ABSTRACT
This chapter explains some general principles for approaching special educational needs within the National Literacy Strategy Framework, and seeks to answer some of the questions teachers and Special Educational Needs Coordinators most often ask about the Literacy Hour. It looks at some very general principles about the potential benefits of the Literacy Hour for children with special educational needs, and at some of the issues of planning and management. The literacy hour and the National Literacy Strategy Framework have from the beginning been proclaimed as 'for all'. Schools know that they are expected to include all children in the hour, but many have been thrown into confusion by misapprehensions about what this actually means. A larger group of schools will be able to deploy at least some additional support from Learning Support Assistants or parent helpers.
