2. What is Windekind?
– Special school for children with physical and/or mental disabilities in Leuven.
– GON (Geïntegreerd ONderwijs) – begeleiding / integrated education (integration) = guidance for children with fysical disabilities and/or autism (often in combination with other learning disabilities) in Brussels and Flemish Brabant

3. What is GON?
Goal = to integrate children with disabilities or special needs in regular schools
Difference with inclusion:
Integration: student follows the regular curriculum with some help / adjustments / measures => normal IQ
Inclusion: student doesn’t follow the regular curriculum, gets an adjusted curriculum, adjusted to his/her capabilities => mental retardation (ex. Children with down syndrome)

4. Different types of disabilities
Type 1: minor mental retardation
Type 2: moderate to severe mental retardation
Type 3: emotional and/or behavioural problems
Type 4: fysical disabilities
Type 5: children in hospitals
Type 6: visual disabilities
Type 7: hearing impairment
Type 8: severe learning disabilities
(Type 9: autism)

5. Who qualifies? Who decides?
Child needs a certificate from a specialised diagnostic centre. +
CLB (Centrum voor LeerlingenBegeleiding) or ‘centre for studentcounselling’ gives approval!
GON = partnership between regular schools, special schools, parents and CLB (we need the approval of every party!)
–> certificate autism: 2 years in primary school, 2 years in secondary school and 2 years in college (not university)
–> fysical disabilities:
→ severe certificate: during their entire school career, each year
→ moderate certificate: same as autism -> 2 years at each level

6. What do we do?
3 levels:
– child: individually or in class
– school: teachers
– parents and external care workers
Principle for children with special educational needs
= sticordi – measures:
Stimulation
Compensation
Remedial teaching
Dispensation

7. Child focused guidance
Social – emotional guidance: social abilities, learning to accept diagnosis, …
Curriculum guidance: learning to learn, …
Fysical guidance: learning to use adjusted materials, …
Communicational and speech guidance: supporting the reading process, supporting specific problems like dyslexia, dyscalculia, spelling problems, automatisation problems, etc. …

8. Teacher and school focused help
Informing them about the disorder / disabilities and GON
Providing tips in dealing with the child and his/her problem(s)
Signalling problems
Searching for compensating or dispensating measures
Informing classmates
Searching for adjustments if needed …

9. Consultating with parents and external care takers
Informing parents about their child’s functioning at school
Providing clues about adjustments, if needed
Being a listening ear …
Making contact with other care takers who work with the child: psychologists, physiotherapists, CLB, etc.

10. - 80 minutes / student in schools
Multiple disciplines in our team: psychologists, physiotherapists, logopedists, (ortho)pedagogues, teachers, ergotherapists, …