Sel

f Ass

essm

ent -

How

incl

usiv

e is

you

r set

ting?

Ac

tiv

itie

s f

or

All

Sett

ings

gen

eral

ly w

ant

to b

e fu

lly in

clus

ive,

but

som

etim

es a

re

not

sure

wha

t th

ings

nee

d to

be

cons

ider

ed a

nd m

ay n

ot h

ave

had

muc

h gu

idan

ce o

r in

form

atio

n.

How

incl

usiv

e ar

e yo

u no

w?

• R

ead

thro

ugh

the

twel

ve k

ey a

reas

whe

re in

clus

ion

need

s to

be

cons

ider

ed

• W

ith y

our

staf

f tea

m d

iscus

s an

d hi

ghlig

ht w

here

you

cur

rent

ly

sit

with

in e

ach

area

– a

re y

ou in

: H

ow w

ill y

ou

beco

me

even

mo

re in

clus

ive?

• Id

entif

y ke

y ch

ange

s th

at y

ou c

an m

ake

quic

kly

and

easil

y an

d

take

imm

edia

te a

ctio

n

• I

dent

ify o

ther

cha

nges

tha

t re

quire

gre

ater

pla

nnin

g, tim

e

and/

or r

esou

rces

. Rec

ord

thes

e ac

tions

in a

dev

elop

men

t

plan

with

cle

ar a

nd s

peci

fic a

ctio

ns, t

ime

fram

es a

nd

re

spon

sibilit

ies

• A

gree

with

you

r st

aff w

hen

you

will

next

rev

iew

your

pro

gres

s e.

g. 6

mon

ths

• S

hare

you

r pl

an w

ith t

hose

acc

essin

g

your

set

ting

“S

o how

easy

is it

f

or dis

abled

peo

ple t

o d

o act

ivitie

s here

?”

“H

ow d

o we l

et a

ll

the f

amilie

s kno

w

they

are

welco

me?”

“I

reck

on w

e

could

do m

ore!”

Red

A

mb

er

G

reen

Sup

er G

reen

Sel

f Ass

essm

ent -

How

incl

usiv

e is

you

r set

ting?

D

ate:

Red

Am

ber

Gre

enSu

per G

reen

Inclusion/ Exclusion

Disa

bled y

oung

peop

le ar

e •

activ

ely or

pass

ively

exclu

ded

e.g. p

aren

ts be

ing to

ld tha

t the

activ

ity is

not s

uitab

le

Disa

bled y

oung

peop

le ar

e •

includ

ed, b

ut ac

tivity

not a

dapte

d to

optim

ise in

volve

ment

Need

s of d

isable

d you

ng pe

ople

•no

t ade

quate

ly co

nside

red a

nd

plann

ed fo

r

Disa

bled y

oung

peop

le ar

e inc

luded

and

•ac

tivity

adap

ted, w

here

requ

ired,

to op

timise

inv

olvem

ent

Need

s of d

isable

d you

ng pe

ople

cons

idere

d •

and p

lanne

d for

Pro a

ctive

appr

oach

to in

cludin

g disa

bled

•yo

ung p

eople

by al

l staf

fEf

fectiv

e inc

lusion

plan

s in p

lace a

nd in

regu

lar

•us

e by a

ll staf

f

Policies & Procedures

No re

cogn

ition o

f inclu

sion i

n •

polic

ies or

proc

edur

esRe

cogn

ition o

f inclu

sion p

olicie

s •

in pla

ce bu

t no e

viden

ce of

im

pleme

ntatio

n

All s

taff a

ware

of an

d imp

lemen

t inclu

sion i

n all

•po

licies

Staff

contr

ibute

to re

viewi

ng an

d up-

datin

g •

inclus

ion po

licies

All s

taff a

ware

of an

d acti

vely

imple

ment

•inc

lusion

in al

l poli

cies

Staff

, par

ents

and d

isable

d you

ng pe

ople

•co

ntribu

te to

revie

wing

and u

pdati

ng in

clusio

n po

licies

Safeguarding

Safeg

uard

ing or

child

prote

ction

•

polic

ies no

t in pl

ace o

r up t

o date

Staff

unaw

are o

f pro

cedu

res o

r •

proto

cols

CR

B ch

ecks

not d

one f

or an

y or

•ma

ny st

aff

Safeg

uard

ing an

d chil

d •

prote

ction

polic

ies in

plac

e, bu

t no

t univ

ersa

lly ad

here

d to

Incon

sisten

t staf

f awa

rene

ss of

•

proc

edur

es an

d pro

tocols

CRB

chec

ks ar

e com

pleted

for

•so

me st

aff

Safeg

uard

ing an

d chil

d pro

tectio

n poli

cies i

n •

place

, adh

ered

to an

d reg

ularly

upda

tedSt

aff aw

are o

f pro

cedu

res a

nd pr

otoco

ls•

CRB

chec

ks ar

e com

pleted

for a

ll staf

f•

Mana

geme

nt mi

ndful

of sa

fer re

cruitin

g •

legisl

ation

Settin

g com

mitte

d to k

eepin

g you

ng pe

ople

•sa

fe

Safeg

uard

ing an

d chil

d pro

tectio

n poli

cies

•in

place

, acti

vely

adhe

red t

o and

regu

larly

upda

tedSt

aff aw

are a

nd ad

here

to pr

oced

ures

and

•pr

otoco

lsCR

B ch

ecks

are c

omple

ted fo

r all s

taff a

nd ar

e •

regu

larly

upda

tedAl

l staf

f mind

ful of

safer

recru

iting l

egisl

ation

•Se

tting a

nd al

l staf

f are

comm

itted t

o kee

ping

•yo

ung p

eople

safe

Risk Management

No re

cogn

ition o

f inclu

sion

•as

pects

in ris

k ass

essm

ents

Staff

cons

ider w

ays t

o wor

k •

with

disab

led yo

ung p

eople

wi

th sp

ecific

indiv

idual

need

s on

arriv

al an

d man

age r

isks

acco

rding

ly

Prior

to ar

rival

risk a

sses

smen

ts ar

e disc

usse

d •

with

the di

sable

d you

ng pe

ople

and t

heir

pare

nts an

d are

man

aged

acco

rding

ly

Dyna

mic i

ndivi

dual

risk a

sses

smen

ts ar

e don

e •

for hi

gh ris

k use

rs pr

ior to

arriv

alSt

anda

rd ris

k ass

essm

ents

includ

e spe

cifics

•

of wo

rking

with

peop

le bo

th wi

th ph

ysica

l and

lea

rning

diffic

ulties

St

rateg

ies ar

e rec

orde

d for

man

aging

grou

ps

•wi

th ch

allen

ging b

ehav

iour

R

edA

mbe

rG

reen

Supe

r Gre

enWheelchair

AccessibilityNo

acce

ss to

build

ing or

•

surro

undin

g/outs

ide ar

eas f

or

whee

lchair

user

sNo

acce

ssibl

e toil

ets av

ailab

le•

Limite

d acc

ess t

o buil

ding o

r •

surro

undin

g/outs

ide ar

eas f

or

whee

lchair

user

sRo

om la

youts

restr

ict

•ma

noeu

vrabil

ityAc

cess

ible t

oilet

is av

ailab

le•

Some

door

s can

be op

ened

•

indep

ende

ntly b

y whe

elcha

ir us

ers

Good

acce

ss to

build

ing or

surro

undin

g/outs

ide

•ar

ea fo

r whe

elcha

ir use

rsRo

om la

youts

prov

ide re

ason

able

to go

od

•ma

noeu

vrabil

ityAc

cess

ible t

oilets

are a

vaila

ble•

Most

door

s can

be op

ened

inde

pend

ently

by

•wh

eelch

air us

ers

All a

reas

are f

ully e

asily

acce

ssibl

e for

•

whee

lchair

user

sRo

om la

youts

prov

ide ex

celle

nt •

mano

euvra

bility

Acce

ssibl

e toil

ets w

ith ch

angin

g tab

les an

d •

hoist

s are

avail

able

All d

oors

can b

e ope

ned i

ndep

ende

ntly b

y •

whee

lchair

user

s

General accessibility

Envir

onme

nt no

t suit

able

for

•ph

ysica

l and

sens

ory d

ifficu

lties

(e.g.

no ra

mps,

signa

ge,

induc

tion l

oops

)

Some

disa

bled y

oung

peop

le’s

•sp

ecific

phys

ical a

nd se

nsor

y ne

eds a

re m

et

Most

disab

led yo

ung p

eople

s spe

cific p

hysic

al •

and s

enso

ry ne

eds a

re m

et Vi

sual

and a

ural

supp

ort a

vaila

ble

•

All d

isable

d you

ng pe

oples

spec

ific ph

ysica

l •

and s

enso

ry ne

eds a

re m

et So

und a

bsor

bing r

esou

rces,

visua

l and

aura

l •

supp

ort a

vaila

ble

Raise

d lett

er si

gnag

e/Bra

ille th

roug

hout

•fac

ilities

Fully

func

tiona

l hea

ring s

ystem

s in p

lace w

here

•

appr

opria

te

Marketing

No po

sitive

imag

es of

disa

bled

•pe

ople

withi

n mar

ketin

g ma

terial

sNo

men

tion o

f site

/activ

ity

•ac

cess

ibility

with

in ma

rketin

g ma

terial

s

Limite

d ima

ges o

f disa

bled

•pe

ople

withi

n mar

ketin

g ma

terial

sLim

ited s

ite/ac

tivity

acce

ssibi

lity

•inf

orma

tion i

s inc

luded

with

in ma

rketin

g mate

rials

Marke

ting m

ateria

ls on

ly •

avail

able

in sta

ndar

d pap

er

forma

t

Some

posit

ive im

ages

of di

sable

d peo

ple

•wi

thin m

arke

ting m

ateria

lsSi

te/ac

tivity

acce

ssibi

lity in

forma

tion i

s inc

luded

•

withi

n mar

ketin

g mate

rials

Marke

ting m

ateria

ls av

ailab

le in

other

form

ats

•if r

eque

sted i

n adv

ance

Conc

essio

ns av

ailab

le (e

.g. ‘C

arer

s go f

ree’

•po

licy)

Many

posit

ive im

ages

of di

sable

d peo

ple w

ithin

•ma

rketin

g mate

rials

Site/

activ

ity ac

cess

ibility

infor

matio

n eas

y to

•fin

d in m

arke

ting m

ateria

ls Ma

rketin

g mate

rials

are p

rese

nted i

n an

•ac

cess

ible,

easy

to un

derst

and w

ay

Marke

ting m

ateria

ls re

adily

avail

able

in oth

er

•for

mats

Conc

essio

ns ac

tively

prom

oted (

e.g. ‘C

arer

s •

go fr

ee’ p

olicy

)

Community/ Partnership Working

No w

ork w

ith ou

tside

agen

cies

•(e

.g. sc

hools

and s

uppo

rt wo

rkers)

Infre

quen

t wor

king w

ith ou

tside

•

agen

cies;

only

when

requ

ested

by

custo

mer o

r age

ncy

Regu

larly

worki

ng w

ith ou

tside

agen

cies t

o •

supp

ort s

taff a

nd de

velop

their

skills

as an

d wh

en re

quire

d

Regu

larly

worki

ng w

ith m

any o

utside

agen

cies

•to

supp

ort s

taff a

nd de

velop

their

skills

in a

proa

ctive

man

ner

Empo

wers

staff t

o sha

re th

eir sk

ills an

d •

know

ledge

with

othe

rsSi

gnpo

st pa

rents

to ou

tside

agen

cies

•

R

edA

mbe

rG

reen

Supe

r Gre

enParticipation

Set

ting

does

not

see

k or

•

take

reco

rd o

f fee

dbac

k fro

m

disa

bled

you

ng p

eopl

e or

pa

rent

s Fe

edba

ck th

at is

pro

vide

d •

has

no in

fluen

ce o

n pr

actic

e or

pol

icy

Set

ting

does

not

liai

se w

ith

•di

sabl

ed y

oung

peo

ple

or

pare

nts

Set

ting

take

s fe

edba

ck fr

om

•di

sabl

ed y

oung

peo

ple

and

pare

nts

whe

n it

is o

ffere

dTh

ere

is n

o or

gani

sed

•pr

oces

s fo

r col

lect

ion

of

feed

back

Feed

back

is u

sed

to in

fluen

ce

•se

lect

ed e

lem

ents

of p

ract

ice

Som

e co

mm

unic

atio

n (b

oth

•fo

rmal

ly a

nd in

form

ally

) with

di

sabl

ed y

oung

peo

ple

and

pare

nts

to id

entif

y in

divi

dual

ne

eds

Set

ting

enco

urag

es d

isab

led

youn

g •

peop

le a

nd p

aren

ts to

pro

vide

feed

back

an

d co

nsul

t on

all a

spec

ts o

f pro

visi

onTh

ere

is a

n or

gani

sed

proc

ess

for

•co

llect

ion

Feed

back

is u

sed

frequ

ently

to a

dapt

•

prac

tice

and

polic

y as

requ

ired

Reg

ular

com

mun

icat

ion

with

dis

able

d •

youn

g pe

ople

and

par

ents

to s

hare

in

form

atio

n an

d to

join

tly p

lan

for t

he

need

s of

the

youn

g pe

rson

(met

hods

in

clud

e bo

th fo

rmal

and

info

rmal

co

nver

satio

ns)

Dis

able

d yo

ung

peop

le a

nd p

aren

ts a

re

•in

volv

ed in

all

aspe

cts

of th

e de

sign

, as

sess

men

t and

eva

luat

ion

of p

ract

ice,

de

liver

y an

d po

licy

Feed

back

is s

ough

t via

a w

ide

rang

e of

•

crea

tive

and

incl

usiv

e co

nsul

tatio

ns a

nd is

pu

blis

hed

in a

ll ap

prop

riate

met

hods

Feed

back

is c

onst

antly

use

d to

ada

pt

•pr

actic

e an

d po

licy

Pro

-act

ivel

y in

volv

ing

disa

bled

you

ng

•pe

ople

and

par

ents

thro

ugh

regu

lar

com

mun

icat

ion

(e.g

. hom

e vi

sits

and

su

ppor

t gro

ups)

Staff Training/ Approachability

Sta

ff re

ceiv

e no

dis

abili

ty

•aw

aren

ess

train

ing

Som

e st

aff r

ecei

ve d

isab

ility

•

awar

enes

s tra

inin

gS

taff

gene

rally

dis

play

a

•po

sitiv

e at

titud

e to

war

ds

incl

usio

n

All

staf

f rec

eive

dis

abili

ty a

war

enes

s •

train

ing

Sta

ff ar

e fri

endl

y an

d ap

proa

chab

le a

nd

•w

ork

tow

ards

find

ing

posi

tive

solu

tions

for

ever

yone

to e

nsur

e in

volv

emen

t

Spe

cific

trai

ning

offe

red

to s

taff

whi

ch

•in

clud

es c

ondi

tion

spec

ific

train

ing

to

mee

t the

indi

vidu

al n

eeds

of

the

peop

le

atte

ndin

gS

taff

are

frien

dly

and

appr

oach

able

and

•

wor

k to

war

ds fi

ndin

g po

sitiv

e so

lutio

ns

befo

re is

sues

aris

eA

ll st

aff a

re re

gula

rly tr

aine

d an

d •

certi

ficat

es a

re k

ept u

p to

dat

e

Communication/ Visual Support

No

evid

ence

of v

isua

l sup

port

•av

aila

ble

(e.g

. pic

ture

cue

s,

mak

aton

, use

of p

rops

)

Inco

nsis

tent

use

of v

isua

l •

supp

ort,

used

onl

y as

a

reso

urce

for i

ndiv

idua

l you

ng

peop

leS

taff

have

lim

ited

awar

enes

s •

of a

ltern

ativ

e co

mm

unic

atio

n sy

stem

s av

aila

ble

Con

sist

ent,

clea

rly la

belle

d an

d w

ell

•pr

esen

ted

use

of v

isua

l sup

port

Mak

aton

ava

ilabl

e an

d us

ed d

urin

g •

sess

ions

Sta

ff ha

ve g

ood

know

ledg

e of

alte

rnat

ive

•co

mm

unic

atio

n sy

stem

s av

aila

ble.

Ran

ge o

f vis

ual s

uppo

rt in

pla

ce (v

arie

ty

•of

vis

ual a

ids

reso

urce

s av

aila

ble

and

used

)E

vide

nce

of s

igni

ng e

nviro

nmen

t•

Sta

ff ha

ve e

xcel

lent

kno

wle

dge

of

•al

tern

ativ

e co

mm

unic

atio

n sy

stem

s av

aila

ble.

Env

ironm

ent a

dapt

ed to

sui

t chi

ld’s

nee

ds

•e.

g. lo

w d

istra

ctio

n ar

ea.

Autism/Asperger’s Awareness

No

awar

enes

s or

•

unde

rsta

ndin

g of

you

ng

peop

le w

ith a

utis

tic s

pect

rum

di

sord

er (A

SD

)

Sta

ff ha

ve s

ome

awar

enes

s •

of A

SD

Som

e st

aff h

ave

rece

ived

AS

D a

war

enes

s •

train

ing

Sta

ff us

e a

varie

ty o

f app

roac

hes

to m

eet

•th

e ne

eds

of y

oung

peo

ple

with

AS

DC

onsi

dera

tion

give

n pr

ior t

o se

ssio

ns o

n •

how

to re

duce

pot

entia

l anx

iety

of y

oung

pe

ople

with

AS

D w

hen

runn

ing

activ

ities

All

staf

f hav

e re

ceiv

ed A

SD

aw

aren

ess

•tra

inin

gA

ctiv

ities

del

iver

ed in

a w

ay th

at c

onsi

ders

•

diffe

rent

use

rs s

peci

fic n

eeds

Con

side

ratio

n an

d im

plem

enta

tion

of

•in

clus

ion

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