LEARNING SUPPORT SPECIALIST
Forres employs a full time learning support specialist whose primary role is to support learners with the Academic Curriculum. In addition she is available for support to both learners and parents with regards to emotional difficulties or crisis the family may be experiencing outside of school.
At Forres we believe that all children are special and have their own special needs. We set high academic standards for all our learners, however our special needs education gives particular support to children who are 'struggling' to 'keep up' with their peers.
In order to address special needs, we may have to develop strategies to compensate for social, emotional, physical, intellectual or sensory factors or a combination of more than one.
We also aim to support and extend our more able and gifted learners.
The term special needs can be misleading. Every child at school will face challenges at some time in their school life. For most the challenges can be addressed in the short term, for others it may take longer with a need for a more structured approach.