AFTER THE DDA: THE EQUALITY ACT 2010
The Responsibilities of Schools
This lively, practical course is for everyone working in a school with students who have disabilities or special needs. It is relevant to: nursery, primary and secondary (including those with a sixth form) mainstream and special schools whether they are maintained, academies or independent. It will clearly explain what the law says and will outline your responsibilities to these students in the light of recent legislation.The course will cover:
*What does the Equality Act say?
*How does this influence the role of schools?
*An outline of what is required by legislation.
*A summary of key activities for action.
The course tutor is Philippa Stobbs
Philippa is Principal Officer at the Council for Disabled Children. Her professional background is in teaching and school inspection work. She trains, writes and provides consultancy on SEN and disability issues. She has led partnership projects bringing together providers, parents and children and young people themselves, led policy work for the Special Educational Consortium since 1992, led the development of national support to parent partnership services and has drafted key guidance on disability discrimination duties for the Disability Rights Commission and the Department for Education. She was recently seconded to the Department for Children, Schools and Families as SEN Professional Adviser. Whilst there she managed the Lamb Inquiry and led DCSF work with the National Strategies on SEN progression and the development of RAISEonline to incorporate SEN data.
Courses
Please click on the date of the course to download full course information and application form (PDF format: to be printed and posted to the mailing address shown with payment).
VENUE BASED COURSES - No further venue-based courses currently planned for this academic year. ONLINE COURSE - Now available online (£105 Early Bird Rate, £115 Standard Rate, 40/50% discount for 2nd/3rd delegate, £350 for large groups) at http://online.communicate-ed.org.uk |