Description of organisation

Lehtimäki Folk High School is a boarding school for youth and adults with special needs. The school offers 70 places for students and there are more than 100 different short term courses for disabled youth, adults and elderly as well as their families. The school also offers rehabilitation courses such as riding, occupational and physical therapy. Some training is aimed at increasing the occupational capacities of the people through, for example, computer literacy training.
The school is largely funded by the Finnish government. The students cover their tuition and accommodation fees personally. In addition, the school receives funding from STEA (Funding Centre for Social Welfare and Health Organisations), in order to organize free time activities for students.