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The 2009 ASL Act says that all looked after children and young people have additional support needs unless the education authority, after assessment, decides they do not need additional support to benefit from their education. This means that the education authority must identify the additional support needs, if any, of every looked after child or [read more...]

Children under the age of 3 are entitled to support if they have been identified by the education authority as having additional support needs due to a disability. Not every child under 3 with a disability will have additional support needs.  For those who do, as long as the parent agrees, the education authority has [read more...]

There are many reasons why a child might need additional support for learning. These include: finding it difficult to control their behaviour not making themselves understood (because English is not their first language or because of a speech and language difficulty) being bullied being abused or neglected caring for someone at home difficulties with reading [read more...]