1. 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.

2. 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.

3. Who has to adopt to whom? School to Child? Child to School?

4. Similarities and Difference between Stages 1-4

5. Stage 1 • Mainstream • Inform parents • LSM advices • Class Teacher monitors and collects information • Class Teacher responsibility

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. Stage 4 (Con’t) • 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)

10. Learning Support – Stage 4 Provision Bradbury Beacon Hill Kowloon Junior South Island King George V Sarah Roe

11. Inclusive Education:As a Learning Support Class Resources purchased through curriculum groups 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 Class opened to mainstream students Shared responsibilities of the class teacher and learning support teacher to educate LSC teachers to teach mainstream class

12. Inclusive Education:As Students in the Learning Support Class Part of the continuum of learning difficulties Code of Practice – Stage 4 Increased awareness of learning difficulties • Full member of the class • register, visits, letters, • assemblies, mealtimes, and • playtimes, etc. Included in procedures – Bus lines, walkers area Increased opportunities to interact and work cooperatively

13. Learning Support Department Code of Practice Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4 Learning Support Mainstream Learning Support Class

14. Learning Support Department (Class) • Locale • in-class • withdrawal Physical Support • Human • teacher • educational assistant • parents • peer • Grouping • individual • paired • small group • class

15. Academic Support Modified Mainstream Multi-sensory Social Skills and Speech Life Skills Physical – Occupational Independence

16. Types of Integration Full-time Integration With Support Functional Integration Social Integration Basic Integration

17. 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

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

19. LEARNING SUPPORT CLASS TEACHER (Con’t) • 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

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

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