyslexia and other learning difficulties, and I have been struggling for years to get help. I have now resorted to flying out evey 6 to 7 weeks to the UK so that he can do the Dore Programme.
If you did decide to come and live in Spain you may be successful in giving private classes. Judith

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There are special needs schools around where we live, they come each morning and collect all the students in a special mini bus, as the student gets older they are catered for in the school of adults in the village. I do know they also do care for the more disabled, out side home.

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Winfred Dorr programe, based in Kenilworth, my elder daughter was diagnosed with dyslexia in 1984. we had it diagnosed by Dr Condon of Solihull.
Years ago my exhusband sold him a horse.

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Thats nice to know Gallerie9, nice to know :blink:

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I know it is Mitzy, It was mmmmm a sore point for me for many years LOL
But you come from that area didnt you see him with his helicopter and mansion. ???????????????

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The name rings a bell, I dont know why
We were at Blossomfield surgery with a very nice Egyptian doctor who also lived in a mansion, but had no horse to my knowledge

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The present Mr Gallerie used to spend lots of holidays where you are going he loved the coast line and all those places, but he likes it down here better as the weather is warmer, we are going to go there when the house is finished.

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There was a programme on TV about him, his daughter was the same age as mine and went to Kingsley Girls in Leamington, he had various bussiness interest. .

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There are, there is http://www.fundacionelliotgeorge.com in Marbella and also APRONA.

I know this as my other half is doing a feature on charities for a local website

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There are 'centres' for children with special needs, particularly for those with severve learning difficulties, but for children who have dyslexia, or are slow learners this is another story. The state school do by law have to provide support classes, but you have to fight for it. In the private sector I am still looking!

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Thanks to you all for the replies - very much apprieciated xxxxx

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There is help for adults and children with dyslexia, on the eastern Costa del Sol and in Manilva.