Severe low incidence disabilities 40. Child protection and children with disabilities 39. Children with learning disabilies 37. The long and winding road. They may also have implications for children s health if reliance on transport replaces walking.
Poor transport can also affect local demographic patterns.
All together now. Meeting special educational needs through rural childcare services This briefing focuses particularly on how rural childcare services can support children with a learning or physical disability. This report summarises the main points of the conference presentations. Also provides summaries of the key points from the themed discussion groups, including special needs provision, partnerships and childcare information services, and points from the conference panel sessions. As the Scottish Childcare Strategy seeks to expand services for all children and young people, it is timely to take stock of how existing legislation and policies influence the establishment and sustainability of rural childcare services and to consider what needs to be done to ensure equity of access to services in all parts of the country.