Education, Health, and Human Services Partnerships in The Netherlands

• In Event: Roundtable Session 13
  In Roundtable Session: Education and Health Partnerships

Abstract

Connecting educational reform and health and human services reform has been a major challenge in the Netherlands. Despite a growing number of partnerships in primary education, increased experimentation in secondary schools and colleges for further education, and the support from cities and school boards, the future of this movement is difficult to predict. New national policies concerning special education (more inclusive policies and mainstreaming) and specialised youth care (policy authority from provincies to cities) create more opportunities and new challenges at the same time.The focus of this presentation is on Behaviour and Education Support Teams (BEST) and community schools in Dutch primary and secondary schools. Current research and implementation strategies will be presented and discussed, together with some European perspectives.

Author

• Dolf van Veen, Netherlands Centre on Education and Youth Care