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Accreditation and Young People with Special Needs

• Moving forward together to ensure that every
  learner fulfils his or her full potential
• Shirley Jones and Marbeth Wilson

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Scoping Exercise - ETI

• To map out current learning pathways for young
  people with SEN in special and mainstream schools
• To identify an accreditation framework to support
  and enable young people to transition
  successfully and progress to further education
  and training

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Policy Context

• The Education and Skills Authority
• Every School a Good School
• The Entitlement Framework
• Area Based Planning
• Qualifications and Credit Framework
• The review of Special Education and the Inclusion
  agenda

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Department of Education

• A course should consist of an extended period of
  learning which leads to a quality assured award
  from a professional body which is independent of
  the school/centre and
• a process of developing and assessing specific
  knowledge and/or understanding and/or skills
  which will enable the young person to deal with
  opportunities and challenges in life.

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Special Needs Reference Group

• The need for progression, coherence, flexibility
  in size and level suited to the needs of
  learners and
• a strong emphasis on recognition of achievement
  within a framework of approved qualifications.

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Progression to Further and Training

• Age appropriate and build on the accreditation
  provided in Special and Mainstream Schools
• Curriculum offers should focus on employability,
  independent living and life skills
• High expectations, appropriate pace and
  challenge
• Opportunities for achievement within and across
  levels (horizontal as well as vertical
  progression)

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Marbeth Wilson

• Park Schools
• Accreditation Journey...

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Moving Forward

• In small groups consider
• What you and your school need to do to put in
  place, or develop further, appropriate learning
  pathways for your pupils? and
• What needs to be done to facilitate this journey
  for all?