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The Swedish National Report FEAPDA conference Friedberg, Germany

The Swedish National Report FEAPDA conference Friedberg, Germany. October 19th-20th 2007. Cochlear Implants – Changing Deaf Education?. County Council. Cochlear Implants Early intervention. Local Authorities. Day care center Preschool School (Mainstreaming). State .

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The Swedish National Report FEAPDA conference Friedberg, Germany

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  1. The Swedish National ReportFEAPDA conferenceFriedberg, Germany October 19th-20th 2007 Cochlear Implants – Changing Deaf Education?

  2. County Council • Cochlear Implants • Early intervention The Swedish National Report

  3. LocalAuthorities • Day care center • Preschool • School (Mainstreaming) The Swedish National Report

  4. State • Special Scool for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing • 5 regional schools • 1 national school for deaf children with severe learning difficulties • Swedish Institute for Special Needs Education. The Swedish National Report

  5. 90% gets cochlear implants • Bilateral most common • Newborn screening all over Sweden The Swedish National Report

  6. Of the children with implants • 50% goes to Bilingual Special schools • 50% are mainstreamed The Swedish National Report

  7. More children mainstreamed but • 40% of the deaf children have additional difficulties which makes it hard to predict their language development The Swedish National Report

  8. Important with a bilingual environment at an early age • Signed bilingualism is supportive of language learning The Swedish National Report

  9. The Parents • The parents decide which kind of school their children attends. • The parents get Sign Language courses The Swedish National Report

  10. A new situation • Part time pupils • Special schools as centers of knowledge • More pupils with moderate hearing loss come to Special Schools at a later stage, probably the same development with cochlear implants • Hard to predict the future The Swedish National Report

  11. A new national organization • From July 2008 the Swedish Institue for Special Needs Education and the Agency for Special Schools are going to merge. • Will the Special Schools become regional centers of Knowledge? The Swedish National Report

  12. CONCLUSION • ”We want confident children who use the language they prefer or find suitable for different situations…” The Swedish National Report

  13. The Swedish National Report

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