Educational services for students with disabilities

The educational assistance provided by the Municipality of Milan is part of the individualized educational project and is functionally distinct and complementary to the teaching activity of the support teacher (appointed by the Territorial School Office or directly by the school, if equal) and to the basic assistance guaranteed by the auxiliary school staff. 

The educational assistance service guarantees pupils with disabilities the right to study and the development of potential in learning, communication, relationships and socialization through a path of scholastic integration which involves:

  • educational assistance for school integration, in collaboration with the teaching staff and the support teacher 
  • functional practical support for the execution of the instructions provided by the class teacher with which to integrate one's own actions for the realization of the educational project 
  • formulation of an overall educational project that takes into account the entire system of relationships
  • personal assistance during moments of functional recovery, even for simple or facilitation interventions and in particular communication support 
  • support for the pupil's scholastic integration in social life 
  • educational assistance during extracurricular activities organized by the school 
  • participation in planning and verification meetings with class or section teachers, with health services and with the family and collaboration in the preparation and implementation of individualized educational projects (PEI) and in the related checks 
  • technical-methodological coordination actions.

Furthermore, the municipal administration responds to motivated needs for specialist assistance for pupils with disabilities and, again in the same area of ​​intervention, for the purchase of special equipment and aids for the use of individual pupils.

  • pupils with disabilities residing in the Municipality of Milan and attending nursery schools (except municipal nursery schools), primary, lower and upper secondary schools, vocational education and training institutes and personalized courses for state pupils with disabilities (PPD) and equal
  • pupils with disabilities residing in Milan but attending nursery, primary, lower and upper secondary schools, vocational education and training institutes and personalized courses for disabled pupils (PPD) state and private located outside the Milanese municipal territory, in possession of certifications attesting to disability and the need for assistance based on current national and regional provisions.

Educational assistance to secondary school and vocational school students is the responsibility of the Lombardy Region and the Municipality of Milan guarantees it by regional delegation.

  • pupils with disabilities resident in Milan enrolled in non-municipal, primary, state and private lower secondary schools, in possession of certification attesting to their disability for the purposes of scholastic integration based on current national and regional provisions.  

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Basic assistance to students with disabilities

Normative requirements:

  • Municipal Council Resolution 404/2016 
  • Circular from the Ministry of University and Research, 30.11.2001
  • 104 / 1992 law

Updated: 26/10/2023