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<p>The school bell was ringing and Naushad was not very happy about going home. He received his progress card for the monthly exam. He was very scared of his dad, who would be signing the monthly progress card. Naushad was anxious, confused and didn&rsquo;t understand what was happening.</p>
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<p>This scenario reminds us of an acclaimed Bollywood film, <em>Taare Zameen Par,</em> released in 2007. This film, which celebrates the abilities of children, &lsquo;brought about a change in perspective and an increase in awareness regarding special education in a larger audience.</p>
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<p>This brief write-up reiterates the messages regarding special educational needs (SEN) by using some basic remedial techniques that will be useful for both teachers and parents. Attentive teachers and parents can transform the life of a student with SEN. The term SEN refers to the needs of children with learning difficulties or disabilities; these children find learning more difficult than most children of the same age. Many children have special needs of some type at some time during their education. This brief write-up will create awareness among parents and teachers regarding SEN.</p>
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<p>Young people have a special educational need if they:</p>
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<li>Have a significantly greater difficulty in learning than the majority of young people of the same age.</li>
<li>Have a disability which prevents or hinders them from making use of the educational facilities of a kind generally provided for young people of the same age.</li>
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<p>Naushad was generally quite withdrawn, anxious some time he was very aggressive.&nbsp; His parents had frequent fights which made difficult home circumstances.&nbsp; As a result, he was often unhappy, had poor social skills and react inappropriately. He also found it difficult to form relationships with adults or their peers, and was subject to mood swings, break rules, be off task and disruptive in class.&nbsp;</p>
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<p>Ms Mallik, his class teacher had been observing changes in Naushad&rsquo; s development and learning problems and decided to speak to his parents. &nbsp;When Naushad&rsquo;s parents were called to meet Ms Mallik, they confirmed the teacher&rsquo;s observation and recounted that he faced similar problems in his evening classes at the religious education centre. With parental consent, they sought to seek professional advice and referred Naushad to a SEN specialist, and initial diagnosis confirmed he showed (BESD)-Behavioural, Emotional and Social Difficulties.</p>
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<p>Schools are expected to take special and /or different action to support these students.&nbsp; However, a student should not be regarded as having a learning difficulty solely because of their language or form of language at home being different from the language in which they are taught.&nbsp; Lack of competence in English must not be equated with learning difficulties as described above.&nbsp;</p>
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<p>Doctors confirmed that Naushad is diagnosed with ADHDi.e. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder which falls under, Behavioural, Emotional and Social Difficulties. The first thing to note about this learning difficulty is that it has been named variously as &lsquo;EBD&rsquo; and &lsquo;BESD&rsquo;, Behavioural, Emotional and Social Difficulties it refers to a wide range of challenging problems the causes of which are quite varied.&nbsp; &nbsp;Usually BESD students are of average ability but because of poor concentration this is not reflected in their levels of attainment.&nbsp;</p>
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<p><strong>The professional Doctor and Psychologist suggested some strategies for his parents and teachers to help Naushad at home and school. These tips can help us too.</strong></p>
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<li>It will help a great deal to model the behaviour you seek in terms of friendliness, politeness, body language, eye contact, the tone of voice (calm, quiet), humour etc.</li>
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