A directory of local governmental, educational and clinical resources that support Special Education in Ghana.
Special Needs Schools
Autism Awareness Care and Training
Focus: Autism
A local support and education center for autistic persons from age 9 and above.
Awaawa tu
Focus: Speech and Language Therapy
At AWAAWAA2, they assess and support children with speech and language difficulties and provide support for their parents.
Dzorwulu Special School
Focus: Special Needs
A fully-funded government institution school for children with autism in Accra, Ghana.
Epicenter Special School
Focus: Special needs
An educational and rehabilitative centre in New Gbawe, Accra, that provides special education and physical therapy to children and young adults with developmental disabilities.
Klicks Foundation
Focus: Special needs (vocational)
An intensive vocational training and resource centre that supports young people with disabilities to develop social and self-help skills, as well as emotional support for them and their families.
Multikids
Focus: Special needs (inclusive program)
Multikids delivers international education for children and teenagers with diverse needs.
Woodfield Manor
Focus: Autism
Special School with a focus on effective communication and independence and Autism Training and Resource Centre.
Special Needs Governmental Agencies
Ghana Education Service: Special Education Division
Focus: To promote the Inclusive Education policy in tangent with the SDG Goal #4, which seeks to bring all categories of learners (those with and those without disabilities) under one umbrella of a safe and conducive teaching and learning environment.
Ghana Federation of Disability Organisations
Focus: To advocate for the rights of disabled people by influencing policies, programmes and activities at the national and local levels and to strengthen the organizations for disabled people.
National Council for Persons with Disability (NCPD)
Focus: To propose and evolve policies and strategies that enable disabled people to enter and participate in mainstream development activities.
La Dadekotopon Municipal Special Assembly: Education Unit
Focus: To create an enabling environment that will ensure quality acquisition of knowledge and skills of school children.
Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection: Social Welfare Department
Focus: Promote access to social welfare services for the disadvantaged, vulnerable and excluded groups and individuals
Special Needs Non-Governmental Organizations
CHIP International
Child Health Improvement Program (CHIP) International raises awareness, supports communities, and trains professionals to care for people with autism and developmental disabilities.
Special Needs Clinical Resources
Dr. Marilyn Mabel Wilson
Focus: Neurodevelopmental Pediatrics
Institution: Missions Pediatrics Ghana
Tel: 0203295292
Hajia Ramatu Alhassan
Focus: Audiology
Institution: National Assessment and Resource Centre for Children
Tel: 0201983841
Dr. Adote Anum (Clinical Psychologist)
Focus: Clinical and Neuropsychology
Institution: Department of Psychology, University of Ghana
Professor E. Badoe
Focus: Children’s Health
Institution: Department of Child Health, University of Ghana
Erica Danfrekua Dickson
Focus: Clinical Psychology
Institution: Head of the Therapy and Wellness Dept., 37 Military Hospital