Every Child Thrives Education is an independent UK-based research and development initiative exploring how education systems can strengthen the early recognition, understanding and support of children with additional learning and developmental needs.
We believe that every child should have the opportunity to achieve, participate and belong within their classroom.
Inclusive education should begin with what happens around the child every day—not only with what happens after a referral, diagnosis or specialist intervention.
When a child begins to struggle, the first response should not automatically be removal from the classroom for separate intervention. The first questions should be:
· What is this child experiencing?
· What may be creating a barrier to learning or participation?
· What can we change within teaching, the classroom environment or the support around the child?
Targeted and specialist interventions remain essential for some children. But they should complement an inclusive classroom—not substitute for one.
Our focus is the critical period between first concern and effective support.
Recognise → Understand → Support → Review → Refer where necessary
The aim is to help schools move from noticing that a child is struggling to understanding the pattern of strengths, needs and barriers around them - then translating that understanding into practical support.
Understanding Early Identification and Inclusive Support in Albanian Schools
A systems analysis of how additional learning and developmental needs are recognised, understood, supported and referred.
Our first research programme focuses on Albania and explores what happens from the moment concerns about a child’s learning, development or participation first emerge.
We want to understand what currently works, where professionals experience barriers and whether opportunities exist to strengthen earlier classroom-based support.