Handicap? Tips voor studiekeuze mbo.

Mbo courses must be accessible to as many students as possible. Still, it can be hard to find a tailored education mbo course for your child with a disability, chronic disease, or disorder. We give you three important tips for choosing a study.

2. Find a suitable course

It can be quite hard to find a course that fits your child’s interests and talents and matches their disability. That is why it is extra important to help your child with the study choice. Think about these steps:

• Talk with the mentor, dean, or internal support coordinator at the secondary school. They know the mbo schools nearby and what they can offer.
• Check the support options of the mbo school on their website.
• Consider if any subjects or parts seem hard with your child’s disability for possible courses.
• Look carefully at what job your child can do after the course. Does that work fit the disability or disorder? Do not quickly think a job is not right. Often a stage shows if it works.
• Check if there are extra requirements for the course and if they fit your child.
• Visit open days and ask specifically about the school’s and course’s options.
• Sometimes the school where your child applies has a study & disability support center or a similar center. Find out early and contact them as soon as possible.
• Look at the information about a suitable course on the KiesMBO website

3. Make good agreements in the intake interview

After your child signs up for a course, an intake interview follows. Three important points are discussed:

• Your child gets advice on how possible it is to get a diploma. The mbo looks at the diploma requirements. If the mbo advises not to do the course because your child cannot get a diploma due to their disability, your child can still start if they want. After following the classes, your child will get a school statement.
• The support options for your child in the course. It is wise to make as many agreements as possible beforehand about the support for the student by the school. You write these agreements down in the education agreement.
• The option to request study choice advice. That is advice about how possible it is to get a diploma for the course. There is no obligation to ask for or follow the advice. If the advice is not to follow the course, your child can still start if they want.

Make a list together with your child of points to discuss. If you want, the secondary school can advise the mbo about the support and guidance your child needs. Permission from you or your child is always needed to share this information.