1.1 Identify the legislation and policies that are designed to promote the following. 1.2 Explain how they influence the day to day experiences of individuals with learning disabilities and their families. Human Rights The Human Rights Act 1998 This act has many rights; amongst them are the right not to be discriminated against. The Mental Capacity Act 2005 This act states that everyone should be treated as able to make their own decisions until it is shown that they are not able to. Disability Discrimination Act 1995 and 2005 The Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) aims to protect disabled people from discrimination.
UNIT 22 Understand the Context of Supporting Individuals with Learning Disabilities Unit Code: LD 201 Unit reference number: K/601/5315 QCF level: 2 Credit Value: 4 Guided learning hours: 35 1.1 Identify legislation and policies that are designed to promote the human rights, inclusion, equal life chances and citizenship of individuals with learning disabilities The National Health Service and Community Care Act (1990) Disability Discrimination Act (1995, 2005) The Human Rights Act (1998) The Care Standards Act (2000) Valuing People; A New Strategy for Learning Disability for the 21st Century (2001) The special Education Needs and disability Act (2001) The Equality Act (2010) The Learning Disability Coalition (2007) 1.2 Explain how this legislation and policies influence the day-to-day experiences of individuals with learning disability Valuing People set out how the government intended to provide new opportunities for children and adults with learning disabilities and their families to live full and independent lives as part of their local communities. The paper set out to give individuals with a learning disability and their family carers the chance to have a real say in the planning, purchasing, and monitoring of services. Many of these policies and practices have been in response to the impact of the Human Rights Act 1998. The special Education Needs and disability Act (2001) made it unlawful for schools in the UK to discriminate against children with disabilities and obliged local education authorities to assess children’s needs to ensure they received individual support to access education. One of the Valuing People goals was to modernise day services and increase community involvement.
3. Equality and Diversity Policy and procedure. 1.2 This legislation and policies provides a framework to ensure that people with learning disabilities are treated with respect and dignity without violation of their civil and basic human rights. 2.1 The Department of Health, in Valuing People (2001), defines “Learning Disability” as: • Significantly reduced ability to understand new or complex information, to learn new skills • Reduced ability to cope independently which starts before adulthood with lasting effects on development. Learning Disabilities can also be defined as a variety of disorders that affect the acquisition, retention, understanding, organization or use of verbal and/or non-verbal information.
It came into effect on the 1st of September 2005. It applies to schools, education and library boards, universities and colleges. It aims to introduce disability discrimination law to the education sector in Northern Ireland. It also strengthens the rights of children with Special Educational Needs to be educated in a mainstream school. SENDO support children by protecting them against discrimination.
The Warnock Report – This was a study of children with SEN and their needs which had an impact on future acts of parliament. It suggested ways that these children should be supported – through changes to the curriculum/school environment. Because of its focus on inclusion it influenced the Special Educational Needs (SEN) Code of Practice 2001. Education Act (1981) – Gave additional legal responsibilities to the local authorities and power to parents and was based on the findings of the Warnock Report. Education Reform Act (1988) – Introduced the National Curriculum to all schools in England and Wales and allowed schools to change or modify what was taught to children with SEN. Children Act (1989) – Stated that the rights and wishes of the child should be considered and that the welfare of the child was paramount.
The Children Act 2004 provides the legal underpinning to 'Every Child Matters: Change for Children' (2004). In response to the Children Act 2004 there have been some structural changes. From April 2006, education and social care services for children in each local authority have been brought together under a director of children's
• Explanation on “Data Protection Act” Is a United Kingdom Act of Parliament which defines UK law on the processing of data on identifiable living people. It is the main piece of legislation that governs the protection of personal data in the UK. Although the Act itself does not mention privacy, it was enacted to bring UK law into line with the European Directive of 1995 which required Member States to protect people's fundamental rights and freedoms and in
Understanding Persons with Intellectual Disabilities SPE 526 Ronaver D. Boatwright March 21, 2012 Susan Myers Understanding Persons with Intellectual Disabilities The Individual with Disabilities Act, or IDEA helped to open the door for the equal provision of educational services to those children diagnosed with disabilities. These individuals were afforded the opportunity to receive these services through special education programs that are provided through public school systems. IDEA recognizes 14 disabilities, all of which adversely affects the educational performance of the children diagnosed. Under IDEA, schools must provide a free appropriate education to any individual with a disability who needs special educational services. I will be discussing 5 disabilities that affect people intellectually.
UNIVERSITY OF LONDON Common Law Reasoning and Institutions Essay: ‘The HRA 1998 has had little impact upon protecting the basic liberties of British subjects and could be repealed without any consequence.’ Discuss. Candidate number: Student Registration Number: Human rights are “rights and freedoms to which all humans are entitled." Proponents of the concept usually assert that everyone is endowed with certain entitlements merely by reason of being human. This is a fundamental duty for county to protect human rights and freedoms. In United Kingdom this fundamental rights are maintain the human right act 1998 which came into effect in Northern Ireland and Scotland in 1998, in England and Wales in 2000 comprising much of the provisions of European court of Human rights.
Supporting a child with Special Needs All the work Social Services undertakes with children and their families is within a legal framework provided by the Children Act 1989. The Act imposes duties and responsibilities on Social Services, both to take action to protect children who are thought to have suffered harm and to provide support services to families wherever possible to prevent harm occurring and to promote the health and development of children. We work directly with parents, social workers and other professionals in order that children’s welfare can be protected and promoted. When necessary, we will liaise directly with appropriate agencies regarding Child Protection issues. In my setting I am a baby room supervisor and on one occasion we had a child that was under social services.