Support for learning

General support is the first step in responding to the pupil’s need for support. An individual learning plan for the pupil can be drawn up as part of the general support provided.

If it is assessed that a pupil needs more broad and long-term support than usual, the support rendered to them will be intensified. To carry out such intensified support, an individual learning plan will be drawn up for the pupil, to include a description of the support needed by the pupil and the manner of its organization.

If a pupil is in need of robust support on a regular basis, special support will be organized. Special support is rendered pursuant to an administrative decision, and to carry out the support, an individual plan for the organization of teaching (HOJKS) will be drawn up.

In Tampere, a decision on an extended period of compulsory education and the associated decision for special support will be made in collaboration between early childhood education and basic education if the child is enrolled in early childhood education at the time of the decision. The first decision to extend the period of compulsory education and provide special support must be grounded in a psychologist’s or physician’s certificate. No separate pedagogic assessment is necessary.

A pupil with extended compulsory education has the opportunity to participate in a voluntary extra year of preschool in an early childhood education and care group in the calendar year they turn five years old (5 y). Nevertheless, they will begin their compulsory education in preschool teaching the calendar year they turn six years old (6 y). Preschool teaching for a six-year-old will be provided either in an early childhood education and care preschool group or in a special class.

The Koivikkopuisto schoolhouse is a City of Tampere -operated hospital school that serves the municipalities in the Tampere University Hospital catchment area. The Koivikkopuisto schoolhouse is located at the Tays campus in Tampere. 

https://www.tays.fi/fi-FI/Toimipaikat/Tays_Keskussairaala/Muut_yksikot/Sairaalakoulu

Coordinating teachers responsible for support work with the school pathways. Their tasks include facilitating pupil support and providing guidance, preparing decisions on special support, consulting schools in support-related matters, as well as networking. The administration for the coordinating teachers responsible for support works on Wednesdays.