 in all of the 16 Länder. However, there are still a lot of barriers within the school-laws. In German Länder the parents have the right to choose the place of education for their child- in integrated or segregated settings, but only with approval of the school administration/ authorities. A free choice is forced by parents associations and teachers unions. Within the signature of the UN-charter, 2009, the Bundesländer will check their laws. The KMK- Working Group SNE starts to develop concepts towards a more inclusive educational system
- The concept of teacher training is changing in many Länder. In some universities, SEN is a part of the initial teacher training for all teachers. In the framework of SEN teacher-training, integration or examinations in integration settings are required.
- All Länder have built up a system of co-operation between special schools and mainstream schools. Special schools get more and more the task to work as a resource centre. This kind of work will be intensified and extended in consideration of inclusive education.
Additional Information about Special Needs Education in Germany can be found in the following documents and from the following links:
- Educational Support and Guidance: http://www.kmk.org/fileadmin/doc/Dokumentation/Bildungswesen_en_pdfs/support_and_guidance.pdf
- Guidance for families with disabled children: http://www.behindertenbeauftragter.de/SharedDocs/Publikationen/DE/Elternratgeber_gemeinesame_Bildung.pdf?__blob=publicationFile
- KMK Website