Education is for All
Education is for All - Supporting Children's Learning Through Inclusive Practice
'Education is for All' is a handbook designed to help professional staff understand and incorporate inclusion, however, it is accessible to anyone who is interested in how Orkney Islands Council undertakes the policy of inclusion in its schools. Below are links to information taken from the Education is for All handbook.
Visions, Values and Definitions
- Definition of Inclusion
- Additional Support Needs
- Additional Support
- Getting it Right
- Partnership with Parents and Young People
- Quality Assurance and Development Planning
People and Teams
- Sharing Information
- The Pupil Support Team
- Psychological Services
- Resourced School Provision - Glaitness and Kirkwall Grammar School
The Process of Supporting Learning
- The Process of Staged Intervention
- Requesting the Involvement of the Pupil Support Team
Meeting Learning Needs
- Individualised Educational Programmes
- Co-ordinated Support Plans
- Review Meetings
- High Cost Educational Care Packages
- Procedures when Children with Significant Additional Support Needs Move into Orkney
Developing Inclusive Practice
- Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Behaviour Co-ordinators (BECO's) and Framework for Intervention
- Dyslexia Friendly Schools
- Solution Orientated Schools
- Physical Interventions
- Communication
Resolving Disagreements
- Resolving Disagreements
If you would like further information, please contact:
Peter Diamond, Head of Schools
Education, Leisure and Housing Services
Orkney Islands Council
School Place
Kirkwall
Orkney
KW15 1NY
Enquire - the Scottish Advice Service for Additional Support for Learning
Operated by Children in Scotland, Enquire offers independent, confidential advice and information on additional support for learning through:
- a telephone helpline - 0845 123 2303
- an email enquiry service
- online enquiry service
- two websites - Enquire (for parents/carers and practitioners) and Enquire - Young People (for children and young people), available from Related Sites on the left.
Enquire also provide a range of clear and easy-to-read guides and factsheets explaining everything from ‘additional support in the early years’ to ‘what planning should take place for moving on from school’.