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Message: <blockquote data-quote="sally and james" data-source="post: 1309881" data-attributes="member: 93504">Many years ago I was a school governor and still have some vague memories of "Special Needs".  Things could, of course, have changed, but please don't interpret "special needs" as "a bit thick" or "mentally not quite up to it" or "unable to cope", it is, as it says, a special need.  Your son does need some special awareness by staff and might have a need beyond, above or different to other children in certain circumstances.  See it as being like allergic to nuts, just something that needs to be noted, not a form of discrimination or negative labelling.  My understanding was that, especially in infant and junior schools, large numbers of children are "special needs" at some point.  It's a very broad brush and is often temporary.  In my own family, a then young relative was put on the special needs register for some troubled behaviour.  She went on to a top university and may now be the doctor who is treating you.  Yes, there is some additional funding for Special Needs, but that's how life works these days and, maybe some teacher will be sent on a course to understand T1 better.Do ask questions, but don't think of it as a stigma or imagine that your son will have to wear a big badge to single him out.Sally</blockquote>

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