Special school settings

If a pupil's behaviour indicates a high emotional distress and/or a school situation is experienced and perceived as particularly unsuitable for a pupil's needs, both by the school community and by the family, it may be necessary and advisable to consider a temporary stay in a specialized learning environment.

In the CDSE pedagogical school structures, specific learning activities are offered by a multi-professional team, adapted to the needs and the development of the student's social-emotional skills, thus helping them to have a positive school experience.

Temporary education within the framework of the CDSE can prepare children and adolescents for reintegration into mainstream school after a longer period of therapy or a hospital stay. In a protected setting, the student can achieve emotional stability, resume social relationships, make up for missed learning and achieve an adapted learning rhythm that will enable him/her to resume his/her school career.

In this phase, close cooperation with the student's school of origin or future school is essential.

In the case of specialized education, students are enrolled in the CDSE as well as their school of origin or an educational facility designated by the CNI.

The schooling is based on the national curricula of the Luxembourgish public school system.

Subject materials, learning objectives, teaching materials, tools and methods are adapted to the students’ educational needs (and abilities) while being subject to ministerial standards. Students are thus provided with an individual education plan (Plan éducatif individualisé, PEI).

The student’s person of reference promotes the co-operation with the student’s school of origin or future school and facilitates communication to classmates and teachers.

Meanwhile, the CDSE prepares teachers and classmates for the student’s reintegration into mainstream school.