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Through inclusion to excellence: an analysis of the responses
- Author:
- LEARNING AND SKILLS COUNCIL
- Publisher:
- Learning and Skills Council
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 17p.
- Place of publication:
- Coventry
In March 2004, the Learning and Skills Council’s National Council endorsed the need for a strategic review of its funding and planning of provision for learners with learning difficulties and/or disabilities. A Steering Group, chaired by Peter Little OBE, oversaw the Review between July 2004 and September 2005. The final report was published on the 8th November 2005. The review was concerned with the provision for learners with learning difficulties and/or disabilities across the whole learning and skills sector.
Funding for learners with learning difficulties and/or disabilities in school and post-school provision: an integrated approach
- Authors:
- FARADAY Sally, et al
- Publisher:
- Learning and Skills Network
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 118p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report summarises the aims, findings, conclusions and recommendations of research projects carried out by the Learning and Skills Network (LSN) for the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) between September 2006 and April 2007. The purpose of the projects was to assist the LSC to develop a more consistent and equitable approach to the funding of provision for learners with learning difficulties and/or disabilities.
Images of possibility: adult and further education opportunities for people with learning difficulties
- Author:
- WERTHEIMER Alison
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Care, 1(8), April 1998, pp.267-270.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
Further education opportunities should be an integral part of community-based provision for people with mental health problems. Yet people with a history of mental health difficulties are under-represented in adult and further education, and many colleges and local education authorities have yet to develop appropriate provision. Reports on a NIACE/FEDA project to raise awareness about the importance and benefits of further education opportunities for people with learning difficulties.
Parents' accounts: factors considered when deciding how far to involve their son/daughter with learning disabilities in choice-making
- Author:
- MITCHELL Wendy
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Youth Services Review, 34(8), August 2012, pp.1560-1569.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
This study investigated factors considered by parents of young people with learning disabilities when deciding their own and their child's role in a range of significant choices about their child's life. Items considered included health, social care and education. Participants included 14 parents recruited from 11 families participating in a longitudinal qualitative study based in England. Parents' accounts demonstrated a continuum of parental involvement ranging from young people being unaware a choice was taking place to young people being fully involved in choice-making. Parents did not always adopt the same approach to choice-making; different approaches to their own and their son/daughter's level of involvement emerged when parents discussed different choices. Although young people's level of understanding was considered, it was not always the most important factor – these factors included the parents' views on the nature of the choice, protecting their child, parents' personal attitudes/beliefs and confidence in practitioner knowledge. Implications for practitioners working with families of young people with learning disabilities are discussed.
Multi-agency inspection: thematic inspection of services for people with a learning disability in Angus, Dumfries and Galloway, East and West Lothian: accessible summary
- Author:
- SOCIAL WORK INSPECTION AGENCY
- Publisher:
- Social Work Inspection Agency
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 8p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This easy read summary presents the findings from an inspection of services for people with a learning disability in some areas of Scotland. A team of people visited four areas to check up on how good services were for people with a learning disability. The team included people with a learning disability and family carers. The inspection looked at three things in each area: transition; lifelong learning; and work opportunities for people with a learning disability. As part of the process each council and NHS partnership was visited and service users, carers and staff had a chance to say what they thought about services.
Multi-agency inspection: thematic inspection of services for people with a learning disability in Angus, Dumfries and Galloway, East and West Lothian
- Author:
- SOCIAL WORK INSPECTION AGENCY
- Publisher:
- Social Work Inspection Agency
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 156p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
The Scottish Government commissioned this inspection, which was undertaken in 2009. The 3 themes for the inspection were transition, lifelong learning, and employment. It focused on what 4 councils and health partnerships in Angus, Dumfries and Galloway, East and West Lothian were doing to improve the experiences of people with a learning disability about these issues. The report includes an easy read summary of the findings, describes the inspection methodology and activities, and reports on the findings for each of the 4 partnerships studied and on shared issues for all areas. It includes tables with a summary showing evaluation levels for each partnership for: outcomes for people who used services and their carers, experience of people who used services and their carers, impact on stakeholders, access to services, strategic planning, vision, values and aims, and capacity for improvement. It makes recommendations for improvements for individual councils, individual partnerships or more than one council or partnership. The report notes that each partnership will be asked to prepare an action plan setting out how they will implement the recommendations of the report.
Research into practice
- Author:
- MAUDSLAY Liz
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 11.9.03, 2003, p.50.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Briefly reports on a three year research project to investigate the under-representation of young south Asian people with learning difficulties in post-school education and training. The Aasha project, run by the charity Skill: National Bureau for Students with Disabilities, found that services are often not culturally sensitive to the needs of these young people. Highlights how services can better meet this group's needs.
A guide to services for children with autistic spectrum disorders for commissioners and providers
- Authors:
- JORDAN Rita, JONES Glenys, MORGAN Hugh
- Publisher:
- Mental Health Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 49p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
This guide is aimed at commissioners and providers in education, health, social services and the voluntary and independent sectors. Its purpose is to serve as a brief guide to autistic spectrum disorders and developments in education and social welfare with respect to those disorders. It aims to help authorities fulfil their obligations under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and to provide a range of services to meet the needs of the individual child with an autistic spectrum disorder.
Shifting the focus to the learner's needs
- Author:
- MAUDSLAY Liz
- Journal article citation:
- Adults Learning, 13(7), March 2002, pp.17-18.
- Publisher:
- National Institute for Adult Continuing Education
The concept of person centred planning is central to the Department of Health White Paper Valuing People. Further documents issued under the general title, 'Planning with people - towards person centred approaches' reinforces this policy. Looks at the implications for people with learning difficulties.
Do the families of children with development disabilities obtain recommended services: a follow-up study
- Authors:
- PABIAN Wendy E., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, 3(1), 2000, pp.45-58.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Interdisciplinary teams provide a comprehensive evaluation for children with disabilities and their families and generate appropriate recommendations. Although recommendations are provided with the expectation that the families will follow through and obtain these services for their children and for themselves, it is not clear which recommended services have been obtained by the families. In this four-month follow-up of 36 families in the USA, it was found that 84 percent of educational services, 89 percent of medical services are also discussed.