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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