SPRINT

Sharing Professional Resources, Ideas and New Techniques

A Professional Organization for Children with Special Needs

SPRINT is a non-profit organization founded in Paris in 1986. It is a group of English-speaking and bilingual professionals who work with children of all ages with special needs.

WITHIN THIS GROUP ARE:

  • Clinical Psychologists
  • Educational Psychologists
  • Family Therapists
  • Speech and Language Pathologists
  • Learning Disability Specialists
  • Special Educators and Tutors
  • Psychomotor Re-educators
  • Occupational Therapists
  • Social Workers
  • Art Therapists
  • Music Therapists
  • Osteopaths
  • Alternative Therapists

SPRINT's aims are two-fold. It offers the Anglophone community information and referral services and presents specialists with an opportunity to network.

SPRINT REFERS

  • Newly arrived and resident families to specialists within our group.
  • Individuals to English-speaking medical professionals in the Paris area.
  • Departing families to specialists abroad.

SPRINT OFFERS

  • Expertise in many aspects of special needs, including: Developmental delay, autism, communication and learning problems, adjustment and behavioral difficulties, attention deficit disorder.
  • Assessments, therapy and consultation.
  • Individual counseling, remediation and tutoring.

SPRINT INFORMS

  • Parents about the programs offered in the various schools.
  • Teachers regarding new techniques.
  • The community concerning topics related to children with special needs.

SPRINT PROVIDES

  • Contact with parent support networks, including SPAN
  • An opportunity for specialists to meet in order to share ideas and keep abreast of new developments.
  • A library with a selection of books and articles on related topics, (by appointment).

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SPRINT is a non-profit organization registered under the law of 1901.