The issue of labelling difficulties in the profession of Educational Psychology is controversial and contentious. During the development of the practice of Educational Psychology, the provision of education for children with additional needs was based on a medical model of defects, focusing on difference rather than normality, illness rather than well-being, and on the problem with the child, and the emphasis on deficit rather than potential.  More recently, there has been a focus on inclusive practice, although the impact of austerity and local and national governmental policy changes has led to several challenges to this.