Pupils with complex additional support needs: research into provision

The research looked at policy, practice, partnerships and the perspectives of parents, carers, children and young people in Scotland to explore the ways that pupils with

complex needs are supported. Resources, staffing, placements and training were emerging themes in all of the enquiry areas.


Footnotes

1. Link to the web page for the National Strategic Commissioning Group

2. The right help at the right time in the right place: strategy for the learning provision for children and young people with complex additional support needs 2017-2026

3. National Strategic Commissioning Group descriptors of complex additional support needs

4. National Strategic Commissioning Group descriptors of complex additional support needs

5. Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004 (legislation.gov.uk)

6. Supporting Children’s Learning Code of Practice

7. There are seven grant-aided special schools in Scotland. These schools are funded directly by central government and charge fees for educational and residential placements.

8. Pupil census 2022 supplementary statistics

9. Pupil census 2010 supplementary tables

10. 1. Local Financial Returns – Education (LFR 01) statistical return provided by local authorities to the Scottish Government: Local government finance statistics - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

11. The Doran review: The Right Help at the right time in the right place Strategic Review of Learning Provision for Children and Young People with Complex Additional Support Needs

12. The right help at the right time in the right place: strategy for the learning provision for children and young people with complex additional support needs 2017-2026

13. Additional support for learning review

14. Additional support for learning: action plan

15. Additional support for learning action plan: progress report - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

16. Additional Support for Learning review: action plan - November 2022 update - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

17. Standards in Scotland‘s Schools Act 2000 (the 2000 Act)

18. Guidance on the presumption to provide education in a mainstream setting (March 2019)

19. Planning improvements for disabled pupils' access to education: guidance for education authorities, independent and grant-aided schools - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

20. The Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004 (as amended) (the ASL Act)

21. Supporting documents - Additional support for learning: statutory guidance 2017 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot), Chapter 5

22. Additional support for learning: statutory guidance 2017

23. The Requirements for Teachers (Scotland) Regulations 2005

24. The Scottish Schools (Parental Involvement) Act 2006

25. Guidance on the Scottish Schools (Parental Involvement) Act 2006

26. Getting it Right for Every Child (GIRFEC)

27. Wellbeing (SHANARRI)

28. 2022 GIRFEC guidance

29. Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014

30. Equality Act 2010 (legislation.gov.uk)

31. Curriculum for Excellence

32. What is Curriculum for Excellence?

33. Supporting documents - Curriculum for Excellence review: implementation framework - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

34. Independent Review of Qualifications and Assessment - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

35. Milestones to support learners with complex additional support needs | Learning resources | National Improvement Hub (education.gov.scot)

36. Education (Scotland) Act 2016

37. (Part 4 of the Health (Tobacco, Nicotine etc. and Care) (Scotland) Act 2016)

38. Learning disability and the limits of liberal citizenship: interactional impediments to political empowerment; Marcus Redley 1, Darin Weinberg; Social Health Illn. 2007 Jul;29(5):767-86

39. Review of additional support for learning implementation: report - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

40. The Inclusion Dialogue: Debating Issues, Challenges and Tensions with Global Experts. Edited by Joanne Banks. Chapter 10: Children’s Rights and School Inclusion in Scotland, Tensions and challenges: Sheila Riddell: 2022

41. GIRFEC principles and values

42. Presumption to provide education in a mainstream setting: guidance

43. Nurture and trauma-informed approaches: A summary of supports and resources | Learning resources | National Improvement Hub (education.gov.scot)

44. Additional Support for Learning review: action plan - November 2022 update - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

45. PECS; the Picture Exchange Communication System https://pecs-unitedkingdom.com/pecs/

46. PODD, which stands for Pragmatic Organisation Dynamic Display, is a comprehensive and complete communication system for individuals who cannot meet all of their communication needs with speech alone. https://www.cpec.org.au/podd

47. Makaton is a unique language programme that uses symbols, signs and speech to enable people to communicate. It supports the development of essential communication skills such as attention and listening, comprehension, memory, recall and organisation of language and expression. https://makaton.org/TMC/

48. Devices for 700,000 children - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

49. CALL Scotland is a service that provides information to families and professionals about how Assistive Technology and Augmentative Alternative Communication can help learnings with additional support need. Some of the services they provide include pupil assessment and support, Assistive Technology loans and technical support, professional learning and training.

50. ‘Bubble’ groupings as a COVID-19 risk mitigation were in place for limited periods during the 2021-22 academic year.

51. Built on relational practices, TCI is a trauma-informed, evidence-based, systems approach developed by Cornell University. RCCP Home: Learn About the Project's Major Programs (cornell.edu)

52. ‘The Balanced System® is an outcomes-based framework and suite of tools and templates that can be used to improve the commissioning and delivery of services for children and young people which benefit from an integrated approach to delivering outcomes.’ (https://www.bettercommunication.org.uk/the-balanced-system/).

53. Getting it right for every child (GIRFEC): practice guidance 2 – role of the named person

54. National care standards early education and childcare up to the age of 16

55. The Education (Lower Primary Class Sizes) (Scotland) Regulations 1999

56. Summary Statistics For Schools In Scotland 2021

57. National Neurodevelopmental Specification for Children and Young People: Principles and Standards of Care (www.gov.scot), 3.11

58. Govan Law Centre’s Education Law Unit

59. Developing the Young Workforce is a seven year programme that aims to prepare children and young people aged 3 – 18 years old for the world of work.

Contact

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