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SZH/CSPS

Stiftung Schweizer Zentrum für Heil- und Sonderpädagogik

Bern, Switzerland

EducationDisabilityChildren & Youth
Operating foundationFounded 1972National reach
Profile last updated: March 19, 2026

About

Founded in 1972, SZH/CSPS is a foundation based in Bern, Switzerland working on education, disability, children & youth.

The Swiss Centre for Special Needs Education (SZH/CSPS) is a private foundation based in Bern. It is a national competence centre that informs and advises federal and cantonal authorities, institutions and the professional public on special needs education and inclusive education. It conducts research and project work, runs a specialist library, publishes books and journals through its own publishing house, organises a biennial congress and a forum on inclusive education, and works to build networks between research, authorities, practice and people with disabilities and their families.

Location

Bern, Switzerland

Founded

1972

Organisation type

Operating foundation

Legal form

Stiftung

Legal name

Stiftung Schweizer Zentrum für Heil- und Sonderpädagogik

Focus areas

special needs educationinclusive educationheilpädagogiksonderpädagogikresearchpublishingcongressSwitzerland

Languages

DEFR

Causes & programmes

Causes

EducationDisabilityChildren & Youth

Works for

People with disabilitiesChildrenYouth

How they work

Awareness & educationCapacity buildingResearch

Programmes

Schweizer Forum für inklusive Bildung

Education · Switzerland

Platform for exchange of experience and practical knowledge on school integration, universal design and accessibility.

Integrative und separative schulische Massnahmen

Education · Switzerland

Interactive online map giving a national overview of integrative and separative school measures for children with special educational needs, by canton.

Schweizer Kongress für Heil- und Sonderpädagogik

Education · Switzerland

Biennial congress for professionals in inclusive education, special needs education and social pedagogy.

Edition SZH/CSPS

Education · Switzerland

In-house publisher of specialist books and the journals Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Heilpädagogik and Revue suisse de pédagogie spécialisée.

Countries of operation

Switzerland

Funding & support

Funded by

Government funding

Credentials & affiliations

Partnerships

Bundesamt für Sozialversicherungen, Konferenz der kantonalen Erziehungsdirektorinnen und -direktoren (EDK), Pädagogische Hochschule FHNW

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