International Council for Education of People with Visual Impairment, European region
National Page of Finland
Contact person
Mrs Tarja Hännikäinen
Consulting teacher
äp. 050 - 309 3773
E-mail: tarja.hannikainen at jynok.fi
Jyväskylä School for the Visually Impaired, Resource centre for learning and development
PL 319, 40101 Jyväskylä, Finland
Tel.: +358-14-3343 100
Fax: +358-14-3343 140
Educational institutions
Jyväskylä School for the Visually Impaired Pupils
PL 319, 40101 Jyväskylä, Finland
E-mail: info at jynok.fi
Website: www.jynok.fi
The Swedish School for Visually Impaired
The school is a state school. The school comprises 11 years combining a two-year pre-school and a nine-year comprehensive school. We also cater for visually impaired children from nursery school to the matriculation exam. If needed we also assist students at the universities and colleges.
Address: Edelfältsvägen 13, 00150 Helsingfors, Finland
Tel.: 00358 9 6689920
Arla institute
Vocational training and development centre, Especially for visually impaired and deafblind people.
Address: Arla Institute, Puustellinmäki 4-6, 02650 ESPOO, FINLAND
Telephone: 00358 9 511081
Associations
Finnish Federation of the Visually Impaired (FFVI)
Finnish Federation of the Visually Impaired is a special service provider with a social element as well as an advocacy organization for the blind and the partially sighted.
The Federation of Swedish Speaking Visually Impaired in Finland (FSVIF)
is a contact, interest and service organization of all Swedish speaking visually handicapped in Finland.
Parents Association
Näkövammaiset lapset ry
Other institutions
Celia - Library for the Visually Impaired
- the only library in Finland specializing in serving the visually impaired
- serves the whole of Finland
- produces and lends Braille books, talking books, electronic books and other special materials