Stichting Speciaal Onderwijs & Expertisecentra

What Stichting Speciaal Onderwijs & Expertisecentra does

Stichting Speciaal Onderwijs & Expertisecentra (SSOE) is an independent Dutch foundation (Stichting) registered in Eindhoven (KvK 41087568) that operates as an integrated special-education provider in the Noord-Brabant region. Its core delivery channel is three schools — MBS Eindhoven, Antoon van Dijkschool (SO), Van Dijkcollege (VSO) and Mytylschool Eindhoven — providing special primary and secondary education to children and young people aged 4–20 with disabilities. Tuition is government-funded under the Dutch special-education regime and SSOE does not charge a voluntary parental contribution.

Underpinning the schools are two expertise centers that monetize SSOE's knowledge in adjacent markets: the Externe Dienstverlening, which delivers ambulatory guidance, coaching and training to teachers, education teams and internal supervisors in both regular and special education (covering motor skills, autism, cognition, language, NAH, EDS, SOLK and metabolic disorders); and the Autisme Steunpunt, which provides autism-focused advice and guidance within a 40–45 km radius around Eindhoven. SSOE also acts as the Dutch distributor of the Oxford University Press Numicon arithmetic teaching method, selling 39 products (shapes, base boards, Cuisenaire rods, number lines, copy sheets, software request forms) through a PrestaShop-powered webshop (webshop.ssoe.nl) under the trade name "NUMICON Nederland." Internal intellectual property includes the Sensonate online platform for autism + intellectual disability (developed within the ZonMw-funded "De sensatie van een Goed Leven" project) and the in-house PRET-strategie framework for Non-Congenital Brain Injury.

The business model combines three revenue streams: (1) Dutch government funding for SO/VSO tuition (subscription/recurring, tuition-free for parents), (2) fee-for-service ambulatory guidance and professionalization via Externe Dienstverlening and Autisme Steunpunt, and (3) e-commerce unit-pricing on the Numicon webshop. Distribution is direct to consumers (parent enrollment, TLV issued via regional samenwerkingsverbanden), channel-partner-driven (SBH for wheelchair skills, Ziezon network for sick learners, Klassecontact for AV connection) and event-driven (annual GOngres co-organized with Aloysiusstichting). The organization is governed under the standard Dutch PO-/VO-Raad klachtenregeling model and is affiliated with Stichting Onderwijsgeschillen for external complaints.

Name

Stichting Speciaal Onderwijs & Expertisecentra

Legal name

Stichting Speciaal Onderwijs & Expertisecentra

Website

https://ssoe.nl

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

SSOE is a Dutch non-profit foundation operating three special-education schools (SO/VSO) and two expertise centers (Externe Dienstverlening, Autisme Steunpunt) in Noord-Brabant, serving children and young people aged 4–20 with disabilities, and distributing Numicon arithmetic materials nationally via its own webshop.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Special Education Services

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (61111), Educational Support Services (611710), Other Schools and Instruction (6116)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Autism Classroom & School Program Support (Inclusion/Resource) (EDAKAKAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Special Education (SPED), IEP & Accessibility/Assistive Technology (EDAJAMAH), Autism Spectrum (ASD) Academic & Social-Communication Support Tutoring (EDANAFAD)

Keywords

• Special education services
• Autism support services
• Ambulatory educational guidance
• Disability education expertise
• Mathematics teaching methods

Headquarters

HQ city

Eindhoven

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Numicon webshop (hardware/educational materials sales): E-commerce sales via webshop.ssoe.nl of Numicon teaching materials, kopieerbladen (copy sheets) and accessories (e.g., €7.50–€550.00 per product). Powered by PrestaShop, operated as part of SSOE.
2. Externe Dienstverlening (External Service Delivery): Professional services: ambulatory guidance, coaching and advice to schools, teachers, students and parents in both regular and special education on motor skills, autism, cognition, language development and behaviour. Includes processbegeleiding, coaching of students with SOLK, and professionalisation of teachers.
3. Dutch government-funded special education (SO/VSO): Special education (SO) and special secondary education (VSO) at three schools in North-Brabant. Tuition is not charged for special education; books, materials and childcare are paid by parents. No voluntary parental contribution is charged by SSOE schools.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Stichting Speciaal Onderwijs & Expertisecentra (SSOE) is a Dutch foundation that delivers special primary and secondary education (SO/VSO) for children and young people aged 4-20 with disabilities at three schools in the North-Brabant region (MBS Eindhoven, Antoon van Dijkschool SO, Van Dijkcollege VSO, Mytylschool Eindhoven). It operates two expertise centers — Externe Dienstverlening and Autisme Steunpunt — that advise, coach and guide teachers, education teams and internal supervisors on autism, motor, cognitive, language and behavioural disabilities, and runs a Numicon webshop distributing mathematics teaching materials across the Netherlands.

Product overview

SSOE is a Dutch foundation operating a portfolio centered on special primary and secondary education (SO/VSO) at three schools in Noord-Brabant, augmented by two expertise centers — the Externe Dienstverlening (which also runs the Numicon teaching method) and the Autisme Steunpunt — plus an e-commerce storefront (the PrestaShop-based SSOE Webshop) and the internal KEI-Team (Kwaliteit, Expertise en Innovatie) that drives its strategic Koersplan 2025-2028. The offering is a portfolio architecture: the schools are the core delivery channel, the two expertise centers extend SSOE's reach to mainstream and other special schools through ambulant begeleiding (including support for sick learners via the OZL service), and the Numicon webshop commercializes the foundation's mathematics teaching method. Supporting services include an Externe Klachtencommissie via Stichting Onderwijsgeschillen, a Coördinated Vulnerability Disclosure program, and a Functionaris Gegevensbescherming.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Numicon: Numicon is the branded teaching-method/product line (mathematics) sold through SSOE's webshop at webshop.ssoe.nl.
• Externe Dienstverlening
• Autisme Steunpunt

Products and services

• Speciaal Onderwijs (SO) en Voortgezet Speciaal Onderwijs (VSO) Special primary (SO) and secondary (VSO) education for children and young people aged 4-20 with disabilities, including autism, intellectual disability, physical/functional disabilities (CP, spina bifida, cancer, juvenile arthritis, muscle diseases, DCD, NAH, EDS, SOLK, metabolic diseases), delivered at three schools in the Noord-Brabant region. Tuition is government-funded and free of charge; no voluntary parent contribution is charged.
• Externe Dienstverlening (External Service Delivery) Professional ambulatory guidance, coaching, training and advice for schools, teachers, students and parents on motor skills, autism, cognition, language development and behaviour (including DCD, NAH, EDS, SOLK and metabolic diseases). Includes processbegeleiding, coaching of students with SOLK, professionalisation of teachers in Numicon and ambulante begeleiding zieke leerlingen (OZL) via the Ziezon network.
• Autisme Steunpunt Autism expertise center that advises, coaches and guides teachers, education teams and internal supervisors (intern begeleiders) on autism and education, operating within a 40-45 km radius around Eindhoven. Participated in the ZonMw project 'De sensatie van een Goed Leven (SGL)' which produced the Sensonate online platform.
• Numicon rekenmethode (Numicon mathematics teaching method) Visual/tactile mathematics teaching method for special and mainstream education, consisting of shapes, number lines, base boards, spinners, Cuisenaire rods, copy sheets (kopieerbladen), software request forms and complete starter packages. Programs include 'Brede Basis' (Broad Foundation) and 'Remediërend Rekenen' (Remedial Arithmetic). Distributed via webshop.ssoe.nl with publicly listed unit prices ranging from approximately €7.50 to €550.00 per product.
• Ambulante begeleiding zieke leerlingen (OZL) Education-support service for children/young people who depend on 'onderwijs op maat' due to serious and/or long-term illness, delivered by a consulent Onderwijsondersteuning Zieke Leerlingen (OZL). Realises continuity in educational and socio-emotional development of sick students via the Ziezon national network and free Klassecontact video/audio connections.
• Sensonate online platform

Quantifiable outcome

• Support radius of 40-45 km around Eindhoven via Autisme Steunpunt
• +3 more outcomes

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

17 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• AloysiusstichtingcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 12 September 2025Co-organiser of the annual GOngres (Gespecialiseerd Onderwijs congress). The 2025 edition (28 November 2025, 1913 Congrescentrum Brabanthallen 's-Hertogenbosch) was organised by SSOE together with Aloysiusstichting, themed 'De Wereld Rondom het Gespecialiseerd Onderwijs — Samen bouwen aan een systeem voor álle kinderen'. The congress brings together education, care, youth help, childcare, municipalities, parents and learners to discuss how the system around children can be made more inclusive, coherent and future-proof.
• Stichting VeldvestcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-participant in the lerend netwerk SO/VSO Meertaligheid en Diversiteit that produced the whitepaper 'Meertaligheid in het speciaal onderwijs' (published 04 March). The network brings together SO/VSO education professionals from multiple Dutch special-education foundations to share practice experiences and reflections on multilingualism and diversity.
• De Berkenschutse (onderdeel van Stichting Kempenhaeghe)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-participant in the lerend netwerk SO/VSO Meertaligheid en Diversiteit that produced the whitepaper 'Meertaligheid in het speciaal onderwijs'.
• Onderwijsstichting KempenKindcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-participant in the lerend netwerk SO/VSO Meertaligheid en Diversiteit that produced the whitepaper 'Meertaligheid in het speciaal onderwijs'.
• Vitus ZuidcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-participant in the lerend netwerk SO/VSO Meertaligheid en Diversiteit that produced the whitepaper 'Meertaligheid in het speciaal onderwijs'.
• Brainport voor OnderwijscoreGTM or Marketing PartnerMade the whitepaper 'Meertaligheid in het speciaal onderwijs' possible (mede mogelijk gemaakt door Brainport voor Onderwijs), in collaboration with TextVast.
• TextVastminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerCollaborated with Brainport voor Onderwijs to make the whitepaper 'Meertaligheid in het speciaal onderwijs' possible.
• SBH (voorheen BOSK)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSBH organises wheelchair skills training (rolstoelvaardigheidstraining) for children together with Paralympian Kees-Jan van der Klooster. The training is referenced on SSOE's wegwijzer functionele beperkingen page as a partner offering for students with physical disabilities.
• NSDSK (Nederlandse Stichting voor het Dove en Slechthorende Kind)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDeveloped the KinderGebaren app (200 signs) that won the gehandicaptenzorgprijs 2018. The app promotes interaction between deaf, hard-of-hearing and hearing children and is referenced as a resource for schools on SSOE's wegwijzer.
• Ziezon (Netwerk Ziek Zijn en Onderwijs)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational network used by SSOE's consulent Onderwijsondersteuning Zieke Leerlingen (OZL) to realise continuity in educational and socio-emotional development of children/young people who depend on 'onderwijs op maat' due to serious and/or long-term illness.
• InsidrminorGTM or Marketing Partner(Digital) knowledge hub for internationals in the Brainport region. Provides information about the Dutch education system and refers to (local) information sources including SSOE for internationals with school-age children needing special education.
• SensonatecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFree online and easy-to-use website (sensonate.nl) developed through an impact study in which the Autisme Steunpunt (part of SSOE) participated within the project 'De sensatie van een Goed Leven (SGL)'. Provides experiential stories, scientific knowledge and tools to map stimulus processing for people with autism + intellectual disability.
• Stichting OnderwijsgeschillencoreOthersExternal complaints commission (Externe Klachtencommissie) to which SSOE is affiliated. Located at Zwarte Woud 2, 3524 SJ Utrecht; 030-2809590; [email protected]. Handles external complaints that cannot be resolved through internal procedures.
• Roy Ploegmakers & Annelies Spitz (external vertrouwenspersonen)coreOthersExternal confidential counsellors (externe vertrouwenspersonen) for SSOE. Dhr. Roy Ploegmakers (06 4808 8774) and Mw. Annelies Spitz (06 3364 6887); affiliated with www.vertrouwenswerk.nl. They can mediate in finding a solution or help with filing a complaint with the complaints commission.
• PrestaShopcoreTechnology or IntegrationE-commerce platform powering the SSOE Numicon webshop (webshop.ssoe.nl). Footer credit: '© 2026 - Ecommerce software by PrestaShop™' and 'Powered by NUMICON Nederland'.
• Oxford University Press (NUMICON)coreOEM/ Whitelabel/ Licensing PartnerNUMICON teaching method publisher (Oxford, UK). SSOE operates as 'NUMICON Nederland', distributing Numicon arithmetic materials and kopieerbladen through its own webshop. Products reference Oxford Publishing identifiers (e.g., 9780198487401, 9780198487197).
• PO- en VO-RaadcoreOthersSSOE's klachtenregeling (complaints regulation) conforms to the 'model klachtenregeling primair en voortgezet onderwijs van de PO- en VO-Raad, april 2023'. The regulation meets legal requirements.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Onderwijsstichting KempenKind: Dutch foundation providing primary and special education in the Kempen region. Co-participant in SSOE's lerend netwerk and serves a comparable learner base, making it a regional direct peer for SO and expertise services.
• Stichting Kempenhaeghe (De Berkenschutse): Special-education foundation whose De Berkenschutse school is a co-participant in SSOE's 'lerend netwerk SO/VSO Meertaligheid en Diversiteit'. Operates comparable SO/VSO capacity for children with complex disabilities in the Brainport/South-East Brabant region.
• Vitus Zuid: Special-education foundation active in the southern Netherlands. Listed alongside SSOE in the SO/VSO Meertaligheid en Diversiteit learning network, indicating overlapping learner profiles, expertise-center model and Dutch SO/VSO bekostiging structure.
• Stichting Veldvest: Special-education foundation co-participating in SSOE's lerend netwerk SO/VSO Meertaligheid en Diversiteit. Operates schools and expertise services in the same North-Brabant/Brabant landscape and shares the regional TLV/samenwerkingsverbanden ecosystem.
• Aloysius Stichting: Dutch foundation providing speciaal onderwijs (SO) and voortgezet speciaal onderwijs (VSO) across multiple regions. Co-organizes the annual GOngres with SSOE, indicating directly comparable operating model, target group (children with disabilities) and expertise-center footprint.

Broad incumbents

• Bartiméus: Dutch expertise organization for people with visual impairment, including special education and ambulante dienstverlening. Comparable expertise-center + school structure to SSOE, but nationally scaled and focused on visual disabilities.
• Koninklijke Visio: National Dutch expertise organization for people who are blind or visually impaired, including special education. Overlaps with SSOE on disability expertise, ambulante begeleiding and special-school delivery, but at a national scale and a narrower (visual) disability focus.
• Heliomare Onderwijs: Dutch organization providing special education (SO/VSO) and rehabilitation services, including for children with physical disabilities. Operates a similar integrated school-plus-expertise model to SSOE, particularly relevant for SSOE's Mytylschool Eindhoven (physical disability) and NAH/SOLK services.
• Kentalis: Large national Dutch foundation specializing in special education, care and expertise for deaf, hard-of-hearing and communication-impaired children. Broader portfolio and national footprint, but operates in the same TLV-gated SO/VSO domain and the same Dutch inclusive-education policy environment.

Emerging players

• NSDSK (Nederlandse Stichting voor het Dove en Slechthorende Kind): Dutch foundation focused on deaf and hard-of-hearing children, partner of SSOE on the KinderGebaren app (gehandicaptenzorgprijs 2018). Comparable expertise-center + parent-support approach in a narrower disability niche, making it a partial-overlap peer.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

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Profiles8 records

Subsidiaries7 records

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