The acronyms PAI stands for Individualized Reception Project. The PAI was created for the National Education in order to ensure an individualized reception and support in collective structures, to children and adolescents suffering from health problems evolving over a long period.

The Individualized Reception Project was created for the National Education in order to ensure an individualized reception and support in collective structures, to children and adolescents suffering from health disorders evolving over a long period.

According to the decree n ° 2005-1752 of December 30, 2005, a PAI must be drawn up when the arrangements planned for the education of a pupil, in particular because of a disabling health disorder, do not require the implementation of ‘a Personalized Schooling Project (PPS), nor a decision of the Commission of Rights and Autonomy.

Some young people indeed need support requiring adjustments:

• young people with physical disorders (allergies, asthma, diabetes, epilepsy, sickle cell anemia, leukemia, etc.);
• young people with mental disorders (anxiety disorders at school, eating disorders, depressive syndromes, etc.).

The PAI is necessary when the state of health of a student requires regular and heavy treatment during the hours of presence in school or extracurricular. He then needs time adaptations, special meal conditions, for a long period.

It is not to be considered when it comes to short-term pathologies.

Thanks to the PAI, all health professionals and educational teams, as well as the young person and his legal representatives are consulted in order to identify the needs and constraints of his pathology.

In order to prevent young people from falling behind in their learning or dropping out of school, professionals think about possible arrangements. The educational team can thus design a personalized welcome so that the young person is as independent as possible in their learning.

Adaptation according to constraints

Once the development of the IAP is carried out, it is then transmitted to all the educational professionals who will be in contact with the young person. They will thus be able to adapt their lessons to its constraints:

• learning objectives can be changed from the original educational program;
• additional time may be allowed in the rendering of evaluations or during examinations;
• personalized support can be set up during the student’s presence in the establishment, with help with note taking, travel and communication;
• material such as computer courses, printing of larger documents, digitization of courses.

There are many strategies to allow the student to continue his learning despite this difficult period for him.

The PAI is drawn up at each entry into a nursery, elementary, college and high school, for the duration of schooling in the same establishment.

It can be revised or modified at any time during schooling in the event of changes in the pathology, the environment and in the event of a change of school or establishment, at the request of the family. It can also be stopped at their request.

The PAI concerns:

• school hours;
• extra-curricular activities relating to national education and agricultural education;
• extracurricular periods under the responsibility of local authorities.

When designing the IAP, the teams consider all the situations that the young person will be confronted with and the problems that this can cause him:

• Restoration ;
• school trips (emergency kits in particular);
• the times of sports associations such as the Sports Union for Primary Education (Usep) or the National Union of School Sports (UNSS);
• the support, absence and care times, to be expected in the progression of their learning, also depending on the progress of the class.

It is through overall reflection and teamwork involving all members of the educational community that the optimal conditions will be met to take into account all the specific educational needs of students.

It is the family and / or the head of the establishment with the agreement of the family who requests the PAI. It is established in consultation with the school doctor, the doctor for maternal and child protection (PMI), or the doctor and nurse of the host community.

The school doctor or nurse present in the establishment will be responsible for explaining the prescriptions and the necessary actions to be carried out in the event of an emergency. The document specifies each person’s role and everyone is required to sign it and respect its confidentiality.

For each IAP written, the team needs:

• contact details of the adults responsible for the child: parents, officials and doctor in the community, treating doctor and hospital service;
• specific needs of the child or teenager: adapted hours, double set of books, classroom on the ground floor or accessible by lift, adapted furniture, resting place, sanitary fittings, waiting times to be avoided at the restaurant school, diet;
• additional care: intervention of a physiotherapist, nursing staff, academic support, home teaching assistant, speech therapy;
• medical treatment: name of the drug, doses, method of taking and times;
• diet: packed lunch, calorie supplements, extra snacks, opportunities to rehydrate in class;
• emergency protocol to be attached to the IAP;
• the referents to contact in the event of an emergency: parents or guardian, attending physician, specialist;
• signatures of PAI stakeholders: parents, child, head of the institution, health staff, municipal representative.