In the Scottish education system this term is used when children and young people need more – or different support to what is normally provided in schools or pre-schools to children of the same age.

Approaches which meet the needs of the learner and help reduce the development of further barriers to learning

The process of collecting and interpreting evidence of learners performance

Behaviour that is deemed to be out of character or not expected

Heard or perceived by the ears and processed by the brain

Becoming automatic in a skill