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The need for support Overview Since the introduction of the new Support for Learning Act (Additional Support for Learning Act) (Scotland) in November 2004, the concept of what encompasses additional support needs has been extended considerably. The term additional support needs, however, had already been proposed in the report 'Moving forward! Additional Support for Learning' in 2003 in order to move away for the term 'special educational needs' which many believed had negative connotations. Chapter 2 of the Code of Practice (Scottish Executive, 2005) discusses the factors which may give rise to additional support needs and categorises these into four main areas: learning environment, family circumstances, disability or health need, and social and emotional factors. Importantly, including the learning environment as a factor in giving rise to additional support needs puts the onus on the school and the individual teacher to take responsibility and how they might contribute, even inadvertently, to additional support...

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