The Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004 places duties on local authorities, and other agencies, to provide additional support where needed to enable any child or young person to benefit from education.
Specific needs
Provide targeted support for an individual’s needs:
Useful resources
Books for All: Improving accessibility to curricular materials for print disabled pupils
This practical step-by-step guide shows how to find, create and enhance accessible texts and curricular materials.
Principles of supporting children’s learning
A CPD resource which assists practitioners to reflect on current practice in relation to supporting pupils with additional support needs.
Autism Toolbox
A new resource to help schools meet the needs of children with autism.
Sharing practice
Portable software: Supporting the accessibility needs of print-disabled pupils
This project involved a group of schools investigating the use of portable, open-source, freeware programs designed to meet the accessibility needs experienced by print-disabled children and young people.
Coalyard transition project – providing stepping stones to employment for young people with learning disabilities
The Coalyard is a project in Larkhall offering support and skills development to young people with additional support needs who are making the transition into employment, training or further education.
Supporting transitions for young people with additional support needs
Two projects in North Lanarkshire - the Flexible Learning Initiative and the Expanded Learning Opportunities project - help young people with additional support needs make the transition from school to work, education or training.
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