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Views of integration
The legal and regulatory framework for handicapped children or adolescents has made it possible to set up a coherent system favouring the convergenceof initiatives and resources committed to the integration policy. However, some difficulties may delay the implementation of this policy
- the dual character of the supervisory administrations and methods of financing introduces great complexity into the relations between institutions or personnels of very varied status,
- the process of regional decentralisation and administrative deconcentration have changed the centre of decision-making,
- budget constraints,
- different professional cultures may harm the necessary dialogue which must be created between teaching, educational, rehabilitation,or care personnel.

Despite these difficulties, the school integration approach has clearly been started, especially as it appears essential in the process of social and professional integration of the handicapped. Moreover, this approach has implications that go way beyond the population for which it was designed.

Indeed, by calling on education to organise a curriculum for pupils with the most serious deficiencies, the integration approach encourages the rethinking of the reception of all pupils, especially those in difficulty. In fact, educational integration is not an end in itself, but constitutes a major social challenge.


The legal and regulatory framework for handicapped children or adolescents has made it possible to set up a coherent system favouring the convergenceof initiatives and resources committed to the integration policy. However, some difficulties may delay the implementation of this policy:
- the dual character of the supervisory administrations and methods of financing introduces great complexity into the relations between institutions or personnels of very varied status,
- - the process of regional decentralisation and administrative deconcentration have changed the centre of decision-making,
- - budget constraints,
- - different professional cultures may harm the necessary dialogue which must be created between teaching, educational, rehabilitation,or care personnel.

Despite these difficulties, the school integration approach has clearly been started, especially as it appears essential in the process of social and professional integration of the handicapped. Moreover, this approach has implications that go way beyond the population for which it was designed.
Indeed, by calling on education to organise a curriculum for pupils with the most serious deficiencies, the integration approach encourages the rethinking of the reception of all pupils, especially those in difficulty. In fact, educational integration is not an end in itself, but constitutes a major social challenge.



Aperçu sur l'intégration scolaire

Le cadre législatif et réglementaire destiné aux enfants et adolescents handicapés a permis de mettre en place un dispositif cohérent favorisant la convergence des actions et des moyens engagés dans la politique d'intégration.
Cependant certaines difficultés peuvent retarder la mise en œuvre de cette politique :
- la dualité des administrations de tutelle et des modes de financement introduit une très grande complexité dans les relations entre les institutions et les personnels, de statut très divers,
- les processus de décentralisation territoriale et de déconcentration administrative ont modifié les lieux décisionnels,
- les contraintes budgétaires,
- des cultures professionnelles différentes peuvent nuire au nécessaire dialogue qui doit être instauré entre les personnels enseignants , éducatifs, rééducatifs ou soignants.
Malgré ces difficultés, la démarche d'intégration scolaire s'avère clairement engagée, d'autant qu'elle apparaît primordiale dans le processus d'insertion sociale et professionnelle de la personne handicapée. Elle a en outre une portée qui va bien au-delà de la seule population à laquelle elle était destinée :en effet, en appelant l'Ecole à aménager en son sein les curricula des enfants présentant les déficiences les plus graves, elle l'incite à repenser l'accueil de tous les élèves, en particulier des élèves en difficulté.
En fait, l'intégration scolaire n'est pas une fin en elle-même, mais elle constitue un enjeu social majeur.

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