NVQ 3 Supporting Teaching and Learning in Schools

NVQ Childrens Care, Learning and Development

UNIT STLS 20 Develop and promote positive relationships

(CCLD 301)
Questions Units KUS
Please explain relevant legal requirements covering the needs of STLS 20 K4
disabled children and young people and those with special
educational needs in your setting

Legislation and Special Needs Code of practice

Warnock Committee and report

It was suggested that a formal staged process should be followed to
identify and assess a childs special need and to create a written
record.

SEN and Disability act 2001

Providers should make reasonable adjustments to include children
with SEN e.g. provide/attend training. A written SEN policy is
needed. A SENCO should be identified.

Education Act 1944

Children with special needs should be educated alongside their
peers. The views of parents should be recognised. Childrens
handicap should be diagnosed.

Care Standards Act 2000

Standards 7 (health), 9 (equal opportunities) and 10 (special needs)
give minimum guidance to help those working with children who have
special educational needs.

Education Act 1993 (revised 1996)

A code of practice must be issued, giving guidance about
responsibilities to children who have special needs. Subject to the
views of parents, children with SEN should be educated in
mainstream schools wherever possible.

Code of practice 1994

A five-stage process to assess a childs special needs is identified.
If needed, a statement is written to say how those needs will be
met.
Disability Discrimination Act 1995

Those who provide goods and services to the public must make sure
that they do not discriminate against those who have a disability,
including children who may have learning or physical difficulties or
long-term illness. It excluded education.

Code of Practice 2001

A staged system of assessment consisting of Action and Action
plus is introduced to support children whose needs may not require a
Statement or to contribute to the process of Statementing.

Education Act 1989

Children with disabilities should be educated in mainstream schools
wherever possible. Health, education and social services should work
together to assess a childs needs.

This includes the rights stated in the UNCRC. These children have
the right to be treated with respect and dignity as well as the right
to a good education. It is essential that a disabled child or a child in
a wheelchair should be given the same opportunity to participate in
the same activities as an able bodied child, and children with learning
difficulties or special educational needs to be treated as individuals
but as equally as another. The Special Educational Needs and
Disability Act 2001 came into force and amended parts of the law
governing the education of pupils in school who are disabled, giving
pupils with disabilities the rights to main stream schooling.