Fully 37% have "special needs"—typically behavioural and emotional problems.
Short break carers look after children for a weekend or a few weeks so that their long-term carers can have a break, and is particularly used for children with disabilities, special needs or behavioural difficulties.
"Prosper" caters for the generally able, "Challenge" provides extension activities for gifted and talented students, "Endeavour" students are identified by the effort they are prepared to put into their work, and "Discovery" is designed for those with low academic attainment, special needs or behavioural problems that make it hard for them to function in a classroom setting.
It follows research that shows summer-born pupils perform less well in exams, are more likely to be diagnosed with mild special needs and have behavioural problems than their autumn-born peers.
Part II of the book, on assessing deviance, explores those assessment and identification practices that seek to classify different categories of learners, including children with Limited English Proficiency, with special needs and disabilities and with behavioural problems.
People suffering from ADHD are often stereotyped as lazy, bad or aggressive, or considered to have a behavioural or special needs problem rather than a mental health disorder that requires treatment [ 44].
Many have special needs - such as learning difficulties, behavioural problems or disabilities - and some wait a long time to find the right adoptive parents.
Edward Duff, of the Children's Legal Centre at Essex University, said: "Every case of persistent disruption in my experience has led to SEN involvement and we need to find out more about how much screening for behavioural difficulties and special needs is going on.
However, a statistically significant difference was found for those who were referred with a medical condition/indicator, for example behavioural problems or special needs.
The Special Needs Animal Rescue and Rehabilitation (SNARR) organisation, which rehomes animals with particular physical, behavioural or health issues in the US, helped the couple raise the funds to fly Anubis the 7,000 miles to them.
