Feb. 13 2024
Source Page: Correspondence between John Stevenson and Shirley-Anne Somerville: FOI reviewFound: Correspondence between John Stevenson and Shirley-Anne Somerville: FOI review
Mar. 04 2011
Source Page: Positive Practice Positive Outcomes: A Handbook for Professionals in the Criminal Justice System working with Offenders with Learning Disabilities. 66 p.Found: Positive Outcomes: A Handbook for Professionals in the Criminal Justice System working with Offenders with Learning
Asked by: Rachael Maskell (Labour (Co-op) - York Central)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department is taking steps to assist students with SEND to access higher education as (a) school leavers and (b) mature students.
Answered by Robert Halfon
The department works to ensure that students of all ages with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) can access higher education. Under Section 20 of the Equality Act 2010, education and training providers and other related service providers have a duty to make reasonable adjustments for disabled people, including people with a learning difficulty, so they are not placed at a substantial disadvantage compared to non-disabled students.
Support is provided for disabled students by higher education providers (HEPs) through reasonable adjustment and disability services, some of which is funded through the Disabled Student Premium as well as by the government through the Disabled Students’ Allowance (DSA).
DSA is available to help students with the additional costs they may face in higher education because of their disability. This includes long-term health conditions, mental health conditions, or specific learning difficulties, such as dyslexia. DSA can be used for the purchase of specialist equipment, for travel, or to pay for non-medical help, including the human support provided to students to enable them to access their studies. It is not means-tested and does not have to be repaid. It is available to eligible full-time and part-time students at undergraduate and postgraduate level.
The department’s grant with Disability Rights UK provides a Disabled Students Helpline that responds to over 1,500 enquiries per year.
Mentions:
1: Lord Addington (LD - Excepted Hereditary) implement a plan of support for the most commonly occurring special educational needs, including Dyslexia - Speech Link
2: Baroness Bull (XB - Life peer) It has a similar prevalence and impact on education and employment as dyslexia, yet there is no official - Speech Link
3: Baroness Barran (Con - Life peer) specific learning difficulties such as dyscalculia into the early career framework. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Barran (Con - Life peer) relative stability over many years at the age of diagnosis, although there is greater identification of specific - Speech Link
5: Baroness Barran (Con - Life peer) That is important, because we know that children with special educational needs, more than any other - Speech Link
Mar. 18 2024
Source Page: Neurodiversity in the youth justice systemFound: , including : • specific learning difficulties (SpLD) (used in education) • neurodevelopmental disorders
Mar. 18 2024
Source Page: Neurodiversity in the youth justice systemFound: mental health difficulties.
Mentions:
1: Robin Walker (Con - Worcester) Children and young people with learning difficulties are over four times more likely than average to - Speech Link
2: Tom Hunt (Con - Ipswich) say, “Don’t wave it, because I want to have dyslexia and dyspraxia.” - Speech Link
3: David Johnston (Con - Wantage) other neurodiverse needs. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: None What they actually meant was that they had a learning difficulty—I think that it was either dyslexia - Speech Link
2: None It is a small business that employs people with learning disabilities and other additional support needs - Speech Link
3: None It also hires people with learning disabilities and other additional support needs. - Speech Link
Correspondence Jan. 17 2024
Inquiry: Additional Support for Learning (ASL)Found: Additional Support for Learning Response from Shetland Islands Council, 17 January 2024
Correspondence Jan. 17 2024
Inquiry: Additional Support for Learning (ASL)Found: Additional Support for Learning Response from Argyll and Bute Council, 17 January 2024