Contacts - France

Agency representatives

Representative Board Member

Name: Bernadette Céleste
Email:  bernadette.celeste@inshea.fr
Address: INS HEA – French National Higher Education Institute for Special Needs Education, 58-60, Avenue des Landes, FR - 92150 Suresnes
Phone: +33 1 41 44 31 00
Fax: +33 1 45 06 39 93 
Web: http://www.inshea.fr 

National Co-ordinator

Name: Nel Saumont 
Email: international@inshea.fr 
Address: INS HEA – French National Higher Education Institute for Special Needs Education, 58 - 60, Avenue des Landes, FR - 92150 Suresnes
Phone: + 33 1 41 44 31 21
Fax: +33 1 41 44 31 23 
Web: http://www.inshea.fr

Ministry of Education and Special Educational Needs

Ministry of Education 

Address: 110, rue Grenelle, 75007 Paris, France 
Phone: +33 (0)1 55 55 10 10 
Website: www.education.gouv.fr

Special Education Department

M. Pierre-François Gachet, inspecteur de l’éducation nationale, chef du bureau de l’adaptation scolaire et de la scolarisation des élèves handicapés à la direction générale de l’enseignement scolaire. 
Address: Ministère de l'éducation, Chef de la Mission ASH, 107 Rue de Grenelle, 75007 Paris, France
Phone: +33 1 55 55 10 80 
Fax: +33 1 55 55 12 45 
E-mail: pierre-francois.gachet@education.gouv.fr
Website: www.education.gouv.fr

Special Needs Education contacts

For any information on French training institutions in the field of special needs education please consult the list of University training centers in the Higher Education page of the Ministry website: www.education.gouv.fr/sup/iufm.htm

For any information on resource centers, research centers and support organisations, please consult the following website: www.cnefei.fr/Ressource/Liens/OrganismeRecherche.asp. Here the following subpages are suggested:

Action sociale = Social work
Administrations – documents parlementaires = Administration – parliamentary documents
Education = Education
Formation et insertion professionnelles = Vocational training and professional integration
Généralités = General information
Handicap/Grande difficulté et Troubles des apprentissages = Disability/Learning difficulties and major difficulties
Santé – Maladie = Health - Illness