what is the meaning of special educational needs?

Answer 1

It usually means children who have difficulty learning in the usual way due to either a physical disability eg deafness or blindness or due to something such as ADHD, dyslexia, or autism or something such as downs syndrome.

It can also, more rarely, be used to describe an exceptional or gifted child who needs extra stimulation and more advanced work than his or her peers. This is because in this situation a child can become extremely bored and end up either being disruptive or just 'switching off' and never reaching their full potential.

Answer 2

Special Education means special needs. And, as has been mentioned - that can go for people who are struggling to gifted and exceptional children. It can also be for Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, and Speech Articulation.

In the public school system, a child is only considered to be in Special Ed. if they have an IEP - or Individual Education Plan. This is done through a somewhat lengthy process of meetings, testing, and documentation with the student's Instructor(s), Counselor, Special Ed. Teacher, Principal, etc.

Answer 3

Special ed covers a wide spectrum, from children that are severely physically or mentally disabled to children with behavioural problems, children with dyslexia etc the list of those covered by the phrase special educational needs goes on and on. I a child is designated as having S.E.N. whether mild to severe s/he will be given an Individual learning plan, this will be done in close consultation with the parents, hope that helps!

Answer 4

Special Educational Needs ( S.E.N. ) is when a child/adult has been assessed as having difficulties in their learning. They may not be able to learn at the pace or stage of their peers.

They have difficulties prossessing information for example. Their way of understanding is not the 'norm.' Children who have S.E.N. suffer from many syndromes for example - aspergers, autism, dyslexia, dyspraxia, ADHD etc

This must not be confused with someone having ''Special Needs (S.N.) '' which covers a lot more including Physical, Emotional and Social difficulties, Mental Health. Altough these are also factors which would affect their eduaction and ability to learn and focus. I am just stating the wide spectrum of ''Special Needs'' whether its eduactional or not.

Answer 5

Well my son is classed as needing special educational needs.He will not be able to attend a mainstream school as he wouldn`t be able to cope,so he will be attending a school for children with special needs.

They learn at their own pace and the staff/child ratio is alot smaller,usually about 1-4 so this means they will get plenty of attention.Children who attend these schools may suffer from things like ADHD,Autism,Dyspraxia etc and wouldn`t get the proper care and attention in a mainstream school.Hope thishelps a little.

Answer 6

In mainstream education, it will be the children falling below the expected average for their age in core subjects such as Maths and Literacy. Sometimes this will be because they do have a problem with learning and need extra help to learn the basics on a one to one level. Other times it is because of home life difficulties and them getting no help or imput at home.

Other reasons are actual named conditions such as ADHD, Aspergers, Dyslexia, Dyspraxia etc. These children a re not necessarily low level intelligence but have difficulty keeping up or mixing because of their condition.

Answer 7

It means that a pupil is in someway different from the average ability of a similarly aged child. It could be in one specific area (like literacy skills) or several. It should also be remembered that although this term is generally used for children below the national expected paremeters of their age; it could equally apply to children who are substantially higher than the national average.
Gifted and talented children also have specialised educational needs.

Answer 8

Special needs refers to what an individual in special education needs to successfully access their curriculum effectively. These needs can be met by long term and short term goals/objectives and specially designed instruction. These vary greatly from person to person and can be related to social, cognitive, emotional and/or physical abilities/disabilities.

Answer 9

special educational needs refers to children and adults with a degree of learning or physical difficutly that in turn limits their access to mainstream education. The cause could be of physical or emotional origin.

Answer 10

Special education needs refer to any accommodation that is different from other students, specifically selected for one student. This can very from physical, emotional, to learning tools or support.