Special Support Centre Arto Willman

1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxQsIr6fJrI Special Support Centre Arto Willman Head of Student Support Services for Special Needs Students

4. Today’s challenges to student support services in Finland • Needs for special education and special support is growing • Challenge of heterogeneity of students ’ ability for learning • Challenge in complexity of needs • Challenge of common working culture and educational strategies in schools • Challenge of quality • Challenge of economy City of Oulu | Department of education | Special Support Centre

5. Ongoing reform for inclusive education City of Oulu | Department of education | Special Support Centre

6. Stepped-up support system in Finland City of Oulu | Department of education | Special Support Centre

7. Management System of the Education Department The Joint HR Committee of the Department of Education Administration Services Chief of Administration Financial Management Unit Financial Manager Unit of Administration and HR HR Manager Development Unit Centre for Learning and Resources Development Manager Board of Education Head of Department The center for special support, ERTU Manager of Student Support Services for Special Needs Basic Education Unit Manager of Basic Education Upper Secondary School Unit Manager of Upper Secondary School Unit 4 regional units of basic education/ Regional headmasters Art School Upper Secondary Schools (12 ) Oulu Conservatoire Oulu-opisto - Adult Education Centre Comprehensive Schools/ (59)

8. Process organization of Education and Culture services Contract EarlychilhoodEducation Ulla Rissanen EarlychilhoodEducation Arto Lamberg Board of Educ. and Culture s. Head Mika Penttilä Order/ Pruction Deputy Major Private and otherproducer Contract Basic Education and Youthservices Marjut Nurmivuori Contract Upper Secondary School Pekka Fredriksson Culture Risto Vuoria Culture services Contract Culturalfacilities Order/ Production Sport and Freetimeservices Sport and Leasure Niina Epäilys Private and otherproducer

9. Special Support Centre The Joy of Learning and Support for Students • Regional special education – support at the local schools • Centralised services – education in special teaching groups • Student welfare services – support and wellbeing • Immigrant education – readiness for further education City of Oulu | Department of education | Special Support Centre

10. Regional special education support at the local schools • Regional special education services cover extensive special education in schools as well as regional start-up classes and small teaching group operations. The special education teacher • preventive and remedial education to students with difficulties related to learning, studying, or settling in, or with speech development problems. • communicate to the other teachers ,offering support services for school staff • in upper secondary schoolsmap the problems related to learning, organise support courses, and consult the teachers City of Oulu | Department of education | Special Support Centre

11. Regional special education support at the local schools • Start-up classes • preventive and early support in order to strengthen their readiness for school attendance. Regional small teaching groups • an intensified form of support offered in the local schools for students who require a smaller group size and more individual teaching in order to learn. City of Oulu | Department of education | Special Support Centre

12. Regional special education support at the local schools • Regional special teaching groups • Customised education is provided in the regional special teaching groups per subject or per functional domain. The students also have the opportunity to integrate with the teaching groups in their local school. • Metsokangas 3 groups • Ritaharju 3 groups • Kaakkuri 1 group • Ylikiiminki 1 group City of Oulu | Department of education | Special Support Centre

13. Centralised services education in special teaching groups • Centralised special education services in special schools and regional special groups provide support when the intensified support services of the local schools are not sufficient. • customisedclassroom-type special education. • extensively delayed students ,catered to the individual student either per subject or per functional domain • for students that require support with their social skills • The hospital school unit provides education in the Oulu University Hospital for young patients who are subject to compulsory education. City of Oulu | Department of education | Special Support Centre

15. Student welfare services support and wellbeing •  The Student Welfare Department offers the services of the school welfare officer and the school psychologist for pre-primary and basic education as well as the general • The operations support and promote a working culture of wellbeing, care and positive interaction in schools. • The central questions are related to the development, learning, interaction, and mental health of children and adolescents. City of Oulu | Department of education | Special Support Centre

16. Immigrant education readiness for further education • The support services for the education of immigrants cooperate in the organisation of education for students with an immigrant background with the schools. • The service is targeted at basic education, the transition phase between basic and secondary education, and secondary education. City of Oulu | Department of education | Special Support Centre

17. The objective is to ensure the students’ opportunities to acquire the skills and knowledge corresponding to the national core curriculum for basic education and to be prepared for further education. • Studying is supported by organising preparatory education prior to the basic education, courses in Finnish as a second language, as well as teaching of the students’ native language and religion in small groups. • Preparatoryeducation is offered in the Kaakkuri, Kaukovainio, Koskela, Myllyoja, and Paulaharju elementaryschools and at the Kastelli, Merikoski, Rajakylä, and Terva-Toppilasecondaryschools. City of Oulu | Department of education | Special Support Centre

18. Special needs assistant service City of Oulu | Department of education | Special Support Centre

20. Quality management Team of special education in general education Team of student welfare Team of Immigrant teaching Team of Centralized special education Support process of student welfare (in school and with network) Support process of learning (general to strong support) City of Oulu | Department of education | Special Support Centre

21. Main principles • Collaboration an networked approach (inside and outside) • Quality and process oriented (quality, roles, responsibilities, action models, processes) • Proactive not reactive • Development oriented, dynamic, innovative • Student centered, customer oriented (parents) • Integrative, inclusive • Support teachers, learning environment oriented • Resources on right place in right time • Professional development • Regional management model City of Oulu | Department of education | Special Support Centre