The Reasonable Adjustment Project

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The Reasonable Adjustment Project

• Part of Implementing the Disability
  Discrimination Act in Schools and Early Years-May
  2006

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Disability Discrimination







Act
Access Planning Duty
SEN Framework
The reasonable adjustments duty
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• Who counts as disabled?
• A person is disabled if they have a mental or
  physical impairment which has a substantial and
  long-term adverse effect on their ability to
  carry out normal day-to-day activities.
• Meaning of
• substantial
• long-term
• normal day-to-day activities

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Admissions, exclusions and education and
associated services. This includes the
curriculum teaching and learning classroom
organisation breaks and lunchtimes school
policies school clubs and activities homework a
ssessment and exam arrangements timetabling scho
ol trips exclusion procedures ... the whole
life of the school
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Factors

• Taking reasonable steps to avoid substantial
  detriment to a disabled pupil such as-
• Time and effort expended
• Inconvenience, indignity or discomfort
• Loss of opportunity or diminished progress.

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Reasonable adjustments, factors that may be
taken into account - standards - resources -
costs - practicability - SEN provision - health
and safety - interests of other pupils
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• The reasonable adjustments duty does not require
  schools to
• provide auxiliary aids or services
• remove or alter physical features

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RAP- Reasonable Adjustment Project?

• Received nearly 400 nominations
• Visited 41 schools for filming
• Gained many examples of reasonable adjustments
• Currently writing training manual
• 3x1.5 Hour DVDs and Manual and CD Rom
• Part of Implementing Disability Discrimination
  Act in Schools , DfES
• Published Free to Schools April 2006

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What is on DVD 1?

• DVD 1 Essential viewing and other topics
• Essential Viewing, an introduction to the
  materials (25)
• Breaks, Lunchtimes and Clubs (1030)
• Educational Visits (16)
• Behaviour for Learning (26)
• Meeting Personal Care and Medical Needs (22)

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What is on DVD 2?

• DVD 2 Foundation stage and primary education
• Foundation Stage in maintained schools (19)
• Primary School Stories
• Primary School Stories Introduction (130)
• Goostrey Community Primary School (830)
• Billesley Primary School (730)
• Batheaston Primary School (8)
• Primary Education
• Primary Education Introduction (4)
• Curriculum and Planning (22)
• Teaching and Learning (1730)
• Deployment of Staff and Resources (22)
• Ethos and Whole School Development (23)

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What is on DVD 3?

• DVD 3 Secondary education
• Secondary school stories
• Secondary School Stories Introduction (1)
• Langdon School (11)
• North Leamington Community School and Arts
  College (16)
• Secondary Education
• Secondary Education Introduction (4)
• Curriculum and Planning (22)
• Teaching and Learning (21)
• Deployment of Staff and Resources (2230)
• Ethos and Whole School Development (2130)

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• Key factors
• vision and values based on an inclusive ethos
• a can do attitude from all staff
• a pro-active approach to identifying barriers and
  finding practical solutions
• strong collaborative relationships with pupils
  and parents
• a meaningful voice for pupils
• a positive approach to managing behaviour
• continued

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• Key factors continued
• strong leadership by senior management and
  governors
• effective staff training and development
• the use of expertise from outside the school
• building disability into resourcing arrangements
• a sensitive approach to meeting the impairment
  specific needs of pupils
• regular critical review and evaluation
• the availability of role models and positive
  images of disability

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Activity Essential Viewing
Jake Sports Day

• On the pro-forma provided identify the reasonable
  adjustments and the barriers.
• Each clip in essential viewing there are a
  number of barriers being addressed such as in the
  first clip.

Barriers Reasonable Adjustment
Not knowing what to do Planning with pupil, parent and outside agencies DfES CD-Rom
Cant access activities Parallel activities
Fear of risk Risk Assess Support of TA
Activties cause fatigue Re-order activities
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Reasonable adjustments in the classroom-checklist

• Pre Planning Information
• What preparations have you made?
• Are lesson planned to support all learners?
• Are you using different teaching styles?
• Are prepared materials accessible?
• Have you thought about self presentation?
• How will you use support staff?
• How have you organised the classroom?
• How will you group pupils in the lesson?
• How will you deal with unexpected incidents?
• How will you ensure all pupils feel equally
  valued?
• How will you assess outcomes for all learners?

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Making Reasonable Adjustments for disabled pupils

• Sent out 9000 schools. Received nearly 400
  nominations
• 54 LEAs nominated schools
• Chose a mix of schools
• Visited 41 schools for filming-3DVDs CD Rom
• Gained many examples of reasonable adjustments
• Now available 1 free copy per school. You have
  to send for it. Implementing the Disability
  Discrimination Act in Schools and Early Years
• Ref 0160-2006DOC-EN Tel. [phone]
• Online www.teachernet.gov.uk/publications