SPRINT FOR PARENTS

• Helps families find the right educational, medical, and therapeutic services for children with special educational needs

• Informs parents about programs in international and bilingual schools

• Provides information about specialists offering assessments, therapy, medical care, and remediation for new and resident families.

• Connects departing families with specialists abroad

• Links parents to local support networks

• Guides parents through the French education and healthcare systems (See our help page here)

  SPRINT members’ expertise includes developmental delay, autism, communication and learning difficulties, physical disabilities, adjustment and behavioural challenges, attention deficit disorder (ADD/ADHD), and giftedness and tutoring support.

Please note: SPRINT is a non-profit professional association run by volunteers, not a referral agency or service provider. We do not select professionals for individual families, make personalized referrals, or guarantee the availability or suitability of any service. Families are welcome to contact members directly to make their own enquiries.

EKIPP (extraordinary kids in paris - and parents too)

EKIPP is a parent information and support network for families of children with special learning needs, disabilities,  chronic medical conditions, or other differences. They welcome families affected by autism, genetic syndromes and other visible or invisible needs. EKIPP was previously known as SPAN (SPRINT’s Parents Action Network).

• Parent information meetings

• Guidance on medical assessments, diagnoses, therapists, and funding

• Free playgroups and family picnics

• A private Facebook group

• Help navigating the MDPH system and understanding medical forms

• Support with school choice and in-school accommodations in French public and Anglophone private schools

Contact: Facebook page

email: ekippinparis@gmail.com