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Disability Discrimination Act Part 4
Provider Training
| Dates | Location |
| Tuesday 6 May 2003 | London |
| Monday 12 May 2003 | Manchester |
| Thursday 15 May 2003 | Leeds |
| Monday 19 May 2003 | Birmingham |
| Thursday 5 June 2003 | Bristol |
| Monday 9 June 2003 | London |
[Background and Aims] [Audience] [Programme]
Background and Aims
The Council has commissioned the Learning and Skills Development Agency, together with SKILL, the National Bureau for Students with Disabilities, NIACE and the Disability Rights Commission, to deliver a programme of support for post-16 education providers in responding to the implications of the new Act.
As part of that programme of support, LSDA organised nine regional two-day residential courses, with the help of the NIACE Training Support Unit. These training days have run from January through to March 2003.
These are to be followed by a series of six one-day follow up events in May and June 2003.
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Audience
The members of staff from each provider who attended the residentials are invited to attend the follow up days. As before, the programme is designed for two delegates from each provider - a senior person with strategic responsibility and a coordinator with operational responsibility working together.
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Programme
The format of the follow up days is different from that of the residentials. We have built in as much as possible of the ideas suggested in the feedback, from the residentials. It has been designed to be as practical and directly useful as possible.
The programme includes:
 | A “marketplace” where information will be readily available to take
away so that delegates can be sure that they have, or know about, everything
that is available to help. |
| Opportunities to listen to witness sessions on good practice,
something which was frequently asked for at the residential. |
| A specific session for senior managers, governors and members on the
legal implications of the Act with a presentation for the Disability
Rights Commission and opportunities to ask questions. |
| Practical and solution-oriented surgeries on individual problems
where delegates can book an individual appointment or simply sit in and
listen. |
| Action planning peer review - peers acting as critical friends to objectively consider each others’ action plans using an effective practice checklist as guide. |
Learning Outcomes of the Programme:
By the end of the training, staff will have:
| Up-to-date and comprehensive information the DDA
itself, on casework to date, and the latest developments and initiatives. |
| Clear advice on the legal implications of the Act |
| Information and examples of support materials they can
draw on to implement the Act. |
| Examples of effective practice being delivered across
the sector. |
| An analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of their
DDA action plan |
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For further details please contact the Training Support Unit at NIACE E-mail: philippa.cattell@niace.org.uk |