Tuesday, 08 October 2024

This report must fulfil the following criteria:

• Be up to date. It must not be more than 2 years old, i.e., it must not be dated earlier than October in year s3 and not later than October in year s5
• Be legible, on headed paper, signed and dated.
• If not written in one of the working languages, be accompanied by a translation into French, English or German.
• State the title, name and professional credentials of the expert(s) who has/have undertaken the evaluation and diagnosis of the pupil.
• Provide a clear diagnosis based on up-to-date recognised international classifications such as DSM or ICD.
• State the nature of the pupil’s medical/psychological/psycho-educational needs
• Contain a summary or conclusion stating the special arrangements required as well as where appropriate, recommendations for teaching/learning for the School’s consideration.
• Reports for learning disorders need to describe the pupil’s strengths and difficulties through standardised scores (cognitive assessment) and their impact on learning (educational evidence) and the tests or techniques used to arrive at the diagnosis.
• Reports for medical/psychological issues need to specify the pupil’s medical/psychological needs and their impact on learning (educational evidence)
• To avoid possible conflict of interests, the expert assessing pupils will be neither an employee of the European Schools nor a relative of the pupil

To avoid possible conflict of interests, the expert assessing pupils will be neither an employee of the European Schools nor a relative of the pupil