Special needs education

Special needs education offers schooling based on the needs and abilities of pupils. The Brussels-Capital Region runs a special needs education network.

Special needs education is split into various types, tailored to the general and specialised educational needs of the children. These needs are established on the basis of the primary disability, enabling children to be brought together in group courses corresponding to the shared needs.

Like other types of education, special needs education in Brussels is the remit of the French and Flemish Communities.

The French Community’s website explains the various types of primary and secondary special needs education External linktypes of primary and secondary Opens in new windowspecial External link needs education (FR). It also publishes a External linkdirectory of institutions (FR) in the Brussels-Capital Region.
The Flemish Community website devotes a whole section to Opens in new windowprimary special needs education (NL), with a directory of schools and another to External linksecondary Opens in new windowspecial External link needs education (NL).