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Joined-up strategy for disabled learners
| Date: | Thursday 8 February 2007, London |
| Venue: | Abbey Community Centre, 34 Great Smith Street, Westminster, London, SW1P 3BU |
| Ref: | C14-45/01/07 |
| Fee*: | £270 - Statutory/Private Organisations; £190 - Voluntary Organisations; £190 - NIACE Members for the first applicant and; £175 - for subsequent Member applicants from the same organisation. *(includes lunch, tea/coffee) |
[Background] [Audience] [Programme]
Background
In the last six months the focus of much of the learning and skills sector policy has been on disabled learners. In December 2006 we pass the deadline for each public body, including education providers, to have their first Disability Equality Scheme in place. The Learning and Skills Council (LSC), Department for Education and Skills (DfES), Department of Health (DoH), and other government departments are all working towards strategies for disabled people.
‘Learning for Living and Work’, the LSC’s strategy on disability was published in October, in response to ‘Through Inclusion to Excellence’. The strategy advocates regional partnerships to provide quality provision for disabled learners, and the DoH and the DfES will be considering how to fund those learners with learning difficulties with the most support requirements. The new LSC strategy on working with learners with mental health difficulties is expected to have a positive impact on provision too.
The quality of provision has not always been high. NIACE is delighted to hear about Ofsted’s new national survey on Disabled Learners at this event. We have not had an evidenced-based overview of all the provision inspected by Ofsted for some time. This is the first one for many years and participants will have an opportunity to hear about what makes for good quality.
This conference gives managers, practitioners and policy makers in the learning and skills sector a unique opportunity to discuss all these developments and consider how they might impact on provision and on learners.
Themes/key words: Learners’ voice; Quality; Partnership; DES; Mental Health; Disability; Inspection; DfES; DoH.
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Audience
This conference will be of interest to:
 | Managers |
| Officials |
| Practitioners |
| Continuing Professional Development |
| Unions |
| LSC strategic staff |
| Department for Education and Skills |
| LSC regional and national office |
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Programme
| 09:45 | Arrival and Registration (Tea/Coffee available) |
| 10:20 | Welcome and Introduction to the
Day Chair: Dr. Peter Lavender, Deputy Director, NIACE |
| 10:30 | The role of the Government's Office for Disability Issues |
| 11:00 | Who is responsible for Disabled
Learners? Developing a strategy between the Department for Education and
Skills and the Department of Health Stephen Jackson, Deputy Director LLDD FE, Learning and Skills Performance Group, Department for Education and Skills |
| 11:25 | Questions to Speakers |
| 11:35 | Tea/Coffee Break |
| 11:55 | The LSC Strategy: Learning for
Living and Work Julia Dowd, Director, Young People’s Learning, National Learning and Skills Council |
| 12:25 | Response to LSC Strategy Pat Hood, Consultant |
| 12:50 | Round Table Activity: The
Impact of these Strategies on Practice Dr. Christine Nightingale, Development Officer – Inclusive Learning, NIACE |
| 13:10 | Lunch |
| 14:00 | Round Table Activity: Effective
involvement of learners in developing national and local provision Dr. Christine Nightingale, Development Officer – Inclusive Learning, NIACE |
| 14:15 | Ofsted National Survey of
learners with learning difficulties and/or disabilities Gillian Reay, Her Majesty’s Inspector of Schools and Colleges, Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted) |
| 14:45 | Mental Health strategy - What
is it? What impact will it have on provision and learners? David Barker MBE, Director of Adult Services, The Percy Hedley Foundation Kathryn James, Development Officer - Learning & Health, NIACE |
| 15:45 | National Learners Panel - enabling learners to have their say |
| 16:00 | Close of Conference (Tea/Coffee available) |
This programme is correct at the time of going to press. The organisers reserve the right to make changes to the published programme in the event of one or more of the advertised speakers being unable to attend. Delegates will have no claim against NIACE in respect of such changes.
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