Students identified with emotional and behavioural difficulties (EBD) present a special case within special educational needs (SEN) and inclusion. EBD is perhaps the only category of SEN that exposes a child to increased risk of exclusion as a function of the very SEN identified as requiring special provision in the first instance. Students…

Proposes that schools offer a human-development course that would provide a context in which gifted adolescents from diverse backgrounds could safely deal with major developmental, societal, and cultural issues that affect them. The course would increase students' self-awareness and reflectivity, and improve their decision making. (CR)