R46PITFALLS AND BIASPLACEMENT IN SPECIAL EDUCATION AND REMEDIAL CLASSES LIMITSTHE LABOR OPPORTUNITIES FOR ROMANI ADULTS.
R47HUNGARYKEY INSTITUTIONS IN THE ASSESSMENT PROCESSHospitals, clinics, <strong>and</strong> early childcare centers are <strong>the</strong> first institutions that assess children for disabling conditions;typically <strong>the</strong>se assessments occur in <strong>the</strong> first three years <strong>of</strong> a child’s life. Clifford <strong>and</strong> colleagues (2004, 31) notethat fewer than ten percent <strong>of</strong> young children attend childcare centers, however, <strong>and</strong> that children in rural areas<strong>and</strong> settlements lack medical specialists <strong>and</strong> care <strong>and</strong> thus <strong>the</strong>ir needs might not become apparent until <strong>the</strong>yenter kindergarten. 12 There are two main bodies tasked with assessing children for disabling conditions: (1) <strong>the</strong>Educational Counseling Service, <strong>and</strong> (2) <strong>the</strong> Rehabilitation Committee <strong>of</strong> Experts Examining <strong>the</strong> Ability to Learn(hereafter “Rehabilitation Committee”). When anyone suspects that a child might have a disability, <strong>the</strong> child isreferred to <strong>the</strong> Rehabilitation Committee, which is comprised <strong>of</strong> a physician, psychologist, <strong>and</strong> special educator.There are national <strong>and</strong> county/local Rehabilitation Committees that assess <strong>and</strong> determine special educationalneeds, as set out by §10.1 <strong>and</strong> 2 <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Ministry <strong>of</strong> Education <strong>and</strong> Culture Decree 14/1994 on Education Obligations<strong>and</strong> Pedagogical Support Services <strong>and</strong> Article 6.4.a <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Act on Public Education (1993, last amended in 2006).National Rehabilitation Committees assess <strong>and</strong> diagnose intelligence <strong>and</strong> personality in <strong>the</strong> context <strong>of</strong> hearing,vision, speech, <strong>and</strong> motor/physical domains, while <strong>the</strong> county/local Rehabilitation Committees are concernedwith diagnosing or ruling out intellectual disability (based on a child’s performance on assessments), autism <strong>and</strong>psychiatric disorders, <strong>and</strong> determining if diagnosed disorders have organic origins. If a parent, doctor, nurse, oro<strong>the</strong>r agent thinks that a child might have a disabling condition before <strong>the</strong> child enters school, one <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>seexpert committees will examine <strong>the</strong> child <strong>and</strong> make a determination <strong>of</strong> disability status <strong>and</strong> a recommendationon <strong>the</strong> school placement <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> child (Decree 14/1994 § 14.1.d). The Rehabilitation Committee is obligated toinform parents about <strong>the</strong>ir options on placing children in designated institutions/schools (Decree 14/1994, §14.3).However, <strong>the</strong> Rehabilitation Committee determines which schools are designated as placement options, <strong>and</strong>Bohács <strong>and</strong> Tóth (2008, 2) point out that most <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> designated schools are special (segregated) schools, effectivelylimiting parental choice.12 Kindergarten is <strong>the</strong> first year <strong>of</strong> compulsory schooling in Hungary, but kindergarten is available from <strong>the</strong> age <strong>of</strong> three. Children typicallyattend <strong>the</strong> last year <strong>of</strong> kindergarten (<strong>the</strong> first year <strong>of</strong> compulsory schooling) at age five, <strong>and</strong> enter <strong>the</strong> first grade at age six, <strong>the</strong> age <strong>of</strong>compulsory schooling.
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