What is a Special Educational Need?
Children with special educational needs (SEN) require additional support in school to assist them to achieve their own individual potential. The SEND Code of Practice (2015) states that a child or young person has SEN if they have a learning difficulty or disability which calls for special educational provision to be made for him or her. A child of compulsory school age or a young person has a learning difficulty or disability if he or she:
A child’s disability can arise from a genetic condition or an impairment such as:
or from another condition that results in a child learning differently from a child without that condition.
Children with special educational needs are children first, and have much in common with other children of the same age. There are many aspects to a child’s development that make up the whole child, including – personality, the ability to communicate (verbal and non-verbal),resilience and strength, the ability to appreciate and enjoy life, the desire to learn whatever his/her potential ability. Children have individual strengths, personalities and experiences so particular disabilities will impact differently on them. A child’s special educational need does not define the whole child.
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