Improving outcomes for children with SEND through Digital Literacy and Achievement for All

Garath JacksonRegional Lead & Director of Coach Training

http://afaeducation.org/

Our charity

Our mission

Transforming lives through

improved educational

opportunities and outcomes

for children and young

people vulnerable to

underachievement

Our visionA world in which all

children and young

people can achieve

regardless of their

background, challenge

or need

Key highlights include:

• The attainment gap is closing in Achievement for All early years settings, schools and colleges across England

• Absenteeism reduced and participation increased in target groups

• 75% of targeted pupils surveyed reported increased confidence in their own ability to progress at school

• 933,625 beneficiaries in 12 months (2015-2016) including leaders and teachers, children and young people, parents and carers, and education support professionals

• 3.86 million beneficiaries since our charity was founded in 2011

2016 Impact Report

Medical model vs Social model of disability

Does the language we use influence the way we think?

Doctors pinpoint an illness or deficiency within a child – a medical/biological reason for being different.

Move from “labelling” children as the problem to examine the factors that contribute to their diagnosis and consider how society can adapt to meet the child’s needs.

Disabled….Or differently abled?

Medical Model Social Model

Disabled….Or differently abled?

Child is faultyEmphasis on diagnosis

Labelling

Impairment becomes focusAssessment, monitoring,

imposed “therapy”Segregation and alternative

services/settingOrdinary needs on holdAccepted or included if

“normal” enoughSociety remains unchanged

All children are valuedEmphasise strengths and needsAnticipate & identify barriers and develop solutionsOutcomes based programmeResources made available to mainstream servicesTraining for parents & professionalsRelationships nurturedDiversity welcomed, child is included

Society evolves

3As – Aspirations, Access and Achievement

Aspiration: Includes but is not limited to:• Motivation• Orientation• Self-concept• Self-efficacy

Access: Includes but is not limited to:• Engagement• Exclusionary barriers• Opportunity• Participation

Achievement: Includes

but is not limited to:• Attainment• Experience of success• Progress

• How can we equip every young person (especially those with special education needs and disabilities) to be digitally literate in a world where government is now on-line, banking is now on-line, insurance is on-line, shopping is on-line..aswell as much of our social and leisure lives too?

• Are we (as teaching practitioners) exploiting the digital resources we already have to the full? Is technology simply replacing tasks, or is technology opening new frontiers in terms of accelerating learning and personalising the education experience?

Key considerations

Bringing Learning to life with Office365

Learning Tools – OneNote

Adding content to OneNote

https://education.microsoft.com/courses-and-resources/courses/introduction-to-inclusive-digital-literacy

Six Steps to Introducing

Child-Centred Innovation in

Digital Literacy to Your Learner Community

Course objectives:• Learn how Windows 10 and Office 2016 can

personalize learning for all students• Explore ways to improve focus using Windows 10 and

Office 2016• See the new Learning Tools add-in for OneNote can

improve reading comprehension• Learn how students are able to demonstrate their

understanding using inputs other than keyboarding and text

https://education.microsoft.com/GetTrained/accessibility

Disabled….Or differently abled?