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Trusted Schools, Providers & Organisations

Oak Hill School's half-day programme is taught in English, and provides students with three highly structured, multi-sensory 50-minute lessons in reading, written language, and mathematics.

Website: https://www.oakhill.ch/

The Kensington English team of passionate and qualified mother-tongue teachers seek both to impart knowledge and also to create a genuine bond with their students, creating a personalised experience.

Tel : 079 207 42 29

Website : kensingtonenglishschool.com

ASK-All Special Kids is a one-stop resource for parents, schools, and specialists, helping to support children and young adults with special educational needs in Switzerland.

Email: info@allspecialkids.org

Webiste: allspecialkids.org

Katie Craft is a qualified special education teacher who creates bespoke individualised education programs for children with special educational needs.

Email : katie@edelweisseducation.com

Website : http://www.edelweisseducation.com

John Byde is a qualified special needs teacher who has been working in the field since 1993. He has been living and working in the French speaking part of Switzerland since 1997. You'll find more details about on his web page.

Website: specialeducationswitzerland.com

Kirsty Wilson is a qualified speech and language therapist, who offers speech and language assessment and therapy, inclusive expressive & receptive language, reading, writing, social communication & phonological awareness.

Tel: 079 532 7598

Website: Kirsty Wilson

Bethan Gollut-Jones is an FSP Psychologist who provides psychological assessments and guidance to children and young people for whom there are concerns about learning difficulties, attention, emotional wellbeing & development.

Website : http://www.psychologie-coaching.ch/

April Johnson-Remfrey is a qualified special education teacher who specialises in helping parents of children with special educational needs find the school with the best fit and right support for their children.

Tel : 079 153 95 10

Website: remfreyeducationalconsulting.com

MonaLira offers audio and video texts to those with dyslexia, those with intellectual disabilities, those with sensory differences, and those with other disabilities that impair their access to written text.

Website: https://www.monalira.org

Barbara Collins is a motivated and experienced special educator who works remotely or in-person with learners with diverse educational profiles. Her goal is motivate her students and provide them with a positive learning experience.

Email: barbararose.collins@gmail.com

Saba Naseem is a compassionate and responsive behavioral interventionist, with more than 7 years of experience working with children with autism and other exceptionalities.

Email : saba.naseem@gmail.com

Theresa Jaeger is a qualified primary school teacher with extensive experience in the Wilson and Orton-Gillingham reading methods. She has over 20 years as an educator and works with learners with diverse educational profiles to accomplish their unique goals.

Website: https://www.englishkidsclubs.ch/about-me

Resource Directory

A directory of resources for parents of children with disabilities and special educational needs is found below. The first section includes organisations serving specific populations; the second includes advocacy organisations for people with disabilities more generally; the third includes therapeutic resources and professional organisations; the fourth includes paediatric psychiatry, neurology, psychology and polydisciplinary clinics; the fifth includes judicial advocacy organisations; and the sixth includes government entities, such as the bureau for disability insurance and regional school authorities.

Population-Specific Advocacy Organisations

ADHD

Association Suisse de Parents d’Enfants avec Deficit d’Attention et/ou Hyperactivité

(Swiss Association for Parents of Children with ADHD)

Tel : 021 703 24 20

Email : aspedah@aspedah.ch

Website : http://www.aspedah.ch/

ASDs

Autisme Suisse Romande (Autism Romandie)

Ave de Rumine 2

1005 Lausanne

Tel : 021 341 93 21

E-mail : secretariat@autisme.ch

Dyslexia

L’Association Dyslexie Suisse Romande (Romandie Dyslexia Association)

Tel : 022 755 37 00

Email : geneve@adsr.ch

Website : www.adsr.ch

Intellectual Disability

ASA handicap Mental (advocacy for those with intellectual disabilities)

Rue des Casernes 35

CP 4016 1950 Sion 4

Tel : 027 322 67 55

Email : info@asa-handicap-mental.ch

Website : www.asa-handicap-mental.ch

InsiemeVaud (advocacy for those with intellectual disabilities)

Chemin de Malley 26

1007 Lausanne

Tel : 021 341 04 20

Email : info@insiemevaud.ch

Website : www.insiemevaud.ch

Solidarité-Handicap mental (advocacy for those with intellectual disabilities)

Rue du Maupas 49

1004 Lausanne

Tel : 021 648 25 82

Email : shm@solidarite-handicap.ch

Website : www.solidarite-handicap.ch

Down Syndrome

Association Romande Trisomie 21 – ART 21 (Swiss-French association for those with Down Syndrome)

CP 2 1052 Le Mont-s/Lausanne

Tel : 079 515 22 21

E-mail : infovaud@t21.ch

Website : www.t21.ch

Website : www.autisme.ch

Deafness & Hearing Impairments

Fédération suisse des sourds Région romande (Swiss Federation of the Deaf)

Ave de Provence 16

1007 Lausanne

Tel : 021 625 65 55

Telescript : 021 625 65 56

Email : info-f@sgb-fss.ch

Website : www.fr.sgb-fss.ch

Blindness & Visual Impairments

Fédération suisse des aveugles et malvoyants (Swiss Federation of the Blind)

Rue de Genève 88 b

1004 Lausanne

Tel : 021 651 60 60

Email : antenne.romande@sbv-fsa.ch

Website : www.sbv-fsa.ch

Cerebral Palsy

Cerebral Vaud (advocacy for those with cerebral palsy)

Chemin du Coteau 5

1024 Ecublens

Tel : 021 691 96 83

Email : info.vd@associationcerebral.ch

Website : www.association-cerebral.ch/vd

Traumatic Brain Injury

Association vaudoise pour les traumatisés cranio-cérébraux

(Vaud Association for People with Traumatic Brain Injury)

Rue du Bugnon 18

1005 Lausanne

Tel : 021 329 02 08

E-mail : helpline@fragile.ch

Website : www.fragile.ch

Advocacy Organisations

Fondation Emera (Advocacy for people with disabilities in Valais)

Avenue de la Gare 3

1950 Sion Tel : 027 307 20 20

Email : conseilsocial@emera.ch

Website : www.emera.ch

Pro Infirmis Vaud (Advocacy for people with disabilities in Vaud)

Rue du Grand-Pont 2bis

CP 7137 - 1002 Lausanne

Tel : 021 321 34 34

Email : vaud@proinfirmis.ch

Website : www.proinfirmis.ch www.info-handicap.ch

ProInfirmis Besoins spéciaux de la petite enfance (BSPE) (Advocacy for young children with disabilities in Vaud)

Chemin du Mont-Paisible 18

1011 Lausanne

Tel: 021 314 73 00

Procap (Advocacy for people with disabilities in Switzerland)

Case postale

2500 Bienne 3

Tel : 032 322 84 86

Email : procapromand@procap.ch

Website : www.procap.ch

Special Olympics Switzerland

Talgut-Zentrum 27, 3063 Ittigen

Tel : 0800 222 666

Website : www.specialolympics.ch

Therapuetic Organisations & Entities

L’Association Romande des Logopédistes Diplômés

(Swiss Association of Qualified Speech & Language Therapists)

Place de la Riponne 5, 1005 Lausanne

Tel : 021 732 17 31

Website : www.arld.ch

Association Suisse des Ergothérapeutes

(Swiss Association of Occupational Therapists)

Altenbergstrasse 29

Case postale 686

3000 Berne 8

Tel : 031 313 88 44

Email: evs-ase@ergotherapie.ch

Website: http://www.ergotherapie.ch/

Association OVA Autisme

(OVA Autism Association -- ABA therapy and other interventions in French and English)

Avenue du Mont-Blanc 13

1196 Gland

Tel : 022 360 03 49

Email : info@ovassociation.com

Website : www.ovassociation.com/en/

Kirsty Wilson

Speech and Language Therapist (English)

Tel : 0795327598

Email : kirstyjwilson@yahoo.co.uk

Paediatric Psychiatry, Neurology, Psychology & Polydisciplinary Clinics

Fondation Pôle Autisme (Autism identification and support in French and English)

Place du Cirque 2

1204 Genève

Tel : 022 322 89 20

Website : www.pole-autisme.ch

Consultation Libellule (Diagnosis, treatment, and support for ASD, ADHD, and learning and developmental disorders in French and English)

Avenue de Rumine 37

1005 Lausanne

Tel : 021 612 33 40

Website : www.libellule.ch

Dr Claudia Poloni (Diagnosis, treatment, and support for ASD, ADHD, and learning and developmental disorders in French and limited English)

Hôpital du Valais

Avenue du Grand-Champsec 80

1951 Sion

Tel : 027 60 34164

Website : hopitalvs.ch

Legal Advice & Advocacy

Association romande Pro Mente Sana (Romandie Association for Mental Health -- legal advice & advocacy)

Rue des Vollandes 40

1207 Genève

Tel : 0840 0000 60 or 0840 0000 61

Email : info@promentesana.org

Website: www.promentesana.org

Inclusion Handicap (Inclusion for People with Disabilities)

Conseils juridiques Égalité (Legal advice on equality of access)

Avenue Vibert 9

1227 Carouge

Tel : 022 552 97 97

Email : info@inclusion-handicap.ch

Website: www.inclusion-handicap.ch

Service juridique pour handicapés (Legal Services for People with Disabilities)

Place Grand-Saint-Jean 1

1003 Lausanne

Tel : 021 323 33 52

Website : www.integrationhandicap.ch

Government Entities

Office de l'enseignement spécialisé Vaud (Special education authority for the Canton of Vaud)

Rue Cité-Devant 11

1014 LausanneSuisse

Tel : 021 316 54 00

Website : Vaud Special Education Office

Office de l'enseignement spécialisé Valais (Special education authority for the Canton of Valais)

Place de la Planta 1

1950 Sion

Tel : 027 606 40 90

Website : Valais Special Education Office

Office de l'assurance- invalidité pour le canton de Vaud (Disability insurance office for the Canton of Vaud)

Avenue du Général-Guisan 8

1800 Vevey

Tel : 021 925 24 24

Website : www.aivd.ch

Office de l'assurance- invalidité pour le canton de Valais (Disability insurance office for the Canton of Valais)

Avenue de la Gare 15

1950 Sion

Tel : 027 324 96 11

Website : www.aivs.ch

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