Students with Special Educational Needs, whether diagnosed or not, are thought to form over 30% of the school population. Many staff in LRCs have been given little training on the identification of students' individual needs - or strategies for working with such students - even though almost all students use the LRC. Incidents may happen because staff do not recognise individual needs or the best ways of working with the students. Moreover, recent legislation has made it essential that all school and college staff are aware of their responsibilities to these students.

This course will inform staff of current disabilities legislation, will identify the most common learning differences and disabilities in British schools and offer some practical strategies for managing inappropriate or unusual behaviour which are characteristics of these disabilities and differences.