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

2. Education Services Setting the Scene 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

3. Education Services Terminology 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)

4. Education Services Additional Support Needs Definition ‘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)

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

6. Education Services Concept of Additional Support 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)

7. Education Services Rights of Parents and Young People 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

8. Education Services Staged Intervention Stage 3 Resources external to establishment but within education services (ASP) Stage 2 Within establishment Stage 1 In class / early years’ group resources Stage 4 Multi-Agency Involvement (ASP/CSP)