SEN

Special Education Needs: Inclusion

Inclusion is about raising the self-esteem and attainment of all pupils, regardless of: their background, race, class, gender, or disability. Fundamentally, it is about removing the barriers to learning.

Social Exclusion occurs when individuals come from a combination of linked problems: unemployment, low income, poor skills, poor housing, high crime environments, bad health and family breakdown. This means that they are cut off from the things that most of us take for granted: qualifications, a job, a home and a safe environment. Every pupil has the right to develop their potential. Therefore, Inclusion is about opportunities and the framework to access those opportunities.

Fazakerley High School embraces the challenges of creating supportive pathways to enable all our pupils to achieve positive outcomes, both in the learning and social contexts. As a school, provision is regularly reviewed and adaptations made to adjust to particular needs. This forward approach contributes to the greater good of all pupils’ learning and entitlement: effective practice and levels of communication are deployed to best serve the community of the school and its pupils.

Every child may experience a Special Educational Need at some point in their life: extra support with part of the curriculum, building confidence and self-esteem, a network of support in times of separation, loss. Special Educational Needs is multi-faceted. Our primary goal as a school, is to equip our pupils with the skills, emotional and academic, to take them confidently into their adult lives.

You may find the following links useful:-

Department for Children,Families and Schools - info@dcsf.gov.uk

Dyslexia Action - www.dyslexiaaction.org.uk

Epilepsy Action - epilepsy@epilepsy.org.uk

ADHD - www.liverpooladhd.org.uk

Dyspraxia Foundation - www.dyspraxiafoundation.org.uk

RNIB - janet.beale@rnib.org.uk

Events in Liverpool for pupils who are blind/partially sighted.

Speech and Language - www.talkingpoint.org.uk

National Autism Plan - www.bacch.org.uk/niasa

National Deaf Children’s Society - www.ndcs.org.uk

Attachment Disorder www.attachmentcentre.org or http://attachmenttherapy.com

Family Fund (help for families and children with disabilities) jae@familyfund.org.uk

Eating Disorders Association -  www.edauk.com

Stressbusting-ideas for reducing stress - www.stressbursting.co.uk

Bipolar Aware - www.depression.org.uk

Careline - www.carelineuk.org

Young Minds - www.youngminds.org.uk

The National Self-Harm Network - www.nshn.co.uk

The Challenging Behaviour Family Linking Scheme - www.challengingbehaviour.org.uk

Liverpool Advocacy Service - parentpartnership@liverpool.gov.uk