Education
This section contains information about further education,
higher education, inclusion, money, SEN advice and transition
planning.
This section is divided into the following categories:
1. Secondary
School
2. Further
Education
3. Higher
Education (University)
4. Inclusion
5. Money
6. SEN Advice
7. Transition
Planning
8. Training
Providers
1. Secondary School
Creating an Attitude of Inclusion
eLearning package for
schools, aimed at ensuring an inclusive welcome to all disabled
children regardless of their impairment.
Inclusion for individuals with Down's syndrome across mainstream
education settings
The Down's Syndrome Association
(DSA) have developed a new resource for all education
professionals. The Celebrating Success series brings to life the
DSA Education Support Packs by using case studies written in the
words of teachers, assistants and parents.
Improving school council for students with autism
The
National Autistic Society's Young Campaigners' Group have produced
a set of recommendations written for pupils and students to improve
the effectiveness of school councils for all school students.
2. Further Education
Aspirations
for Life - Learning how colleges work
Website providing
information for young people without learning disabilities.
Briefing for post-16 providers: planning a curriculum for learners
with learning difficulties and/or disabilities for 2013 and
beyond
Breifing for post 16 providers. Contains good
examples of what study programmes can look like.
Disability Rights
UK
Support and information for disabled students.
Dorton
College
Dorton College of Further Education is
an independent residential specialist college for blind and
partially sighted young people aged 16-25 years old run by
RLSB.
Down's Syndrome - Information on further
education
Practical advice and information
for education professionals who are including, or
planning to include, a pupil with Down's syndrome in college and
further education.
Education provision for learners with LD
Information to
support local authorities to fulfil their legal duties and powers
in relation to securing the provision of education and training for
learners with learning difficulties and/or disabilities over the
age of 16.
HemiHelp
Information designed for teachers and classroom assistants
who work with children or young people with hemiplegia.
Inclusion for individuals with Down's syndrome across mainstream
education settings
The Down's Syndrome Association
(DSA) have developed a new resource for all education
professionals. The Celebrating Success series brings to life the
DSA Education Support Packs by using case studies written in the
words of teachers, assistants and parents.
Improving Choice in post 16 education for Young People with
Learning Difficulties and/or Disabilities
Improving Choice
is an East of England Pathfinder that set out to develop local post
16 provision for young people with learning difficulties and/or
disabilities (LDD) whose only alternative if they wished to
continue in education would be to attend a specialist, residential
college.
Lead Scotland
Lead Scotland,
(Specialists in Linking Education and Disability), is a voluntary
organisation set up to widen access to learning for disabled young
people and adults and carers across Scotland.
RNIB College
Loughborough
RNIB College Loughborough supports people
with sight loss and other disabilities to access education, work
and housing, to enjoy a healthy lifestyle and positive
relationships.
Royal National College for the
Blind
The Royal National College for the blind is a
college of further education and training for people (16+) who are
blind or partially sighted and with other disabilities. As well as
their courses, the college also offers specialist training and
support to businesses, universities and other education providers,
and specialist professionals working with visually impaired
people.
RNIB Transition Guidance - Your future, your choice: Bridging the
gap
RNIB has produced transition guidance for young people who are
blind or partially sighted across the UK. These guides outline
support and services available to assist young people through their
journey from school, to further and higher education, and into
employment.
Supporting
the achievement of deaf young people in further
education
The aim of this booklet is to help staff in
further education make effective provision for deaf students so
that they make good progress and develop the independent learning
and life skills they will need in adulthood
We Connect Now
We Connect Now is dedicated to uniting people interested in rights
and issues affecting people with disabilities, with particular
emphasis on college students and access to higher education and
employment issues.
3. Higher Education (University)
AchieveAbility
AchieveAbility
has produced a range of materials and resources to encouarge
inclusive practice and support participation across the
education sectors.
Careers, education and leadership
Information on careers
and leadership, as well as, information for disabled students.
Also, lists job, volunteering and internships opportunities
within Disability Rights UK.
Directgov
Information about support and financial help for
disabled students.
Disability Rights
UK
Support and information for disabled students.
Into Higher
Education 2012
Into Higher Education is a guide for
disabled students thinking about studying in higher education. It
deals with common questions such as whether the college or
university will be accessible, how to choose a course and what
support will be available.
Lead Scotland
Lead Scotland,
(Specialists in Linking Education and Disability), is a voluntary
organisation set up to widen access to learning for disabled young
people and adults and carers across Scotland.
University Challenge
A report by the Muscular Dystrophy
campaign into the challenges experienced by disabled young people
wanting to go to unversity.
RNIB Transition Guidance - Your future, your choice: Bridging the
gap
RNIB has produced transition guidance for young people who are
blind or partially sighted across the UK. These guides outline
support and services available to assist young people through their
journey from school, to further and higher education, and into
employment.
RNIB Young peoples web
pages
The new young people's section offers information on
a range of issues that are important to blind and partially sighted
young people from leaving home, starting college or university to
starting work and free time activities. This section has been
co-designed and reviewed by young people across the UK.
Student finance
Information from the Department for Business Innovation
& Skills about the changes to student finance for higher
education from September 2012.
We Connect Now
We Connect Now is dedicated to uniting people interested in rights
and issues affecting people with disabilities, with particular
emphasis on college students and access to higher education and
employment issues.
4. Inclusion
Alliance For Inclusive
Education (ALLFIE)
ALLFIE campaigns for disabled
children's and young people's right to an inclusive and mainstream
education.
Extending Inclusion
This guide is designed to support the
inclusion of disabled children in children's centres and extended
schools.
Inclusion Charter
An A2-sized poster promoting key
principles of inclusion.
Inclusion for individuals with Down's syndrome across mainstream
education settings
The Down's Syndrome Association
(DSA) have developed a new resource for all education
professionals. The Celebrating Success series brings to life the
DSA Education Support Packs by using case studies written in the
words of teachers, assistants and parents.
Inclusion Policy
Sets out a policy and a set of
principles that the Council for Disabled Children consider to be
crucial to the development of inclusion.
Inclusion Policy Posters
6 posters based on
the Council for Disabled Children's Inclusion Policy.
Information for teachers & education professionals
The
Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities has produced
information on inclusion for teachers and education
professionals.
5.
Money
Student finance
Information from the Department for Business Innovation
& Skills about the changes to student finance for higher
education from September 2012.
The 16-19 bursary scheme
Information about the new 16-19 bursary scheme.
6. SEN
Advice
The Contact a Family
SEN National Advice Service
Contact a Familty now has a
county-wide advice service for Special Educational Needs (SEN) -
SEN National Advice Service.
Coram Children's Legal Centre
Leaflet on Special Educational Needs.
7. Transition
Planning
Autism Transition Toolkit
This toolkit, produced by the
Autism Education Trust, is a summary of common issues surrounding
transition for young people on the autism spectrum, as well as a
guide to the considerations that should be taken by those
supporting them.
Bristol Transitions Pathway and
Transitions in Bristol: A Route for Parent Carers of Teens with
Additional Needs
These are generic pathways agreed after
much work with key stakeholders, partners and parents.
Contact a Family
Contact a
Family has 3 leaflets on transition planning.
Information for teachers and education professionals
The Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities has produced
information on transition for teachers and education
professionals.
Lost in transition? A guide to finding you way
through
Information about transition for young people,
parents and practitioners from Dimensions.
Transition: a guide for
parents and carers
Advice and information for parents and
carers about the transition process by Mencap (Dec 2009).
Personalised Transition
An evaluation of a new policy
innovation in Sheffield which gives young people with disabilities
and their families a new level of control over their life after
school.
Person Centred Approaches in Transition Planning
This
information leaflet looks at what a person centred approach might
look like for a disabled young person during the transition to
adulthood.
Supporting young people with learning difficulties to participate
and progress – incorporating guidance on Learning Difficulty
Assessments
Statutory guidance for the assessment of the
needs of young people with learning difficulties as they move into
further education.
Transitions
to Adult Services by Disabled Young People Leaving Out of Authority
Residential Schools
Report, published in 2009, on how
transitions from out of authority residential schools to adult
services are managed. This study also identified factors which
appear key to the transition process and its outcomes.
8. Training providers
Soundabout
For the last 17
years Soundabout has delivered training packages to professionals
in special needs schools, colleges, children's centres, residential
homes and to other organisations that work with people with
learning disabilities, throughout the UK.