Special Educational Needs – What does it mean?

 

Some children find learning easier than others. If a child has difficulties in learning, he or she may have special educational needs, which could mean that a child has difficulties with:

 

· some or all of the work in school

 

· reading, writing, number work or understanding information

 

· expressing themselves or understanding what others are saying

 

· making friends or relating to adults

 

· behaving properly in school

 

· organising themselves

 

· some kind of sensory or physical needs which may affect them in school

 

The majority of children with special educational needs are educated successfully within their local mainstream school.

 

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