Essay about Ilm M3.01 Solving Problems and Making Decisions

A.C 1.1 Identify own learning style(s) and the learning style(s) of another member of the team.

Barriers and challenges to disabled children and young people’s participation sit within three broad areas: training, support and resources; knowledge, understanding and attitudes; process, systems and structures. Identifying and recognizing the barriers and challenges provides a good basis for planning to further disabled children’s participation.

Schools have legal obligations to give students with a disability opportunities and choices comparable to those without a disability through the Disability Discrimination Act of 1992 and the Disability Standards of Education 2005 (Department of Education and Training, n.d). To meet these standards, schools must be welcoming and reasonably accommodate for new students. We used the three phase inclusion process when Amir transferred to our school at the start of the year. The three flowing phases; preparation, transition and consolidation help all stakeholders inclusively plan for the best possible transition of a new child where their needs are provided for (Lyons, 2014, pg 80). Inclusive schools help support all students, teachers should work closely with the learning support team at their school to help them decide the best resources and strategies to meet students’ needs and promote their wellbeing (Lyons, 2014, pg 83). Amir has consultations with all relevant stakeholders at the start of the term to set learning goals and then at the end of the term to reflect on his achievements and what could be improved on. All teachers need to use their professional judgement and act ethically as their work significantly impacts the future of the learners in their class (Churchill, & Keddie, 2013, pg 539). Amir’s school promotes diversity and is strongly against bullying. At the start of each year we

For this assignment, I interview a service provider for special education services. The service provider I interviewed, takes part in the educational team, and provide services. The service provider is developmental therapist. I was able to develop a better sense of the importance of inclusion. After interviewing the service provider, and learning her philosophy of inclusion I have was able to better understand the accommodations and modifications for special needs students.

For this assignment, I interviewed a parent of a child who does not have an IEP or receive special education services. Through this interview I was able to learn how parents of children with no special needs are aware of the inclusion classrooms.

Inclusive practise is based on a social model of disability which encourages empowerment and enabling of the child or young person. By contrast the medical term of disability is that of the child adapting to the environment it is within. The medical need promotes dependence.

3. Be able to support the inclusion of disabled children and young people and those with special educational needs.

These are new groups that bring people from different organisations and from the wider community together. Their job is to work to put Valuing People into action locally. People with learning disabilities and carers will be members of the Board.

Understand the legislation and policies that support the human rights and inclusion of individuals with learning disabilities.

OUTCOME 1 Understand the legislation and policies that support the human rights and inclusion of individuals with learning disabilities.

I also believe that a key element of inclusion is maintaining a close relationship between me and the special education teachers and paraprofessionals that I will be working with. If it is at all possible to work together in one classroom, I believe that this will benefit all my students.

Robert’s rights to inclusion is reinforced by the Special Educational Needs and Disability Act (2001) which gave Robert the right to attend mainstream school and to be educated alongside his peer (Thomas and Vaughan, 2005). The Act strengthened further the Disability Discrimination Act (1995) which makes discrimination again Robert unlawful. The United Nation Convention on the Right of the Child Article 23, highlights that a child with a disability should have effective access to and receive an education ( Jones , 2004) Tassoni (2003) underlined that The Children Act (1989) spelled out the idea that all children have rights. It required protecting all children, but also highlighting the needs and rights of vulnerable children. As with Robert, he is a child in need and as such the school and LEA has legal duties to make sure that Robert is achieving within society.

Complete a written assignment that will demonstrate your knowledge and understanding of the legal requirements and policy relating to inclusion. Critically analyse the issues surrounding Special Educational provision and disability in school.

After having done a work placement at LIFT, being artist liaison artist at GDIF, Greenwich+Docklands International Festival and, ultimately, as Visitor Assistant, my current job for nearly two years, I have seen how each department functions separately but altogether so as to deliver high quality projects which will enable artists with learning disabilities, in the case of ActionSpace, to grow artistically and/or culturally and the benefits to all the participants involved in. Despite my not so vast experience, I strongly believe my past professional experiences I have equipped me with the skills and knowledge to perform any of the responsibilities of this job because I have not only acquired but also developed a broad and better understanding in planning, producing and managing projects/activities, conducting research about prospective artistic/learning activities and assess their viability and outcome they will have in the audience as well as the participants involved in its development.

When we came up with a decision to fix a problem the stimulation had a visual graph to use that examined different metrics of how our choices affected sales, workers, the cost and the company and whether the decisions would be successful or unsuccessful. This visually allowed us to see the outcomes to our decisions and gives us more experience for the future decisions and way to succeed in our goals.