The Alliance for Inclusive Education carried out a research project with 12 young people with high support needs.
This showed that young people wanted assistants in school who are more like the Personal Assistants employed by disabled adults under the Direct Payments scheme. They saw the role as that of a facilitator who would support both their educational needs and their social inclusion.
The STEPS project was designed to find out from young disabled people, including those with learning difficulties, whether the support currently provided in schools is helping them to feel included in mainstream life as a young adult.
The young people who were consulted are currently in mainstream schools or have recently left school. The project also aims to design and pilot a training course for Teaching Assistants and their managers which will equip these support staff to carry out the role of an inclusion facilitator.
Finally, the project will publish a report and a training pack including recommendations for best practice in supporting all children to be truly included.
Further information
Contact Christine Burke, Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities, Sea Containers House, 20 Upper Ground, London, SE1 9QB. Tel: 020 8551 7331 Email Christine
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