Support services

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Reykjavík City's policy on special education and support focuses on inclusive schooling. This means the school provides services to all students, disabled and non-disabled alike. Teachers must adapt their teaching to the student group, using various methods and activities for the students.

 

 

Grandaskóli is an inclusive school where students receive individualized education. Students are expected to study in their learning group with or without support. Support can also take place outside the learning group. Assessment of individual students' needs for special support that requires changes in curriculum content, teaching methods, or learning environment takes place in consultation with parents.

Grandaskóli gets services from a school psychologist, counseling from an instructional consultant, and a social worker from the center. 

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Preventive health services

School healthcare provides structured health education and promotes healthy lifestyle habits.

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Education for All

City-run primary schools in Reykjavík meet each child's educational needs regardless of their abilities or status.

Child prosperity

The new Act on the Integration of Services in the Interest of Children’s Prosperity has come into effect. The goal is to ensure children and guardians receive the right assistance, at the right time, from the right parties.

Families and children in need of early support have guaranteed access to a prosperity liaison in the child's immediate environment, such as in preschool or primary school. The prosperity liaison offers information and guidance on services and ensures that children and guardians have unhindered access to these services.

Children, young people, and guardians can reach the school prosperity liaisons to request integrated services.

Grandaskóli contact persons:

Grades 1-4: Ragnhildur Einarsdóttir

Grades 5-7: Hjördís Bára Gestsdóttir