Understanding key aspects of the Disability Discrimination Act

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Development and diversity
Understanding key aspects of the Disability
Discrimination Act
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Learning outcomes

• You will understand key aspects of implementing
  the DDA, including

• learning and teaching implications of the DDA for
  pupils with SEN and/or disabilities
• appropriate ICT resources to support the learning
  of pupils with SEN and/or disabilities
• administration of medicines
• planning and going on an educational visit, and
• sharing information and keeping records.

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Learning outcome
Activity 1

• You will explore key aspects of the
  DfES/Department of Health guidance on working
  with pupils with medical needs and guidance on
  educational visits.

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Key points

• All visits should be pre-planned, including
  appropriate risk assessment and exploratory
  visits to venues in most cases
• Everyone managing the visit, including volunteers
  and parents/carers, needs to understand
  appropriate practice and procedure
• All relevant staff at a place visited should be
  aware of the individual needs of pupils
• Err on the side of caution.

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Learning outcomes
Activity 2

• You will understand
• practical issues for pupils with SEN and/or
  disabilities, and
• potential for teaching and learning presented by
  educational visits.

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Key points from the film clips

• Possibilities for social and academic learning
• Importance of all adults positive commitment to
  making reasonable adjustments and removing
  barriers
• Parents, carers and education staff all learning
  that pupils can achieve beyond expectations when
  planning to remove barriers is appropriate and
  timely
• Improvement of self-image and confidence when
  pupils from groups vulnerable to exclusion
  succeed in activities.

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Learning outcome
Activity 3

• You will understand the duty to, and value of
  consulting disabled pupils and adults wherever
  possible.

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Eleni Burgess survey

• Eleni Burgess, a young wheelchair user, surveyed
  the views of 100 wheelchair users in schools
• The survey received national attention and
  provided many valuable insights.

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Learning outcome
Activity 4

• You will have a basic understanding of the
  potential of ICT to remove barriers for pupils
  with SEN and/or disabilities.

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Learning outcomes
Activity 5

• You will
• reflect on key learning points from the sessions,
  and
• identify the next steps in your own learning.

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