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

This flyer presents the main findings from Phase 1 of the Agency's Assessment in Inclusive Settings project. It is based on information on assessment policy and practice provided by 23 countries, as described in the full Assessment in Inclusive Settings – Key Issues for Policy and Practice report. 

On 17 September 2007, the Agency, together with the Portuguese Ministry of Education, held a European Hearing entitled ‘Young Voices: Meeting Diversity in Education’. The event took place within the framework of the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the European Union.

In September 2002, Portugal's Ministry for Education and the Agency hosted an international conference on 'Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Special Needs Education (SNE)'.

This paper presents the recommendations from the conference experts, referring to some of the key issues within ICT in education debates across Europe.

Download the flyer in PDF format in one of 13 Agency languages below.

Early Childhood Intervention (ECI) is an important area both at policy and professional levels. It relates to the right of very young children and their families to receive the support they might need. ECI aims to support and empower the child, the family and the services involved. It helps to build an inclusive and cohesive society that is aware of the rights of children and their families.

This publication presents the main findings from Phase 1 of the Agency's Assessment project. It is based on information describing assessment policy and practice provided by 23 countries.

Young Voices: Meeting Diversity in Education presents the results of the European Hearing of young people with special educational needs that the Agency and the Portuguese Ministry of Education organised in 2007.

Educational policy-makers prepared this document to provide fellow policy-makers across Europe with a synthesis of the policy findings that emerged from overall Agency thematic work up to 2003. It makes recommendations about key aspects of special needs education policy that seem to be effective in supporting the inclusion of learners with special educational needs within mainstream provision.

The European Parliament Hearing of young people with special educational needs took place in Brussels on 3 November 2003. The Agency organised it with the support of the ministries of education in its member countries and the European Commission. It was one of the major events within the framework of the European Year of People with Disabilities.

Twenty-three country delegations, with 146 representatives, participated in the event. The country delegations included 72 young people with special educational needs.