2023 Special Needs Greece, Athens

March 31, 2023

Infographic for special needs education in Athens, Greece at the assisted school The American Community School of Athens. n general, the school can support students whose learning support needs are MILD. The school is able and willing to accommodate students within the following categories: hearing impaired-no physically and orthopedically impaired- no visually impaired-no autistic-no specifically learning disabled-yes intellectually disabled- no behaviorally/emotionally disturbed- yes multiple disabilities-yes other health impairment- yes speech or language impaired- yes traumatic brain injury- no Special needs support services include: teacher accommodations-yes teacher accommodations learning support teacher- yes learning support teacher- yes co-teaching/team teaching in the classroom- yes academic support class secondary school- yes support special needs preschoolers-yes use of IEP and ILP-yes The school does not have a self-contained classroom. Maximum hours per week per student for push in SEE REO for pull out SEE REO. Special needs support staff in the school include: Nurse-2 Psychologist-1.5 Social Worker-0 Special Needs Coordinator-1 Learning Support Teacher-7 Guidance Counselor-5 Services are available in English at post for the following: psychoeducational assessment- yes speech therapy-yes occupational therapy-yes physical therapy-yes behavior and/or autism specialist (ABA/Behavior Plan/Interventions)-yes social skills group/social skills training-yes US credentialed reading specialist-no reading remediation-no reading programs for Dyslexia (Ortho Gillingham etc.)-no math specialist-yes The school can provide the following: 1:1 classroom aide-no special transportation- no transportation paraprofessional- no

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