The government of Trinidad and Tobago has placed high emphasis on providing free universal access to primary and secondary school and has gone so far as to provide several support services including free meals and transportation as well as screening for vision, hearing, and general health.  

They have also provided a textbook rental system and established a special unit to facilitate a range of school support services.  The school support services unit is in high demand and the unit is understaffed.  To reduce the strain on resources, the Ministry of Education has embarked on a sensitization campaign to highlight to parents, teachers, and administrators that there is much that can be done to support students with special educational needs without reliance upon specialized services.

There is still significantly more that can be done on a practical level to support learners with special needs in the main stream school system.  When many of the school buildings were initially constructed, they were not designed with differently abled persons in mind.  Therefore, the majority of buildings lack wheelchair access, for example.  Braille can be placed on signage for the blind, flashing or coloured lights can be incorporated in the alarm system for the deaf or hearing impaired, and the use of classroom assistants and personal aides needs to be more widely encouraged.