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Appendice VV. Compulsory school for children withintellectual disabilities (from www.skolverket.se)Compulsory school for children with intellectualdisabilities comprises two parallel types ofschool – comprehensive school for children withintellectual disabilities, and the ”training school”for those with profound intellectual disabilities.Pupils are entitled to a voluntary tenth schoolyear to broaden or deepen their knowledge.Who attends compulsory school for childrenwith intellectual disabilities?Children with intellectual disabilities attend thisschool.Children with mild intellectual disabilities attendcompulsory school for children with intellectualdisabilities.The ”training school” is for children who cannotattend compulsory school for children withintellectual disabilities.How is compulsory school for children withintellectual disabilities organised?Compulsory school for children with intellectualdisabilities,The pupil studies more or less the same subjectsas comprehensive school pupils do. The contentand scope of the subjects is adapted to the pupil’sown abilities. This means that an individualstudy plan is drawn up for each pupil.No grades are given at training school. This doesnot mean that follow-up and evaluation do nottake place on an ongoing basis. The startingpoint can be objectives in the individual studyplan that was drawn up together with the pupil’sguardian(s).What rules govern the compulsory school forchildren with intellectual disabilities?The national curriculum is the same as forregular compulsory school, but the school forchildren with intellectual disabilities has its ownsyllabi.The syllabi for compulsory school for pupils withintellectual disabilities cover twelve subjects: art,English, home economics and consumer studies,sport and health, mathematics, mother tongue,music, natural science subjects, social sciencesubjects, handicrafts, Swedish, and Swedish as asecond language.Syllabi for the training school cover five largesubject areas: artistic activity, communication,motor skills, activities of daily living andawareness of reality. Mother tongue tuition inthe training school is covered in the subjectcommunication.School for children with profound intellectualdisabilities,Instead of individual subjects, the ”trainingschool” syllabus contains five subject areas:artistic activity, communication, motor skills,activities of daily living and awareness of reality.Goal fulfilment in school for the deaf and hearing impaired71