Additional Support Needs

If your child has additional support needs, you can obtain advice and guidance from the Council’s psychological service.

Your child may continue to be educated in the local school or, in some cases, in a special unit based in the school. However, where a learning difficulty or a physical impairment is particularly severe, it may be better for your child to be educated in a separate special day school or residential school. Decisions on how the special education needs of your child might best be met will be taken only after full consultation with you.

Full information about special education provision in your area can be obtained from the Head of Secondary Education and Pupil Support in Argyll House. You may also obtain information about other special schools not managed by the Council to which the authority may send pupils.

It is most helpful to discuss any questions, issues or concerns about the provision for additional support needs with the Head Teacher in the first instance. Area Principal Teachers (APTs) can also be involved in providing information and support. Contact details for each of the Area Principal Teachers are listed below.

If you have any questions or concerns about a health related additional support need, you may wish to contact your health visitor if your child has not yet started school, and your practice nurse or GP thereafter.

Enquire

Enquire is the Scottish advice service for additional support for learning and can be contacted on 0845 123 2303.