Level 2 Supporting Teaching & Learning in Schools Unit 204 Equality‚ diversity and inclusion in work with children and young people Name: Date: 7th February 2014 This assignment covers all outcomes for Unit 4 1.1 What are the laws and codes of practice that relate to the promotion of equality and the valuing of diversity? (Make a list). Disability Discrimination Acts 1995 & 2005 Special Educational Needs and Disability Act 2001 Race Relations Amendment Act 2000 Human Rights Act 1998
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Defining the term ‘inclusion’‚ according to Sikes at al. (2007:366)‚ ‘is a thorny and controversial task which has occupied many commentators over the years’. Many have also argued that ‘inclusion is a bewildering concept which can have a variety of interpretations and applications’ (Avramidis et al.‚ 2002:158 cited Hansen‚ 2011:62). One might consider inclusion in relation to acknowledging diversity - people differ in all sorts of ways from race and ethnicity‚ culture and belief‚ gender and sexuality
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Whatever Works The 2009 American comedy film “Whatever Works” was directed and written by Woody Allen and is set in New York. The main character Boris Yelnikoff is performed by Larry David and shows a divorced‚ misanthropic chess teacher and former Columbia professor who leads an eccentric life. Avoiding human contact as far as possible he rants to anyone that listens primarily his few friends‚ the audience and his chess students. After his first marriage he jumps through a window to commit suicide
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Equality‚ diversity and inclusion in work with children and young people Legislation and codes of practice Disability discriminations act 1995 Disability discriminations act 2005 Special educational needs and disability act 2001 Race relations 2000 Children’s act 1989 Children’s act 2004 Educations act 1996 Equality act 2010 Importance of supporting the rights of children and young people to participation and equality of access Every pupil has a right to a curriculum that is broad‚ balanced and
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Special Educational Needs’ to refer to the above groups. The researcher will provide a critical awareness on how theoretical models have changed ways of thinking about inclusive practice and the implications of this on legislation and policy making. The researcher will demonstrate a critical appreciation of the requirements of the law in relation to work practice and to evaluate how early year’s settings can accommodate a wide range of diversity. Recommendations for future practice will be
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initiative led to the inclusion of special education students in regular education classrooms. The Federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and its amendments make it clear that students with disabilities will be educated in mainstream or inclusion classrooms. Inclusion can be defined as providing specially designed instruction with classroom supports for students with special needs in the regular classroom setting. All schools across the country are now using the inclusion model. There are
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focuses on understanding the range of children’s needs (Hanko 2003). Instead of expecting children to ‘come up to standard’ or otherwise be segregated‚ an emphasis is now on schools to adapt and be flexible in order to accommodate‚ fully integrate and include every child (Tassoni 2003). Every Child Matters (ECM) details how it is the legal responsibility of the class teacher to ensure its five outcomes ensure inclusive pratice for all pupils. Evidence of this is apparent within the Early Years
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Inclusion in the Classroom Generally‚ when people describe the term inclusion they might use words like accepted‚ welcomed‚ valued‚ and togetherness. With word inclusion having the ability to generate these types of positive emotions‚ why wouldn’t one want to incorporate full-inclusion into the classroom? Its hard to see the potential pitfalls when looking at the developmental benefits from including students with more severe disabilities into the classroom‚ yet there are still concerns regarding
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Unit 003- Introduction to Equality and Inclusion in Health‚ Social Care or Children’s and Young People’s Settings Outcome 1 Understand the importance of equality and inclusion Explain what is meant by: 1a) Diversity Diversity means valuing and celebrating the differences between people‚ so‚ treating people as individuals. This could be based on a person’s background and personality. Diversity needs to be strongly thought about when it comes to people’s needs and requirements and to
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Equality diversity and inclusion in work with children and young people: Alison Brooks Assessment of how own attitude values and behaviour could impact on work with young people and children. 2.3 All those working in the school have a legal duty to protect the rights of children and young people. It is important that you examine your own attitudes and values critically; to consider how these may impact on the way you work with children Rigid and divisive views from adults can be reflected
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