Determining special needs education

Pupils with special educational needs attend special schools in Rhineland-Palatinate or take part in inclusive education. The decision is made by the parents after consultation with the schools. There is a state-wide network of special schools and special needs schools.

Priority schools are primary and secondary schools that offer inclusive education close to home. They

• offer both the school leaving certificate of the respective school type and the special school leaving certificates of the special schools;
• can be attended by pupils with all types of special needs.

Special schools

• offer the main areas of support
  -- Learning, holistic development, language, social-emotional development, motor development,
  -- Vision (school for the blind and visually impaired)
  -- Hearing (school for the deaf and hard of hearing)

Depending on the focus of support

-- the entry level of primary school,

-- the primary level and the lower secondary level,

-- the primary level, the secondary level and the vocational school level (work level).