LSPID (Learners with Severe to Profound Intellectual Disability)
The “LSPID phase” refers to the phase of education and care provided to learners with Severe to Profound Intellectual Disability (LSPID). In this phase there are learners aged 6 to 18, which means that these learners receive tailored education and care throughout their school career.
All classes are engaged in the LSPID program (a specially adapted curriculum), which emphasizes routine for the learners. Leaners are instructed in Life skills, Mathematics and Language which is 100% practical to help them to be as independent as their ability allows. Learners are split into classes based on their ages, not by type of disability. This means that we do not specialised classes for learners with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), but they are integrated into the classes with other learners, so that they may also experience all the challenges that school life imposes.
The content of the program changes based on the life skills required at a certain age, e.g. for the young learners the focus is on attaining basic life skills such as independent toileting and feeding, while older learners – the school leaver class – participate in the LSPID program, with an additional focus on Activities of Daily Living (ADL) like sweeping and mopping the floor, washing their clothes and making light snacks for themselves, to prepare them to contribute at home.
The LSPID program is designed to improve the learners who have severe to profound intellectual disability’s ability to interact with their environment and the lessons are formally differentiated from Awareness to Transition to Interactive.
Many learners in the LSPID phase have multiple disabilities, some requiring assistance with mobility, continence, feeding and self-care. To this end the classes are small (maximum 10 learners per class) with a qualified teacher and at least one assistant per class.