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Special Educational Needs in the Greek Educational System

A. Compulsory Education Nursery School: 5-6 year-old pupils

Primary School: 6 grades

Junior High School: 3 grades

B. Non-compulsory Education Senior High School: 3 grades

General Senior High School Professional (Technological) Senior High School Other Technological Schools

Tertiary Education

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Law 3699/2008

Special Education: Disabled Students with Special Educational Needs or Students with Special Educational Needs

Special Schools

Co-teaching

Parallel Classes

Home-teaching

Diagnostic, Evaluation and Support Services

Special Education

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General class: students with not serious learning difficulties

General class with co-teaching:

students who can follow the class syllabus

students who have serious special needs but there is not a special school or parallel class in the area

Education for Students with Special Educational Needs (I)

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Parallel class

common and specialised syllabus for students with less serious SEN

specialised - group or individual - syllabus in the context of an extended schedule for students with serious SEN – when there is not a special educational school in the area

Education for Students with Special Educational Needs (II)

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Blind Students/Students with impaired vision: General Class

Students with Autism:

Highly Functional (Asberger): General Class – Co-teaching by

a) Special Educational Teacher

b) Assistant provided by the family

Students with Autism and Retardment: Special School

Education for Students with Special Educational Needs (III)

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Lack of money: Insufficiency in buildings, equipment, special education teachers, teacher-training

The wash-back effect: teachers teach focusing on final exams

Disbelief to diagnoses – teachers’ personal beliefs and prejudices

Classroom organisation – teaching methods

Competitive system/environment

Problems in Implementation