Autism is a lifelong, developmental disability that affects how a person communicates with and relates to other people, and how they experience the world around them.
ADHD stands for Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder.
It is characterised by difficulties in the areas of attention, level of activity and impulse control. These difficulties are present before the age of 7 years and can affect many areas of the child’s and family’s life.
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Nip in the bud produce short films and fact sheets to help parents and teachers and other professionals that work with children to recognise mental health disorderss
This page provides information on the duties of schools and Local Authorities to assess, identify and provide for a child’s SEN within school.
Disorders that involve difficulty in learning to read or interpret words, letters, and other symbols, but that do not affect general intelligence.
Often seen as related to dyslexia, those with dyscalculia (sometimes known as number blindness) show great difficulty with numeracy, arithmetic and mathematical concepts.