Resources › School and kindergarten › Statped

Statped: when a child has lasting and extensive needs

Draft, translated: translated from the Norwegian original with the help of a language model, and may contain errors. The Norwegian version is the authoritative one. See the Norwegian original →

Statped is the state special needs education service. It helps PPT, the kindergarten and the school when a child needs lasting and extensive adaptation, for example with vision, hearing, language or acquired brain injury.

Norwegian original last checked against official sources: 13 October 2026. Rules and figures change, so always check the official site before you act.

Statped is Norway's largest expert community for special needs education, sign language and adapted learning materials. It is a state directorate under the Ministry of Education and Research. Statped helps the municipality and county when a child or pupil needs lasting and extensive adaptation in kindergarten or school, and the municipality cannot be expected to have that specialist expertise itself.

Who can get help?

According to Statped, they provide services in these areas:

vision
hearing
combined vision and hearing loss, and deafblindness
complex learning difficulties
language and speech
augmentative and alternative communication (AAC)
acquired brain injury

The services apply to children in kindergarten, pupils in school and adults in education. Statped also provides services in Northern, Lule and Southern Sami.

What does Statped do?

Statped usually works with the team around the child: the kindergarten or school, PPT and the parents. In a time-limited collaboration with PPT, Statped can provide advice and professional support to those who work with the child every day, help with special needs assessment and observation, and support in designing and carrying out measures that suit the child.

Statped also runs sign language courses for children with hearing loss and for parents and siblings, a course for parents of young children with newly discovered hearing loss, and learning materials for blind and severely visually impaired pupils.

Who applies?

PPT applies to Statped for help, on behalf of the municipality or county. Parents cannot apply themselves (the exception is some services for people with combined sensory loss or deafblindness). If you think your child needs help from Statped, you can raise it with the kindergarten or school and with PPT, and ask whether they will apply. You can also ask that the expert assessment describes what expertise your child needs, see special education and individual adaptation.

Advice for parents: «Spør oss»

Statped's service Spør oss (Ask us) is mainly for PPT, but parents can also call or e-mail. According to Statped, they can give general guidance on how to find your way in the special needs support system. They do not give advice on individual cases or assess the child's needs. Phone hours and e-mail are on Statped's Spør oss page (Norwegian). Do not send information about other people by e-mail.

Leave and benefits when you go with your child

According to Statped, parents who work and accompany their child to an assessment or course at Statped may be entitled to leave and benefits, for example care benefit or training allowance from NAV. If the assessment was referred by a health trust, patient travel covers the journey. Otherwise you can apply to the municipality to cover travel expenses, but the municipality decides.

Tip: Ask PPT whether Statped is already involved in the case, and what the plan is. Write down what the child needs help with in everyday life, so it is easier for PPT to describe the need in an application.

Sources

Kontaktpunkt24 gives general information, not legal advice. If you need help with your own case, contact a lawyer, a legal aid service, or the relevant authority.

This page is translated from Norwegian with the help of a language model, and may contain errors. The Norwegian version is always the authoritative one.