Identification of needs, diagnosis and support
As set out in the Code of Practice, the 2004 Act requires that the education authority "must make adequate and efficient provision for such additional support as is required by each child or young person with additional support needs, for whose school education the authority are responsible."1Supporting Children’s Learning: Statutory Guidance on the Education (Additional Support for Learning) Scotland Act 2004 (as amended) Code of Practice (Third Edition) 2017, paragraph 72..