1 Pupil Guidance Centre Leuven

Program  Education in Flanders  Pupils Guidance Centre (CLB)  VCLB Leuven  Questions  Tour 2

Situating Flanders 3

Political responsibality for Education Communities  Communities  Flemish community n In Flanders + Brussels  French community n In Wallonia + Brussels  German speaking community 4

Compulsary education  years  6 -15/16: full-time  15/ : part-time (learning & working)  Compulsary education ≠ school attendance  Home education (±1000)  Nursery education  2,5 - 6 (± 98% participation) 5

Educational networks  Education of the Flemish community  GO!  Municipal and provincial education  Publicly funded and run  Publicly funded, privatly run  Mainly Catholic schools 7

8 Educational networks Flemish community Municipal & Provincial Publicly funded Privatly run Elem. 14%23%63% Sec. 18%8%74%

9 Education in Flanders Some figures studentsschoolsstaff Nursery Primary Secondary Higher (college) Higher (university)

Education for children with special needs  Seperate structure and schools  Figures  Nursery: (0,7%)  Primary: (7%)  Secondary: (5%)  Integration  Help from specialised teacher (2 u / week) 

Pupil Guidance centre (CLB)  Every school > contract with a CLB (3 years)  72 CLB’s  CLB-networks (community, privatly run)  Leuven  CLB GO! (community and provincial schools)  VCLB Leuven (privatly run & municipal schools) 11

CLB in Flanders Staff 12 Full-time employees (11-12) Physician (Ma)207 Paramedic worker (Ba)481 Social worker (Ba)546 Psycho-educational counselor (Ma)656 Psycho-educational worker (Ba)273 Intercultural worker11 Director or assistant-director (Ma)137 Administrative worker295

13 Ultimate goal The well-being and development of the pupils

14 Learning and studying homework, reading, arithmetics, dyslexia, learning style … Emotional well-being Education, fear of failure, ADHD, bullying, depression, social skills… Guidance of school career Choice of subjects, information on study and professions, … Health care Medical check-up, vaccinations, drugs, healthy food and living, relations & sexuality… 4 clusters of guidance

15 Preventive health care Growth and development vaccination Preventive health care Hearing, vision

Our service  Getting the question clear  Diagnostic research (interview, questionnaire, test …)  Information  Advice  Guidance (≤ 8 interventions)  Emotional well-being; guidance of shool career  Information/contacting other social and health care organisations 16

Network of social and health care organisations 17 Center for multi- therapy General welfare center Home for disabled children Center for the young child Home for children with special educational needs Center for psychothe rapy and mental health care Committe of youth welfare Pupils guidance center

Network of social and health care organisations 18 Social welfare centre Psychiatric youth hospital police justice physicians Speech and language therapist Remedial teacher physiother apist

Working principles and positioning  Easy accessible (in the schools)  Within the school but independent  Emancipating  Complementary to family and school  On demand (Consent) …  Discretion and privacy  Free  Teamwork  Coöperation with network  Digital file (internet) 19

20 Compulsary support medical: general medical check-up (Growth, visus, hearing, sexual development…) prevention of spreading of infectious diseases social: guidance of truants Guaranteed support vaccinations certain medical check-ups preventing the spreading of infectious diseases Support on demand by … pupils parents (if pupil aged >12: approval of pupil) school (if approval of parents/pupils) Support and Guidance: who is asking?

21 Local Pupil Guidance Centre for Private and Communal Schools

22 95 schools 56 primary schools 28 secundary schools 11 schools for special education VCLB Leuven Some figures pupils 82 employees Equivalent of 57 full-time jobs

23 7 teams Elementary schools and schools for special education (3) Secondary schools (2) Preventive health care (1) Support team (1) (ICT, HRM …) VCLB Leuven Organisation Team meetings ± every two weeks Information cases