1. 1 Special Educational Needs in the Greek Educational System A. Compulsory Education Nursery School: 5-6 year-old pupils Primary School: 6 grades Junior High School: 3 grades B. Non-compulsory Education Senior High School: 3 grades General Senior High School Professional (Technological) Senior High School Other Technological Schools Tertiary Education

2. 2 Law 3699/2008 Special Education: Disabled Students with Special Educational Needs or Students with Special Educational Needs Special Schools Co-teaching Parallel Classes Home-teaching Diagnostic, Evaluation and Support Services Special Education

3. 3 General class: students with not serious learning difficulties General class with co-teaching: students who can follow the class syllabus students who have serious special needs but there is not a special school or parallel class in the area Education for Students with Special Educational Needs (I)

4. 4 Parallel class common and specialised syllabus for students with less serious SEN specialised - group or individual - syllabus in the context of an extended schedule for students with serious SEN – when there is not a special educational school in the area Education for Students with Special Educational Needs (II)

5. 5 Blind Students/Students with impaired vision: General Class Students with Autism: Highly Functional (Asberger): General Class – Co-teaching by a) Special Educational Teacher b) Assistant provided by the family Students with Autism and Retardment: Special School Education for Students with Special Educational Needs (III)

6. 6 Lack of money: Insufficiency in buildings, equipment, special education teachers, teacher-training The wash-back effect: teachers teach focusing on final exams Disbelief to diagnoses – teachers’ personal beliefs and prejudices Classroom organisation – teaching methods Competitive system/environment Problems in Implementation