Articles & Guides
Parents and professionals,
here are some articles & guides that SPRINT and its members thought might be of interest to you:
Table of contents :
Qualinclus - an auto-evaluation guide for inclusiveness in schools
Welcome guide for arriving allophone families with school-age children
Government guide on pedagogical accompaniment for special needs children in schools
How Parents Can Support Children With Special Needs During Distance Learning
A helpful online safety guide for people with autism spectrum disorders
Adressing mental health and psychosocial aspects of Covid-19 outbreak
SPRINT talk 2015 : Navigating the French system with a special needs child
Television interview with Julie TUIL on autism and ABA therapy.
Qualinclus - an auto-evaluation guide for inclusive schools
Qualinclus is a tool provided by the “Ministère de l’éducation nationale” to promote quality inclusiveness in schools. It is a collection of thematic cards that proposes an analytical proces to evaluate the school’s abilities in key areas of inclusive schooling. Each key area is divided into three parts : the plan (context, strategy, meaning, objectives), what to do (actors, actions, means and time), and how to check it is effective (with examples of follow-up evaluations). Legislative and regulatory references are also indicated.
This PDF tool exists only in French.
Welcome booklet for arriving allophone families with children
The bilingual welcome booklet is an information and communication tool intended for parents and newly arrived allophone students discovering the French education system. It explains the organization of schooling at school, college and high school, as well as the specific support that will be implemented for learning French as the language of schooling.
Click here for the PDF in English.
Government guide for teachers on pedagogical accompaniment for special needs children
“Rendre accesible à sa mesure” is a 2018 guide set in a context of needs for individualization and sharing of experiences in terms of educational differentiation. It describes 41 different school situations to illustrate a response given to the specific needs of 23 portraits of young people with disabilities.
Practical sheets show how teamwork and the implementation of adapted measures make it possible to compensate for handicapped situations and make school paths accessible, with a view to social and professional integration.
How Parents Can Support Children With Special Needs During Distance Learning.
“If your child has special needs, remote learning can be incredibly stressful. Here are some tips for helping kids learn, while still taking care of yourself.”
Written by Rebecca Branstetter, Ph.D., is a school psychologist, speaker, and founder of The Thriving School Psychologist Collective, an online community dedicated to improving mental health and learning supports in public schools.
Click here to read the article on the Greater Good Magazine website.
Working from home while minding kids
An article by Grainne Dunleavy on her blog “Positive Choice Paris”.
Written on March 24th, 2020.
Click here to read the article on her blog.
Or click here to watch the Youtube video of her Zoom presentation on the same subject.
Supporting Families during covid-19 : a complete guide for parents
The Child Mind Institute is an independent, US national nonprofit dedicated to transforming the lives of children and families struggling with mental health and learning disorders. Their teams work every day to deliver the highest standards of care, advance the science of the developing brain and empower parents, professionals and policymakers to support children when and where they need it most.
During the pandemic crisis, they have collected many articles and guides on this resources page to help cope with the covid-19 crisis, including : Supporting Your Kids ; Addressing Specific Concerns ; Taking Care of Yourself ; Telehealth ; Remote Learning ; Autism and the Coronavirus ; Managing Anxiety ; Discipline and Behavior ; Dealing With Loss.
They also create live chats on their facebook page, which are recorded to be replayed at any time.
A helpful online safety guide for people with autism spectrum disorders
A complete and thourough article on the website WizCase, written by John Bennet.
Last Updated in March 2020.
Addressing mental health and psychosocial aspects of covid-19 outbreak
Version 1.5 from February 2020
by the IASC Reference Group on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergency Settings
This briefing note summarizes key mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) considerations in relation to the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.
Click here for the PDF in French.
Learning support in paris
A handout for parents & learning-support assistants and schools.
Compiled by SPAN Parents and SPRINT professionals April 2017
New York times article on autism definition
"Proposed changes to the official diagnosis of autism will not reduce the proportion of children found to have it as steeply as many have feared, scientists reported on Tuesday, in an analysis that contradicts several previous studies..."
My son belongs in your child's class
"My four-year-old deserves a chance at a diploma and full life. So does every other child with special needs."
By Maureen Rich Wallace
Navigating the french system with a special needs child
SPRINT talk October 14th, 2015
by Mia Vieyra, Clinical Psychologist & Alicia Saba, Speech-Language Pathologist
Television interview with sprint member, speech pathologist and autism specialist, Julie tuil
"Invitée de Véronique Mounier sur Chérie 25 dans l'émission "Sans Tabou", Julie Tuil donne des éclaircissements sur l'autisme et montre le rôle primordial que les parents doivent jouer en se formant aux méthodes ABA."