Redesigning regular education support in The Netherlands |
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| Authors: | Sip Jan Pijl Kees Vann De Bos |
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| Institution: | 1. Deputy Regional Principal Educational Psychologist , Tayside Region;2. Lecturer in Educational Psychology , University of Strathclyde;3. Regional Principal Educational Psychologist , Tayside Region |
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| Abstract: | In The Netherlands new policy guidelines have resulted in grouping regular and special schools in school clusters, in redistributing the funding of special needs and in appointing a support coordinator in every school. Since the support coordinator, or interne begeleider, is a rather new phenomenon in most schools, data about their roles and tasks were not available. This study attempted to gather such data. The results indicate that support coordinators in The Netherlands are involved in making individual educational programmes, in supporting the class teacher and in coordinating special needs education in their school. The coordinators in this research state that the available time for these tasks is insufficient. |
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| Keywords: | Support Coordinator Inclusion Special Educational Needs |
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