The competence centres for specialised psychopedagogy and the Agence pour la transition vers une vie autonome (Agency for the Transition to Independent Living)

The competence centres carry out specialised diagnoses which allow to identify exactly the special educational needs of pupils and help implement appropriate measures.

Pupils and their parents, primary and secondary school staff, as well as approved departments and institutions may benefit from the advice and guidance measures provided by the staff at the competence centres, who have been specially trained for this purpose.

The competence centres may offer learning workshops specifically designed to meet the pupils’ needs. These learning workshops complement regular schooling and are organised either at one of the decentralised annexes of a competence centre, at a primary or secondary school, or at any other appropriate venue.

The competence centres offer rehabilitation and therapy sessions according to the pupils’ needs.

In addition to the measures set up in primary and secondary schools, staff from the competence centres intervene in the classroom to assist pupils with special educational needs, in close collaboration with the schools’ staff.

Pupils with special educational needs may attend a class at a competence centre, either full-time or alternating with attendance at a primary or secondary school. Classes may be organised either in one of the decentralised annexes of a competence centre or at a primary or secondary school in the form of cohabitation classes.