Goal fulfilment in school for the deaf and hearing impaired - batod

Abbreviations and terms 1SPMSVSITThe National Agency for Special Schools for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (Specialskolemyndigheten)Birgittasolan, Kristinaskolan, Manillaskolan, Vänerskolan, Östervångsskolan and ÅsbackaskolanThe National Agency for Education (Skolverket)The Swedish Institute for Special Needs Education (Specialpedagogiska institutet)Schools for the hearing impaired Solander School, Park School, Alviks School, Nya Bro School, KannebäcksSchool, Söder School, Silvia School, Elinebergs School and Nya Stenkula School-In the presentation of grades, the six schools for the hearing impaired that hadschool-leavers in 2002-2006 are included-The questionnaire survey includes pupils from all nine schools for the hearingimpaired that in 2007 taught hearing-impaired/deaf pupils (born 1991-1999)Established on 1 July 2008The National Agency for Special Needs Education and SchoolsTaking over previous functions of• the National Agency for Special Educational Support – SISUS• the Swedish Institute for Special Needs Education – SIT• the National Agency for Special Schools for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing – SPMwww.spsm.seThe Swedish National Agency for Education is the central administrative authority for the Swedish public schoolsystem for children, young people and adults, as well as for preschool activities and child care for school children.The Agency also has responsibility for coordinating national initiatives for pupils with disabilities, environmentalissues and issues relating to pupils who have just arrived in Sweden.www.skolverket.seThe Swedish School inspectorywww.skolinspektionen.se1This is an expanded introduction with more explanations and information compared to the Swedish version.Goal fulfilment in school for the deaf and hearing impaired