Inclusive Education

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Inclusive Education

• The Philosophy in an inclusive school is that
  each belongs and all are valued and have a right
  to learn there regardless of needs or abilities.

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Inclusive Education

• Inclusion is primarily about school ethos and the
  kind of arrangements which are required to put
  that ethos into practice. The mainstream school
  is restructured to meet the needs of all its
  students.

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Who has to adopt to whom?
School to Child?
Child to School?
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Similarities and Difference between Stages 1-4
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Stage 1

• Mainstream
• Inform parents
• LSM advices
• Class Teacher monitors and collects information
• Class Teacher responsibility

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Stage 2

• Student in the mainstream
• Inform parents
• LSM supports students
• IEP
• Targets set in the area of literacy, behaviour
  and/or
• organisation
• Review and monitor
• Specific learning difficulties

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Stage 3

• Student in the mainstream
• Inform parents
• LSM supports students
• IEP
• Targets set in the area of literacy, behaviour
  and/or
• organisation
• Review and monitor
• Referral is made to an outside professional
  agency
• Specific learning difficulties

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Stage 4

• Student in the mainstream or from special needs
  organisation
• Inform parents
• Admissions and Review Panel
• Student come with a great deal of information
  (EP, SLT, OT, PT)
• IEP
• Targets set in all areas of the curriculum
• Annual Reviews

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Stage 4 (Cont)

• LSC supports students
• Higher teacher student ratio
• Speech and language therapy and occupational
  therapy
• Range of learning difficulties from mild/moderate
  to moderate/severe
• Difficulties managing mainstream curriculum
  without support (physical and academic)

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Learning Support Stage 4 Provision
Bradbury
Beacon Hill
Kowloon Junior
South Island
King George V
Sarah Roe
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Inclusive Education As a Learning Support Class
Parents included in all support groups INSETS
Included in School Polices
LSC organised visits to include mainstream
Internal mailing list to receive letters to
parents

• Resources purchased
• through curriculum groups

Class opened to mainstream students
Shared responsibilities of the class teacher and
learning support teacher to educate
LSC teachers to teach mainstream class
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Inclusive EducationAs Students in the Learning
Support Class
Part of the continuum of learning difficulties
Code of Practice Stage 4

• Full member of the class
• register, visits, letters,
• assemblies, mealtimes, and
• playtimes, etc.

Increased awareness of learning difficulties
Included in procedures Bus lines, walkers area
Increased opportunities to interact and work
cooperatively
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Learning Support Department
Code of Practice
Stage 1
Stage 3
Stage 2
Stage 4
Learning Support Class
Learning Support Mainstream
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Learning Support Department (Class)

• Locale
• in-class
• withdrawal

Physical Support

• Human
• teacher
• educational assistant
• parents
• peer

• Grouping
• individual
• paired
• small group
• class

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Academic Support
Modified Mainstream
Multi-sensory
Social Skills and Speech
Life Skills
Physical Occupational
Independence
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Types of Integration
Full-time Integration With Support
Functional Integration
Social Integration
Basic Integration
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Roles and Responsibilities

• The inclusion of Special Educational Needs
  students operates along a continuum. As students
  move along this continuum there is a graduated
  shift in educational responsibility from Learning
  Support Class Teacher to Class Teacher

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• LEARNING SUPPORT CLASS (LSC)
• TEACHER
• Writing IEPs
• Arranging IEPs
• Reviewing IEPs
• Annual Review Meetings
• Liaise with Parents organising meetings
• Pastoral care
• Raise awareness

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• LEARNING SUPPORT CLASS
• TEACHER (Cont)
• Home programme
• Timetables
• Outside agencies Educational Psychologist,
  Speech and Language Therapist, Occupational
  Therapist
• Organising and planning INSET for Teachers,
  Educational Assistants and parents
• Planning ensuring the needs are met

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Class Teacher AND LSC Teacher

• Teaching
• Assessment
• Planning for diversity
• Evaluation
• Monitoring
• Communication between Class Teacher and LSC
• IEP meetings
• Annual Reviews
• School reports

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• CLASS TEACHER
• Register
• Correspondence letters/information
• Snack and lunch
• Geographical e.g. assembly
• Planning topic
• Educational visits and camps