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School Contact Information

Logo for Bonn International SchoolDownload the Special Needs Profile (2023 Special Needs Profile- Germany, Bonn) for this school to learn more about their capability to support students with exceptionalities.

Infographic for special needs education in Bonn, Germany at the assisted school Bonn International School. In general, the school can support students whose learning support needs are MILD MODERATE. 

The school is able and willing to accommodate students within the following categories: hearing impaired, visually impaired, autistic, specifically learning disabled, intellectually disabled,  other health impairment, speech or language impaired. Special needs support services include: teacher accommodations, teacher accommodations learning support teacher,  learning support teacher, co-teaching/team teaching in the classroom, academic support class secondary school, support special needs preschoolers, use of IEP and ILP. 
See REO for Maximum hours per week per student for push in and for pull out. 
Special needs support staff in the school include: 1 nurse, 1 special needs coordinator, 10 learning support teachers, 3 guidance counselors. 

Services are available in English at post for the following: psychoeducational assessment, speech therapy, occupational therapy, physical therapy, behavior and/or autism specialist, social skills group/social skills training, US credentialed reading specialist, reading remediation, reading programs for Dyslexia, math specialist. 

The school can provide the following: 1:1 classroom aide.

 

Bonn International School (BIS) was created in 1997 from the merger of three well-established schools in Bonn: the Bonn American High School, the British High School Bonn, and the Bonn American Elementary School. BIS offers an English language program for ages 3-19 including Early Learning (EL) for ages 3 to 5 that complements the kindergarten through grade 12 programs. The school year comprises two semesters beginning in mid-August and ending in the last week of June for a total of 180 school days.

This is intended to provide general information. Prospective users of the schools may wish to inquire further of A/OPR/OS or contact the school directly for more specific and up-to-the-minute information. Information and statistics are current as of September 2022 and provided by the school.

NOTE: School situations can change quickly, particularly as schools face cutbacks to learning support programs due to the pandemic, unrest, and economic uncertainty. For the most current information, work with the REO and school. Information in this document was collected by the Department of State’s Office of Overseas Schools directly from the school in fall 2022 and shows the availability of services rather than an assessment of the quality of the services. The profile is intended as a jumping off point for a conversation with the REO and school to understand the best fit for your child. Definitions may vary school to school.

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