Inclusive Choice Consultancy

This course trains heads, teachers, and SENCOs in the requirements of the Disability Equality Duty (DED), preparing the school's Disability Equality Scheme, and the day-to-day successful running of the scheme.

The extensive handbook provided with the course offers many great ideas that you can implement in your school, guidance on involving disabled people, example disclosure letters, example questionnaires, tips on writing a questionnaire, guidance on data protection, and many other resources to help you produce your DES.

Course codes:

DEDS1 (1 day)
DEDS2 (2 days)

Previous trainees' said...

"Excellent overview and great specific examples to help me get going. It's a long time since I've been on a course that was as useful as this."
- Newall Green High School

"I really enjoyed today - the course was spot on and you deliver it really well - good mix of humour, fact, and personal experience."
- Cedar Mount High School

"What a fantastic course - I learned so much and feel that I have a much clearer understanding of the DED"
- SENCO, Temple Primary School

"Thank you so much. Lots to think about but all very reassuring too"
- Assistant headteacher, Warren Wood Primary School

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The course contents include:

• Jargon busting
• Introduction to the disability discrimination act
• Models of disability
• The parts of the disability discrimination act
• Definitions of disability and sen
• Disability discrimination duties
• Introduction to the disability equality duty
• Developing a disability equality scheme
• Involvement
• Gathering information
• Impact assessment
• Reviewing your scheme
• Action plans
• The six elements:
• - Promote equality of opportunity between disabled and other people
• - Eliminate discrimination
• - Eliminate harassment
• - Promote positive attitudes towards disabled people
• - Take steps to meet disabled people’s needs, even if this requires more favourable treatment
• - Encouraging participation
• Example school disability equality scheme and accessibility plan.
• Example disclosure letters parent for child’s disability
• Example disability disclosure letter parent / carer / staff member
• Legal aspects of disclosure
• Useful resources
• Resources for providing information in other formats
• Expected numbers of disabled children in your school
• How to write a questionnaire
• Busting the myths

The course includes videos showing ideas for your Disability Equality Scheme, many interesting worked examples and case studies. It also includes example schemes, example disclosure letters, tips on writing questionnaires, and a guide to legal aspects of holding information on people.