Education and Training

ACTION PLANNING

OVERALL AIM: To take positive action to enable all people to participate in and gain maximum benefit from education and training

OVERALL AIM: Promote the use of total communications strategies across the organisation

Objective and Theme	Specific Actions	Who is Responsible	Milestones	Target Dates	Outcomes	Monitoring
Actively promote use of a range of communication strategies across the organisation eg: Verbal Signs Pictures Tactile Sensory OOR WWS	Ensure that all doors have clear signs – eg picture, symbol, name, etc Ensure professional presentation of boards especially photos of Execs, Trustees, Managers, Staff, Residents Promote Makaton signs of the month via team brief Promote training and use of Makaton Include communication on induction and refresher courses Ensure courses for staff on Makaton / communication available Develop the use of writing with symbols across site Ensure that key public areas also carry WWS signs – eg Café, Reception, Clinic Ensure that external publications include signs	Managers Managers All Mgrs SLTs TC Mgr Unit Mgrs Unit Mgrs ICT Mgr	Apr 2007 Routine established signs Communicated Enhanced use of Makaton Training included in annual plan Adult word list in place Software/licence/hardware issues resolved	Sept 07 Dec 07 Dec 07 Jne 07 Jne 08	All users who need it can access signs, documents, etc in WWS

Objective and Theme

Specific Actions

Who is Responsible

Milestones

Target Dates

Outcomes

Monitoring

Actively promote use of a range of communication strategies across the organisation eg:

Verbal
Signs
Pictures
Tactile
Sensory
OOR
WWS

Ensure that all doors have clear signs – eg picture, symbol, name, etc
Ensure professional presentation of boards especially photos of Execs, Trustees, Managers, Staff, Residents
Promote Makaton signs of the month via team brief
Promote training and use of Makaton
Include communication on induction and refresher courses
Ensure courses for staff on Makaton / communication available
Develop the use of writing with symbols across site
Ensure that key public areas also carry WWS signs – eg Café, Reception, Clinic
Ensure that external publications include signs

Managers

All Mgrs

SLTs

TC Mgr

Unit Mgrs

ICT Mgr

Apr 2007

Routine established signs

Communicated

Enhanced use of Makaton

Training included in annual plan

Adult word list in place

Software/licence/hardware issues resolved

Sept 07

Dec 07

Jne 07

Jne 08

All users who need it can access signs, documents, etc in WWS

OVERALL AIM: Encourage all users and especially those with a disability to have a voice in what, when and how they learn

Objective and Theme	Specific Actions	Who is Responsible	Milestones	Target Dates	Outcomes	Monitoring
Involve user in establishing learning plans	Ensure that all earners are involved in drawing up of plans (PCP, ILP, IEP or PDP)	Managers of units	Use existing formats (tutorials, reviews, PCP, appraisals / supervisions / training requests	June 07 June 08	Everyone to have individual plan which includes learning styles / needs and note of special resources needed

OVERALL AIM: Ensure that all education/training activities use non discriminatory materials and are fully inclusive

Objective and Theme	Specific Actions	Who is Responsible	Milestones	Target Dates	Outcomes	Monitoring
Monitor teaching training and learning material to ensure that it is free from bias	School, College, TC and DS managers to audit materials regularly	Unit Mgrs	Audit tools established Audits in place	Jne 07	Discriminatory materials eliminated Materials presented in format to promote access – eg large print, WWS etc	College VP/AP School Head of Educ Day Serv Mgr TC Mgr
Monitor teaching, training and learning activity to ensure inclusion	Observation of T, T, L to include checks that no-one excluded by virtue of disability or other cause	Unit Mgrs	Observations in place in all areas Observers trained to check for inclusion	May 07 May 07	Examples of good practice in inclusion identified No-one excluded	As above

Objective and Theme

Specific Actions

Who is Responsible

Milestones

Target Dates

Outcomes

Monitoring

Monitor teaching training and learning material to ensure that it is free from bias

School, College, TC and DS managers to audit materials regularly

Unit Mgrs

Audit tools established

Audits in place

Jne 07

Discriminatory materials eliminated

Materials presented in format to promote access – eg large print, WWS etc

College VP/AP

School Head of Educ

Day Serv Mgr

TC Mgr

Monitor teaching, training and learning activity to ensure inclusion

Observation of T, T, L to include checks that no-one excluded by virtue of disability or other cause

Unit Mgrs

Observations in place in all areas

Observers trained to check for inclusion

May 07

Examples of good practice in inclusion identified

No-one excluded

As above

OVERALL AIM: Provide training in disability awareness

Objective and Theme	Specific Actions	Who is Responsible	Milestones	Target Dates	Outcomes	Monitoring
Ensure students/ residents understand how to manage own disability	Ensure that all students/ residents/staff who need it receive input in how to understand and manage own disability	PHSE tutor VP DS Mgr TC Mgr	Design programmes Discuss delivery modes Programme in place Continue existing good practice	Sept 07 May 07	People feelconfident to declare disability and cope with it in life Know how to access support and resources	VP/AP College Director
Ensure that students/ residents/staff raise awareness of all aspects of disability	Include disability awareness in curriculum and mandatory training for staff	VP (College) PHSE staff TC Mgr		Sept 07	All are aware of disabilities of others and support needed
Ensure that training in place to help learners and residents Staff to manage own disability	Personal disability awareness included in Person Centred Planning PHSE and transition work	Heads of Education and Training	Plans to incorporate in curriculum in place Included in curriculum Impacts on transition	Jne 07 From Sept 07 Jne 08	Learners able to move on into employment supported living knowing how to ask for the help they need	Director E&D

Objective and Theme

Specific Actions

Who is Responsible

Milestones

Target Dates

Outcomes

Monitoring

Ensure students/ residents understand how to manage own disability

Ensure that all students/ residents/staff who need it receive input in how to understand and manage own disability

PHSE tutor

VP

DS Mgr

TC Mgr

Design programmes

Discuss delivery modes

Programme in place

Continue existing good practice

Sept 07

May 07

People feelconfident to declare disability and cope with it in life

Know how to access support and resources

VP/AP

College

Director

Ensure that students/ residents/staff raise awareness of all aspects of disability

Include disability awareness in curriculum and mandatory training for staff

VP (College)

PHSE staff

TC Mgr

Sept 07

All are aware of disabilities of others and support needed

Ensure that training in place to help learners and residents

Staff to manage own disability

Personal disability awareness included in Person Centred Planning

PHSE and transition work

Heads of Education and Training

Plans to incorporate in curriculum in place

Included in curriculum

Impacts on transition

Jne 07

From

Sept 07

Jne 08

Learners able to move on into employment supported living knowing how to ask for the help they need

Director

E&D