Sherwood Park Primary School

Cognition and learning difficulties cover a wide range of needs and abilities:

• Global developmental delay (phrase often used in Early Years)
• Moderate learning difficulties (MLD)
• Severe learning difficulties (SLD)
• Profound and multiple learning difficulties (PMLD)
• Specific learning difficulties (SpLD). This encompasses a range of conditions such as dyslexia, dyscalculia and dyspraxia (known as Developmental Coordination Disorder)