Education Services

1. Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland ) Act 2004RITES seminarWednesday 3 February 2010Maria Walker, ASL/EAL Co-ordinator Education Services

2. Relevant to all children in education Introduction of Co-ordinated Support Plan (CSP) New statutory rights for parents and young people Mediation, Dispute Resolution & Tribunals Setting the Scene Education Services

3. Additional Support Needs (ASN) – broad concept Additional Supports Planned Outcomes/Learning Outcomes Barriers to Learning Multiple/Complex Needs Additional Support Plan (ASP) or Co-ordinated Support Plan (CSP) Terminology Education Services

4. ‘A child or young person has additional support needs … where, for whatever reason, the child or young person is, or is likely to be, unable without the provision of additional support to benefit from school education provided or to be provided for the child or young person’. Education (Additional Support for Learning)(Scotland ) Act 2004 s1(1) and (2) Additional Support NeedsDefinition Education Services

5. Learning Environment Family Circumstances Disability or Health Need Social and Emotional Factors Individual Differences The Scope of Additional Support Needs: Broad Themes Education Services

6. Additional support is … ‘provision which is additional to, or otherwise different from the educational provision made generally for children, or, as the case may be, young persons of the same age in schools (other than special schools) under the management of the education authority for the area to which the child or young person belongs’ Education (Additional Support for Learning)(Scotland ) Act 2004 s3(a) Concept of Additional Support Education Services

7. To request whether a child has Additional Support Needs or needs a CSP Request specific type of assessment Make use of mediation and dispute resolution Be asked for their views and have them taken into account and noted in a CSP Rights of Parents and Young People Education Services

8. Staged Intervention Education Services