The Agency's special needs education (SNE) data collection is a biennial exercise with data provided by the Representatives of the Agency member countries. In all cases, this data is from official ministerial sources. All data refers to pupils officially identified as having special educational needs (SEN), as defined in the country in question. All the data presented in this document has been collected in line with each country’s own legal definition of SEN. These definitions are also provided in the texts.

This report from 2009 summarises the analysis conducted by the Agency, at the request of member country representatives, on the topic of special needs education and multicultural diversity.

It aimed to respond to three key questions: 

Development of a set of indicators – for inclusive education in Europe presents the main findings of the Agency project on Indicators for Inclusive Education from 2008/2009. The project involved 23 European countries.

The Agency's special needs education (SNE) data collection is a biennial exercise, with data provided by the Representatives of the Agency member countries. In all cases, this data is from official ministerial sources.

All data refers to pupils officially identified as having special educational needs (SEN), as defined in the country in question. All the data presented in this document has been collected in line with each country’s own legal definition of SEN. These definitions are also provided in the texts.

Inclusive Education and Effective Classroom Practice (2001) provides an overview of the findings of the first phase of the Agency's Classroom and School Practice project, focusing on the primary school age phase. Inclusive Education and Classroom Practice in Secondary Education (2004) presents an overview of the findings of the second phase, which f