Special School

[soihok]

Hello.

Has anyone have experience with special schools in the area of Nakhon Korat?

Our daughter is mentally disabled and she will need a school that meets her requirements.

Any advice is greatly apprieciated.

Cheers

[mowlem]

I used to be a Provincial Special Needs Advisor next door in Buriram, as well as working at the Regional Special Education Center in Khon Kaen. The soon gan suk sa pee set in Thai. The best place in Korat is the Korat rhajabat special needs faculty demonstation classes. You need to make contact with this place asap, as it is very popular. It will also give advice on benefits available and everything else.

Unfortunately, special ed here is minimal, and you will have a hard time getting any support or help from officialdom outside this. Your local school, unless you are very lucky will be of no use, either unwilling, or just not being able to cope.

Honestly, the best help to be found, is in your homeland.

I am sorry to be a source of bad news, but it is the truth.

[Jared]

I dont know of any schools myself but if you try koratfarang.com there are plently of local members who are teachers in the area and they may be able to answer your question.

[soihok]

Thanks for the replies.

Tricky one is,nt it.

Cheers

[bina]

mowlem,

do u have the thai words for learning disabilities, dyslexic, special education

i have three kids who were or are in different variations of spec. education with varying learning disabilities.

my thai husband does not understand that they have these 'problems' cause they are not mentally retarded or handicapped but higher then average intelligence who have varioius cognitive problems in reading writing, math, telling time whatever.(they arent his kids, previous husband, all teenagers now, but still testing orally, or extra teaching hours etc)..

knowing the proper terminology in thai , and sites with explanations , would help a lot...

if u could write in thai or transliteration, that would be really nice

bina

[mowlem]

There is no such thing as the concept of dyslexia here. It does not register with many of my trained colleagues. Same with learning disabilities. I try to put as "opposite of genius" but I just get polite nodding of the head, (i.e. no idea what I'm on about).

Nackrien piiset means special student suksa piiset means special education...I think. I have been out of Thailand for a bit.

Again, as you can testify, it is outside the experience of most here. Most ideas are imported wholesale from the west, with little understanding locally. Here, if you don't go to school, so what? Girls especially, if they are academically very slow, they leave at the first sign of puberty and work with mummy.

I am talking about Isaan here, but I think it is the same throughout the country.

[bina]

thanx

will try out the terms and see what i get... probably a blank look

bina

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