Examination, Diagnoses and Decision-Taking
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There are special agencies in each of the Swiss Cantons responsible for examinations, diagnoses, therapies and advisories (among others: the school psychological services). A claim to special schooling is preluded by an application, examinations and an interim decision. Applications can be primarily made by teaching staff, medical practitioners and the special cantonal services (e.g. school psychological services), school authorities and official tutelage authorities. In more than half of the Swiss Cantons, parents can ask for attendance at a special school.
Examination and decision-taking
Responsibility for the investigatory procedures in all the Swiss Cantons lies with the school psychological services, child- and juvenile psychological services, or other specialist agencies.
As to whether a disabled child or youth requiring special educational needs is to attend a regular school (integrated schooling) or a special school, is decided on the basis of uniform regulations. Dependent on the various cantonal regulations, and the cantonal provision, such decisions are, as a rule, taken mutually by the parents, the school, the teaching staff as well as specialist agencies.
In the final instance, the cantonal education authorities decide as to whether a disabled child or young person needs special schooling.
Future examinations
Within the scope of inter-cantonal collaboration in special educational affairs, a project team developed standardised investigatory procedures for the assessment of individual educational and development requirements for disabled children and young people.
The basis for the investigatory procedures has been adopted from the 'ICF' - International Classification of Functioning of the 'WHO' - World Health Organisation, in particular from the 'ICF-CY' version for disabled children and young people, as well as other classification systems such as the 'ICD-10' - International Classification of Diseases.
The examinations will in future permit the Swiss Cantons to allocate individual resources within the scope of the early orthoeducational area, the regular schooling system, special classes or special schools , for disabled children and young people, who require further educational measures. Under pilot trials for the development of standardised investigatory procedures, assessment instrumentation will be drawn up for pre-school-, compulsory primary school- and higher secondary level..
The new standardised investigatory procedures will probably become law after the parliamentary consultative stage in the year 2011.
Responsibility for the investigatory procedures in all the Swiss Cantons lies with the school psychological services, child- and juvenile psychological services, or other specialist agencies.
As to whether a disabled child or youth requiring special educational needs is to attend a regular school (integrated schooling) or a special school, is decided on the basis of uniform regulations. Dependent on the various cantonal regulations, and the cantonal provision, such decisions are, as a rule, taken mutually by the parents, the school, the teaching staff as well as specialist agencies.
In the final instance, the cantonal education authorities decide as to whether a disabled child or young person needs special schooling.
Future examinations
Within the scope of inter-cantonal collaboration in special educational affairs, a project team developed standardised investigatory procedures for the assessment of individual educational and development requirements for disabled children and young people.
The basis for the investigatory procedures has been adopted from the 'ICF' - International Classification of Functioning of the 'WHO' - World Health Organisation, in particular from the 'ICF-CY' version for disabled children and young people, as well as other classification systems such as the 'ICD-10' - International Classification of Diseases.
The examinations will in future permit the Swiss Cantons to allocate individual resources within the scope of the early orthoeducational area, the regular schooling system, special classes or special schools , for disabled children and young people, who require further educational measures. Under pilot trials for the development of standardised investigatory procedures, assessment instrumentation will be drawn up for pre-school-, compulsory primary school- and higher secondary level..
The new standardised investigatory procedures will probably become law after the parliamentary consultative stage in the year 2011.
