PREFACE - Landeshauptstadt Kiel

SCHOOL - EDUCATION
5 Education
5.1 Pre-School Advancement
● Early Advancement
Early advancement is aimed at compensating development problems in early childhood in order to improve
the developmental conditions for the child. This support by the Department of Families and Social Welfare is
granted upon request to children not yet enrolled in school. The goal is the prevention, elimination, and
improvement of handicaps and participation limitations, and to prevent any deterioration of the situation and
its consequences (see also Chapter 1.1 “Helpline for Integration Assistance” [Beratungsstelle für
Eingliederungshilfen]).
Information on the various options and providers of early advancement may be obtained from the Helpline
for Integration Assistance [Beratungsstelle für Eingliederungshilfen (Heilpädagogische Beratungsstelle)] at
the Department of Families and Social Welfare [Amt für Familie und Soziales] (see Chapter 1.1) and at the
Professional Association of Special Education Teachers
[Berufsverband für Heilpädagogen e. V.] 0 30 / 40 60 50 60
Michaelskirchstrasse 17/18, 10179 Berlin
E-Mail: info@bhponline.de
● Child Daycare Facilities
● Municipal Child Daycare Facilities
All children, with or without disability, are legally entitled to be enrolled in a kindergarten facility from age 3
and up. They may also be enrolled in any of the municipal child daycare facilities.
If the regular advancement curriculum of a particular kindergarten is not sufficient for the integration of a
child with disabilities, the following options exist:
● Individual Integration
During individual integration, the child with disabilities or potential disabilities is enrolled in a regular
kindergarten group with additional support from a special education teacher. The benefit of such an
individualized integration is the proximity to the child’s residence.
● Group Integration
The curricula of the municipal child daycare facilities also include group integration at the child daycare
facility “Sternschnuppe“, Hügelstrasse 11 in Kiel-Gaarden. This group consists of 15 children, four of them
with disability or potential disability.
Integration means that children with and without disability attend one overall group, or they join smaller
groups.
Information is available from: Department for School, Child, and Youth Facilities, Daycare and Open
Youth Activities [Amt für Schule, Kinder- und Jugendeinrichtungen, Kindertagesbetreuung und offene
Jugendarbeit] 9 01-31 30
All inclusive:
The Concept of the City of Kiel: “Each child shall receive the individually needed
learning conditions.”
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