Special education is available for children in need of specific care. Special elementary education is divided into types, so as to be able to respond as well as possible to the pupil’s abilities and difficulties.
Special elementary education
There are seven types of special nursery education:
- Type 2: for children with a slight or severe mental impairment
- Type 3: for children with an emotional or behavioural disorder
- Type 4: for children with a motor impairment
- Type 5: for children living in a hospital, a preventorium or a residential setting
- Type 6: for children with a visual impairment
- Type 7: for children with a hearing impairment or a speech or language disorder
- Type 9: for children with a disorder on the autism spectrum, without a mental impairment
In addition to the above seven types, special primary education includes a further three types:
- type of elementary education on offer: for children with a slight mental impairment or with severe learning difficulties
Special elementary education schools in Brussels
Consult the schools finder for the different special elementary education schools in Brussels.
Also of interest
Registering in special elementary education
Registering in special elementary education
You will find full details on how and when to register your child on the website 'Inschrijven in Brussel' [Registering in a Dutch-speaking school in Brussels].
Onderwijs Vlaanderen (Education Flanders)
Onderwijs Vlaanderen (Education Flanders)
The Dutch-speaking schools in Brussels fall under Onderwijs Vlaanderen. More information about special education is available here.
Kasterlinden buitengewoon basisonderwijs
Kasterlinden buitengewoon basisonderwijs
Kasterlinden is een school voor buitengewoon onderwijs. Er is basisonderwijs, secundair onderwijs en een internaat voor kinderen en jongeren met een visuele of auditieve beperking, een taal- of spraakstoornis, een autismespectrumstoornis of gedragsmoeilijkheden. Kasterlinden heeft ook een ondersteuningsmodel dat ondersteuning biedt in het gewoon onderwijs aan alle doelgroepen.