Albert Boelen
Albert Boelen lives in Zuidlaren in Drenthe and is a youth education advisor. He has a special interest in helping children/young people for whom learning and independent living is a challenge.
He studied sociology and educational science and followed a teacher training course; worked in MBO and HBO and then got 'the virus' for special education. He was a director of special schools, and advisor to the national trade association for special education (LECSO) and the PO Council. He also works for the Behavioral Work Foundation, which deals with 'children/young people sitting at home', who, like all children/young people in our country, have the inalienable right to develop. He has been a board member of Com in Beeld since 2015.