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Pupil Guidance CentreLeuven

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Program

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

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Situating Flanders

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Political responsibality for EducationCommunities

Communities Flemish community

n In Flanders + Brussels French community

n In Wallonia + Brussels German speaking community

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Compulsary education

6 - 18 years 6 -15/16: full-time 15/16 - 18: part-time (learning & working)

Compulsary education ≠ school attendance Home education (±1000)

Nursery education 2,5 - 6 (± 98% participation)

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Educational networks

Education of the Flemish community GO!

Municipal and provincial education Publicly funded and run

Publicly funded, privatly run Mainly Catholic schools

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Educational networks

Flemishcommunity

Municipal &Provincial

Publicly fundedPrivatly run

Elem. 14% 23% 63%

Sec. 18% 8% 74%

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Education in FlandersSome figures

students schools staff

Nursery 268.0002.400 72.000

Primary 421.000

Secondary 439.000 1.100 77.000

Higher (college) 132.000 21 13.000

Higher (university) 84.000 7

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Education for children with special needs

Seperate structure and schools Figures

Nursery: 2.000 (0,7%) Primary: 28.000 (7%) Secondary: 20.000 (5%)

Integration Help from specialised teacher (2 u / week) 12.000

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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)

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CLB in FlandersStaff

Full-time employees (11-12) 2.548

Physician (Ma) 207Paramedic worker (Ba) 481

Social worker (Ba) 546Psycho-educational counselor (Ma) 656Psycho-educational worker (Ba) 273Intercultural worker 11

Director or assistant-director (Ma) 137Administrative worker 295

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Ultimate goal

The well-being and development of the pupils

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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

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Preventive health careGrowth and

development vaccination

Preventive health care

Hearing, vision

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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

Network of social and health care organisations

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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 psychotherapy and mental health care

Committe of youth welfare

Pupils guidance

center

Network of social and health care organisations

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Social welfare centre

Psychiatric youth hospital police

justice

physicians Speech and language therapist

Remedial teacher

physiotherapist

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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)

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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?

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Local Pupil Guidance Centre

for Private and Communal Schools

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95 schools• 56 primary schools• 28 secundary schools• 11 schools for special education

VCLB LeuvenSome figures

31 000 pupils

82 employees• Equivalent of 57 full-time jobs

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• 7 teams• Elementary schools and schools for special education (3)• Secondary schools (2)• Preventive health care (1)• Support team (1) (ICT, HRM …)

VCLB LeuvenOrganisation

• Team meetings• ± every two weeks• Information• cases