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ASfL Act
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The Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004 became law on the 14th of November 2005.
Some children and young people need extra help in school to make progress. It is the duty of the education authority to give some extra help in schools to all children and young people with additional support needs. Additional support needs can last for only a short time or could last for much longer. For instance, additional support may be needed for a child or young person who: is being bullied, is gifted, has behavioural or learning difficulties, is bereaved, is deaf or blind, is not attending school regularly. These are just some examples.
All children and young people may need additional support at some point to help them make the most of school education. The main support is the class teacher who is able to meet the needs of most pupils without extra help. With good teaching and learning, and the right materials, most children and young people won’t need anything more than this.
If a pupil needs more help than the class teacher can give in school, then a process of providing the right support begins. We call this staged intervention.
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